NHTSA Complaint #10703371 — 2012 HONDA ACCORD

I BOUGHT THE 2012 HONDA ACCORD IN DEC 2011 FOR MY WIFE. THE CAR OVERALL HAS PERFORMED WELL WITH NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. MY WIFE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT UNCOMFORTABLE SEATS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. I TOO NOTICED IT WHEN I DROVE FOR DISTANCES OVER 30 MINUTES. LAST YEAR, 2014, I FINALLY BOUGHT MY WIFE A NEW CAR AND THE HONDA BECAME MY HAND ME DOWN. I HAVE BEEN MISERABLE IN THIS CAR. THE SEAT DESIGN CAUSES PAIN IN MY LEGS, ESPECIALLY MY LEFT LEG. IT ALSO CAUSES ME LOWER BACK PAIN. NO AMOUNT OF SEAT ADJUSTMENT RELIEVES THE PAIN SO I AVOID DRIVING IT LONG DISTANCES. AFTER DRIVING HOME ON MY LAST DAY OF WORK (I'M NOW TEMPORARILY OUT ON DOCTORS ORDERS), THE SEAT WAS ESPECIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE TO ME. I HAD TO GO TO URGENT CARE THAT EVENING. EVENTUALLY I FOUND OUT I HAD TWO HERNIATED DISKS. MY TRIPS TO THE DOCTOR AND PHYSICAL THERAPY ARE NOW MISERABLE WITH THIS CAR BUT FINE IN MY WIFE'S CAR. I CAN'T SAY THE HONDA ACCORD CAUSED THE PROBLEM BUT IT SURE DIDN'T HELP IT. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS ON THE HONDA ACCORD SEATS, I CAN SEE THEY WON'T BE FIXED BY HONDA. I'M NOW IN A MARKET FOR A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND WILL BE GLAD TO GET RID OF IT. *TR