[LB-Vaudreuil]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering what your thoughts are on those seats in the Accord 2024 Sport Hybrid. I find these so hard and uncomfortable, my butt hurts after sitting only 30 minutes in them. Any one experienced the same? I am even considering replacing them for after market seats if that’s even possible… I love the car but HATE those seats!

 

[Bimmer74]

Dunno... The leather seats in our EX-L are fabulous.

I say that having done a couple 13-hour 1,000-mile days...

 

[joebxr]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering what your thoughts are on those seats in the Accord 2024 Sport Hybrid. I find these so hard and uncomfortable, my butt hurts after sitting only 30 minutes in them. Any one experienced the same? I am even considering replacing them for after market seats if that’s even possible… I love the car but HATE those seats!

Maybe change your poll to seats for SPORT HYBRID cuz other trims are different.

 

[SgtWraith]

I recently made a 3 hour trip in my 2024 Accord Touring Hybrid and thought the seats were very uncomfortable. Immediately upon getting home from that drive, I had to run somewhere with the Wife and we hopped in her 2023 Acura RDX - The second I sat down it was very, very noticeable how horrible the Accord seats are. The RDX seats have much, much more padding, better support, and of course are 12-way adjustable. It was like comparing sleeping on a stack of 2x4 boards compared to a really plush mattress.

There is no way I would willing travel long distances with the Accord seats.

 

[LARRY70GS]

My seats in my 23 Touring are very comfortable. I guess it’s just a subjective thing.

 

[The Hard Truth]

I completed a 6 hour trip with two " pit stops " and arrived refreshed. It might be subjective, but I also do not work for Toyota / Hyundai / etc. either.

 

[Dudley]

Not a Sport, but my Touring seats are OK. I think they are too soft, and don't have enough lumbar support. But still not bad. I did expect them to be better than my 2013, but they are about the same.

 

[TheOriginalTwoTone]

Actually, the opposite. Wife feels much better after commuting in the Accord than she did in her Outback.

 

[datechbpss101]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering what your thoughts are on those seats in the Accord 2024 Sport Hybrid. I find these so hard and uncomfortable, my butt hurts after sitting only 30 minutes in them. Any one experienced the same? I am even considering replacing them for after market seats if that’s even possible… I love the car but HATE those seats!

I quite literally took my car from Orlando to Miami to Wesley Chapel (a city outside of Tampa Bay) and back to Orlando all in a day. This has to be one of the most comfortable seats that my bum has been on. And I'm a large guy btw.

I also had friends, family, and coworkers sit in my car, and they all said it's very comfortable.

 

[UKCATS]

I find them ok for my 1 hour commute, but, over an hour, the lack of padding is noticeable. Not a road trip car for us, unfortunately.

 

[Larry Laczko]

I recently made a 3 hour trip in my 2024 Accord Touring Hybrid and thought the seats were very uncomfortable. Immediately upon getting home from that drive, I had to run somewhere with the Wife and we hopped in her 2023 Acura RDX - The second I sat down it was very, very noticeable how horrible the Accord seats are. The RDX seats have much, much more padding, better support, and of course are 12-way adjustable. It was like comparing sleeping on a stack of 2x4 boards compared to a really plush mattress.

There is no way I would willing travel long distances with the Accord seats.

I find the 10-way driver’s seat in my 2023 Touring to be very comfortable.

While I’ve only taken one long roadtrip — 1,000 miles at 80-85mph from Northern California to Southern California and back — i felt comfortable the entire time.

16,000 miles — 90% highway — since April 2023.

 

[SgtWraith]

After I have been driving a while in my 2024 Accord and I hop in our 2023 RDX my butt says, "aaahhh... actual padding". The 2024 Accord (Touring Hybrid, at least) feels like your butt is sinking into the seat and the is no real padding you're sitting on. Padding on the sides and edges, but you're in a 'bowl" of low yield padding. Whereas, on the RDX the "center padding" is apparent and wonderful. The seats are probably my biggest complaint so far about the vehicle. When you own both a Honda (several, our daughters have a HR-V and a 2024 Accord Sport), and Acura (RDX) and can jump back and forth between two vehicles right away - you immediately notice how horrible the Accord seats are.

 

[shr0ct]

Went from a '19 VW Arteon R-Line to a '23 Accord Hybrid EX-L.

As a 5'11", 200lb medium build dude, the Accord's seats are a glaring downgrade for me.

As the poster above has said, it feels like my butt just sinks into the seat. Yes, padding is present - but there's not enough thigh and back support to help alleviate some of your body's weight going through your butt into the seat bottom.

Maybe it could be that VW's R-Line seats were that good compared to a more mainstream economy car like an Accord, but just my experience here. But it doesn't fully spoil my how well this car drives (and treats my wallet).

As one who has driven a handful of sedans in the past years - if I gave the Audi S-Line seats a 9/10 for comfort, then my old VW would be an 8/10 and the 11th Gen Accord seats would be a 6.25/10

 

[Trooper_91]

Very uncomfortable. If I had test driven the car for more than 10 minutes, I would have never purchased them.

 

[SgtWraith]

Very uncomfortable. If I had test driven the car for more than 10 minutes, I would have never purchased them.

That's pretty much where I'm at, opinion wise. Each time I climb into the vehicle I'm reminded about how horrible the seats are. For any other positives about the vehicle this one particular comfort item overshadows almost everything else in terms of perceived value.

 

[PetitFrereAccord]

I am glad I came across this thread.

The seat in my 2024 EX-L was not comfortable for me. I managed it, but during my long road trip to Alaska, I would pull over to stretch and say to myself that I cannot believe I paid $36,000 for a car that I am not comfortable driving it. I just traded it in for my 2025 Camry XSE. The seat in my Camry is a lot better compared to the Accord. The Camry too is faster than the Accord.

Apart from the seat, my Accord was FLAWLESS! I had some amazing memories in my 2 Accords that my Camry will only dream about because it will never see some of those amazing adventures I went on with my Accord. My best memories will always be with my Accord because I took my Accords offroading on very bad gravel roads for thousands of miles on the famous Dalton Highway in Alaska and Dempster Highway in the Yukon in Canada. My Camry will never see those roads.

Somedays I do miss my Accord. I miss the regen paddles and the fact that I almost never used my brakes. Like never used my brakes at all. In my Camry I use the brakes almost like a normal car which is not a hybrid because the Camry does not have regen paddles like the Accod.

 

[SgtWraith]

I've Google'd and Google'd trying to locate some 3rd party 'service' that can add padding to the seats (without throwing gaudy seat covers on them), and at every turn I'm finding the heating/cooling features make it an impossibility.

 

[The Hard Truth]

I am really confused by this Thread . How can anybody spend $30-40K for a car and not thoroughly test it before purchase. I test drove the car at two separate dealerships and spent at least 9 months researching before I made my purchase. I also rented a 10th Gen accord and tested it out over a weekend. The seats are similar between 10th and 11th in my testing. I had to get used to streaming radio instead of satellite and allowing the LKAS to " work In". But that's all. I am extremely happy with my purchase.

I could not afford to be wrong in my purchase. Although I have an acquaintance that traded in a manual transmission civic for an automatic because of his back problems ( He is a hypochondriac)

 

[PetitFrereAccord]

I am really confused by this Thread . How can anybody spend $30-40K for a car and not thoroughly test it before purchase.

I could not afford to be wrong in my purchase. Although I have an acquaintance that traded in a manual transmission civic for an automatic because of his back problems ( He is a hypochondriac)

Believe it or not, it is The Hard Truth.

 

[SgtWraith]

I am really confused by this Thread . How can anybody spend $30-40K for a car and not thoroughly test it before purchase. I test drove the car at two separate dealerships and spent at least 9 months researching before I made my purchase. I also rented a 10th Gen accord and tested it out over a weekend. The seats are similar between 10th and 11th in my testing. I had to get used to streaming radio instead of satellite and allowing the LKAS to " work In". But that's all. I am extremely happy with my purchase.

I could not afford to be wrong in my purchase. Although I have an acquaintance that traded in a manual transmission civic for an automatic because of his back problems ( He is a hypochondriac)

My test drive consisted of an (approximate) 8 mile 'loop' onto a local Interstate, next exit, return. I can tell you that most people don't drive multiple vehicles, spend months researching, or rent a vehicle over a weekend to 'try'. I can tell you through the 14 new vehicles I have purchased in my life not once have I ever test drove a car long enough to "see if the seats are uncomfortable". This also isn't my first new Honda, so I didn't even consider that the seats would suck. The 2021 Honda Pilot I purchased had gloriously amazing seats. I had no idea a 2024 Accord Touring, a top-trim package, would suck so badly.