My MYLR seat is causing major problems with my upper and lower back. I'm still trying to find something that will work, in addition to trying various lumbar support settings. The car is becoming quite uncomfortable to drive and I'm already thinking of selling it for this and other issues, despite everything I've tried.
Here's what I've tried so far and in various positions. I just can't find something that works for me. I should have rented a MY before completing my purchase, ugh.
Memory Foam Car Lumbar Pillow for Back Support Cooling
Lumbar Support (2 Pack) with Breathable Mesh, Suit for Car
The passenger seat seems fine as-is and it doesn't have the lumbar support, but I don't know for sure as I haven't sat in the passenger seat for an hour+.
Thanks for any suggestions.
also, did you leave the seat leather unhooked after?
Model S Plaid. New owner and seats are absolutely killing me.
I know for sure that I have a herniated disc, but I've had that for a while and never experienced any pain in any of the other cars I've driven, even for a really long distances. I just got a Plaid, and after just one day of doing some light errands I have excruciating pain in my right butt cheek. Like many other posters, I've also speculated that it has to do with the narrowness of the seat at the back, and especially the the fact that the side bolster pushing against my glutes and hips and keep those muscles tight/compressed the whole time, combined with the fact that I'm also keeping my leg poised and ready to accelerator break, which is a lot of tension. If tension could be relieved on the butt I would be fine, for whatever reason that doesn't seem possible here.
I've tried every conceivable position, experimented with all of the lumbar options, and nothing. It's just pain, pain, pain.
Yes, I have a herniated disc, but so do bajillions of other people (many of them don't even know it) who don't experience pain in their cars. More importantly, as I just stated, I haven't experienced this feeling with any other cars, including the one I was driving literally days before I got this car. Advice about physical health is all well and good, but it seems pretty clear that the Tesla seat is the issue here.
Note: I'm saying that the Tesla seat is the issue for me, not for you. Everyone is built differently, so obviously plenty of people will find the seats to be fine. But there seems to be a large number of people who are experiencing issues with the seat, and I'm wondering why that is.
For example, I would assume that Tesla would just model their seats off other popular seats. Sure, Tesla isn't known for high luxury, but they're not dumb either. Obviously they're going to try to build a seat according to best practices. And having examined the seats of Mercedes, BMW, etc., I see that those seats are often built in a very similar way to the seats in my Model S Plaid. I don't know enough about seat construction to know what other variables that could be, but all I know is this seat is seriously painful in just about every position. So I don't think it's about positioning so much as it is about the basic shape of the seat.
Anyone have any idea how the seats have changed, if at all, for the Model S Plaid versus previous models? Has anyone else figure out a solution to this godawful problem?
