Hello all,
My wife and I recently purchased a brand new 2025 CX-5 Carbon Turbo at the end of the last year. The test drive went fine and my wife loved it so we purchased it. Unfortunately there seems to be some bio-mechanical issue with my body and the position/angle of the seats because they cause my hip flexors to tighten up almost immediately and start causing a dull ache to form in my upper glutes / very lower back. After 30 minutes of this I am in agonozing pain. I have never experienced this in any other car I have sat in in my entire life. It is as bewildering as it is frustrating.
I have tried as many different seat adjustments as possible, a dozen different cushions/supports from amazon. I have found one that mildly reduces the pain but even then it's a coin flip as to if my hips will start to spasm or not.
I'm at a loss for what to do. The silver lining is this is my wife's daily driver and not mine, so I can avoid driving in it for the most part but unfortunately her car was meant to be the vehicle we take on road trips and now that is clearly off the table.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this and if so, came up with any solutions? I am 6" tall and 185lbs. I am in good shape, work out often and have even begun going to PT specifically to work on my hips. I do not want to take a 20% loss on this car if we were to trade it in, but I'm running out of ideas at this point as it is not feasible to never drive in my wife's car for the next 10 years.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
My wife and I recently purchased a brand new 2025 CX-5 Carbon Turbo at the end of the last year. The test drive went fine and my wife loved it so we purchased it. Unfortunately there seems to be some bio-mechanical issue with my body and the position/angle of the seats because they cause my hip flexors to tighten up almost immediately and start causing a dull ache to form in my upper glutes / very lower back. After 30 minutes of this I am in agonozing pain. I have never experienced this in any other car I have sat in in my entire life. It is as bewildering as it is frustrating.
I have tried as many different seat adjustments as possible, a dozen different cushions/supports from amazon. I have found one that mildly reduces the pain but even then it's a coin flip as to if my hips will start to spasm or not.
I'm at a loss for what to do. The silver lining is this is my wife's daily driver and not mine, so I can avoid driving in it for the most part but unfortunately her car was meant to be the vehicle we take on road trips and now that is clearly off the table.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this and if so, came up with any solutions? I am 6" tall and 185lbs. I am in good shape, work out often and have even begun going to PT specifically to work on my hips. I do not want to take a 20% loss on this car if we were to trade it in, but I'm running out of ideas at this point as it is not feasible to never drive in my wife's car for the next 10 years.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!