Painful Seat - Seat Hurts
 

My wife is driving a 2019 CX-5 GT and has found that despite the many seat adjustments available with the power seats, that the seat cushion causes pain in her tail bone. She has ended up using a memory foam cushion in the seat which defeats the heating and ventilation options. The dealer response is that all of the seats are the same which she confirmed with a tush test. Has anyone figured out a soution other than custom upholster or buying a different car?
Thanks.

Unfortunately this is the only complaint I have about our 2018 CX-5 GT. The seats are very hard and more importantly the hard side bolsterings are making the seat area too narrow. I am not a big guy and have a small tush and despite of that my thighs hurt a lot even after a very short trip. The CX-5 is my wife's car and luckily she does not complain about her daily commute, but if this were my daily driver I would be in trouble. I would also welcome any thoughts/feedback about making the seats more comfortable. And please, do not suggest to gain more weight and get a more softer tush by eating more donuts, already got that suggestion on a different forum :)

Get a coxis cushion. Hailed by Interstate truck drivers as the most comfortable seat you can get (and some of their seats are already pretty comfortable as you might imagine). I have them in all my vehicles and as a long distance driver myself, Fla to N.Y. / Fla to ND etc. I can confirm that they work. My wife discovered them. "Skwoosh" is the magic word! (No affiliation whatsoever with this vendor or re-sale reference).

I still have not solved this problem but noticed that in my case setting the seat to a higher position helps a little bit on longer commutes. I am about the same height and weight as you.

It's indeed a shame that Mazda made such a great car but did not invest enough time/money/research into the seats.

Does the coxis cushion activate the airbag sensor in the passenger seat? We have issues with other seat cushions that don't seem to register that a passenger is occupying the seat! Thanks.

Good question! The cushion by itself does not activate occupancy status in the passenger seat. When there is a passenger sitting on it, it does. Thanks for your interest in my post. For me, any issue that has a tangible solution is not a problem. Our Mazda seats are no worse than the seats in most other cars.

I wonder if they changed vendors for the seat or something.. i have a 2018 Cx-5 GT and i drove it 2 Florida 2 times, 1 time i drove it from pittsburgh pa to Daytona straight through and for ME it was issue free.. i had no issues with me seat at all .. but I’m 190lbs 5’11 . We have a 2017 rav 4 and its seats are horrible so she wanted to take the cx-5 So far to date in 14 months, we really like our seats in the Cx-5

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I recently bought a 2020 CX5 GTR, after having leased the 2017 GT. The seats are definitely different. I had no issues with the 2017, but the 2020 are just awful. My boyfriend and I both are in pain after only an hour-long drive. I'm at a loss as to what to do since the dealer said there's nothing they can do. If I purchase a cushion, it negates the seat warming and cooling features. Mazda must have changed suppliers or sacrificed some cushioning. I feel duped after spending $35K on a car I can't take on long trips. Anyone here find a solution?

I feel your pain. Literally!!! Still no update on my side. If there were an option to pay $1K or $2K to replace these front seats with more comfortable ones, I would do it in a heartbeat.