LBX Passenger Seat Comfort

Expatma · April 26

How are owners finding front passenger seat comfort? Initial short test drive in Premium Plus my wife complained the Seat squab was too short to support her legs adequately.
Thinking we need a longer drive when she could experiment with various Seat positions but would welcome existing owners who will have driven for longer what they, and their passengers, thoughts are on passenger seat comfort.

Foggy60 · April 26

If you are on FB, there are Lexus LBX pages with a lot more people who already have the cars and maybe able to comment,

saarnu · April 26

After a weekend test drive in Germany, I can confirm your observations, @Expatma. My wife doesn't like the passenger seat at all for the same reason you mentioned. I couldn't reproduce it exactly when I was riding shotgun. However, I found the passenger seat to be not as comfortable as the driver's seat for some strange reason I can't really describe. It almost feels like there is no support at all on the sides of my lower back.

I'm curious to hear more thoughts on this.

Expatma · April 27

15 hours ago, saarnu said:

After a weekend test drive in Germany, I can confirm your observations, @Expatma. My wife doesn't like the passenger seat at all for the same reason you mentioned. I couldn't reproduce it exactly when I was riding shotgun. However, I found the passenger seat to be not as comfortable as the driver's seat for some strange reason I can't really describe. It almost feels like there is no support at all on the sides of my lower back.

I'm curious to hear more thoughts on this.

That's exactly what my wife said along with poor support for her legs. I also found the drivers seat okay but of course the driver sits differently because of pedal position etc.

JimmyfromLargs · May 3

Interesting I find the passenger seat comfortable……so much so I have fallen asleep on a couple of short journeys.

My wife the drivers tells me she particularly likes the drivers overall position……

Not been on a longer journey…..yet.

Expatma · May 4

On 5/3/2024 at 11:43 AM, JimmyfromLargs said:

Interesting I find the passenger seat comfortable……so much so I have fallen asleep on a couple of short journeys.

My wife the drivers tells me she particularly likes the drivers overall position……

Not been on a longer journey…..yet.

Going to take a 2 hour test drive to determine once and for all whether the passenger seat can be adjusted so as to be comfortable for my wife. if it can then likely we will buy, if not then back to the research for alternatives!

Expatma · 2024-05-20T21:39:41Z

On 5/4/2024 at 10:45 PM, Expatma said:

Going to take a 2 hour test drive to determine once and for all whether the passenger seat can be adjusted so as to be comfortable for my wife. if it can then likely we will buy, if not then back to the research for alternatives!

Well we took a 2 hour test drive and I have to say the LBX is a lovely car to be in and drive, smooth, quiet, responsive and very refined. But - had to be a but - my wife could not get comfortable in the passenger seat. Tried it every way and found it was most comfortable at its lowest setting, but then too low to see anything! After much scrabbling about we found that as the seat is raised the rear of the seat rises more than the front so it begins to "slope” downwards from back to front, you then lose support along your thighs and behind the knees. Couldn’t find anyway to adjust the tilt of the seat to compensate. The test car was a Takumi trim with an electric drivers seat and on that as well as raising the seat you can also tilt the squab to maintain support behind the knees. Great for the driver but not available for the passenger. So sadly we are reconsidering our options, booked a test drive in the new Mini Countryman so will see how we get on in that. Incidentally how they can call the new Countryman a Mini escapes me! It is longer than a Qashquai which is hardly mini’ish.

Probably end up just keeping my Skoda Yeti as this rate!!