Headrest?

Karizmatik · **September 24, 2012, 15:01:21**

I had a search but couldn't really find any definitive help on it.

My drivers side headrest seems to have an option to go up and down and also forward and backwards (I'm talking just the headrest here, not the seat) -- Is this true? Or is my headrest just buggered? If I grab it at the base and pull it forward -- it moves forward and you can hear it clicking (Like it's on a track) -- But it doesn't click into any of the notches? Just falls back to it's original setting. What the? How do I lock it into one of these other spots? Or is it just a safety feature or something? Or is it not meant to do this at all, only up and down? Ha ha!

Help!

eye30 · **Reply #1: September 24, 2012, 15:58:32**

I sure mine moves forward/back and clicks into position.

Absolutely pouring down at moment so will check later.

Shambles · **Reply #2: September 24, 2012, 17:12:19**

Try doing it from behind.

Perhaps I'd better qualify that remark with "sit in the rear seat and push the base of the headrest". It should click forwards and stay at each position, until you push it so far it releases and springs back.

Does the passenger side behave itself?

eye30 · **Reply #3: September 24, 2012, 18:45:25**

Quote from: eye30 on September 24, 2012, 15:58:32

~~I sure mine moves forward/back and clicks into position.~~

Absolutely pouring down at moment so will check later.

OK rained has stopped so managed to check this.

The headrest on the new model, well mine anyway, just goes up/down. It does not move forward/back.

My previous i30 moved forward/back and up/down.

Asterix · **Reply #4: September 24, 2012, 19:34:14**

In my 2008 the headrests for the frontseats work just like Shambles described it.

It is easyli operated when sitting in the frontseat.

Quote from: Shambles™ on September 24, 2012, 17:12:19

It should click forwards and stay at each position, until you push it so far it releases and springs back.

Karizmatik · **Reply #5: September 25, 2012, 04:30:15**

Sorted! Thanks everyone. Turns out it does adjust -- I was just pulling it all the way forward too fast / in one hit and it was releasing (As it's supposed to) back to default. If I do it slowly though, it goes one at a time and clicks :-}

Asterix · **Reply #6: September 25, 2012, 18:10:45**

Isn't it nice when things turn out not to be so complicated...

eugene188 · **Reply #7: September 29, 2012, 04:52:44**

I didn't even know I had this feature until I was reversing one day, and put my one hand on the driver head rest and the thing moved. I was like wtf?? then after I parked the car i played around with it to see what the deal was. My first time seeing that!

Surferdude · **Reply #8: September 29, 2012, 05:01:21**

Funny isn't it. We all think there's nothing more to learn about our cars then suddenly.............
I've known about this since I got my car because I actually (horrors - for the first time ever) read the owners' manual.

Phil №❶ · **Reply #9: September 29, 2012, 06:30:28**

And you kept it secret all this time

2i30s · **Reply #10: September 29, 2012, 06:47:08**

Trev,head rest guru.

Surferdude · **Reply #11: September 29, 2012, 07:09:27**

Quote from: 847563 on September 29, 2012, 06:30:28

And you kept it secret all this time

Quote from: 2i30s on September 29, 2012, 06:47:08

Trev,head rest guru.

I honestly figured everyone else already knew.

2i30s · **Reply #12: September 29, 2012, 08:29:06**

Quote from: surferdude on September 29, 2012, 07:09:27

Quote from: 847563 on September 29, 2012, 06:30:28
And you kept it secret all this time
Quote from: 2i30s on September 29, 2012, 06:47:08
Trev,head rest guru.

I honestly figured everyone else already knew.

my kids pointed it out to me when i first got the 2 i30s home.

your OK Trev.

eye30 · **Reply #13: September 29, 2012, 10:16:19**

Doesn't move forward/back on the new model. Only up/down..

Asterix · **Reply #14: September 29, 2012, 18:21:52**

Quote from: eye30 on September 29, 2012, 10:16:19

Doesn't move forward/back on the new model. Only up/down..

Disappointed to hear that, as this feature is one I really find usefull in my i30.

Karizmatik · **Reply #15: September 30, 2012, 06:23:46**

True that re: features we discover. Today getting in I realized there is a feature to move the lower part of the chair front / back to help your lower back. Could have used that last night on my 3.5 hour drive home -- I was wondering why my back was so sore! Ha ha!

Dazzler · **Reply #16: September 30, 2012, 06:51:05**

Quote from: Karizmatik on September 30, 2012, 06:23:46

True that re: features we discover. Today getting in I realized there is a feature to move the lower part of the chair front / back to help your lower back. Could have used that last night on my 3.5 hour drive home -- I was wondering why my back was so sore! Ha ha!

Yes lumbar support is good

eye30 · **Reply #17: September 30, 2012, 14:03:20**

Quote from: Dazzler on September 30, 2012, 06:51:05

Yes lumbar support is good

I miss this on my new i30

Surferdude · **Reply #18: September 30, 2012, 21:28:04**

Quote from: eye30 on September 30, 2012, 14:03:20

Quote from: Dazzler on September 30, 2012, 06:51:05
Yes lumbar support is good

I miss this on my new i30

Cushions are cheap.

Surferdude · **Reply #19: September 30, 2012, 21:30:15**

^^

Actually, jokes aside, I don't think I've ever had a car with lumbar support which I've liked (the lumbar support, not the car).
I had a lower back problem through most of my younger and middle aged years and could never get comfortable in a lumbar support seat.

babis_xo · **Reply #20: September 30, 2012, 23:32:09**

^^ You're right. I can't even decide if it feels comfortable or not. So, probably it doesn't

Phil №❶ · **Reply #21: October 01, 2012, 00:06:05**

I can't live without it, it's usually full on for me. Wish it was on both seats.

babis_xo · **Reply #22: October 01, 2012, 00:25:31**

Yeah, that's what my wife wishes too

Dazzler · **Reply #23: October 01, 2012, 00:28:52**

Quote from: 847563 on October 01, 2012, 00:06:05

I can't live without it, it's usually full on for me. Wish it was on both seats.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #24: October 01, 2012, 01:24:59**

I tend to find them a bit uncomfortable. Like something is digging into my back all the time.

Alasama · **Reply #25: October 01, 2012, 06:58:21**

Quote from: eye30 on September 29, 2012, 10:16:19

Doesn't move forward/back on the new model. Only up/down..

Mine, either.

(my old nissan sentra has this feature)

bumpkin · **Reply #26: October 01, 2012, 08:50:11**

I also have had a back issue since my early 20's and have found lumbar support invaluable, however the manual ones are never just quite right, either not enough or slightly too much, which in the i30 I believe contributed to the dead leg when driving long distance.

The electric one in the i40 though I have found I can get just right, it almost feels like pumping up an inflatable behind you and you can stop at just the right pressure