Painful seating

My wife and I just purchased a 2016 Prius V, test drove multiple Prius V's at 3 different dealerships. Didn't notice the seats at first. Drove the new car 1 hour to get home and lower back really does lack lumbar support.

 

Does your 10 have a lumbar support button?
My 06 didn't I used a small memory foam lumbar cushion, my 11 does, and no extra lumbar support is needed, my 16' also has lumbar support.

 

Its a 2016 has a lumbar setting but its not enough I also thing the head rest may have something to do with it since it kind of pushes your head forward.

 

I have not did any modifications to a seat in a Prius. I have a 2014 Avalon Hybrid XLE Touring. The driver's seat was very uncomfortable for me. The seat was too hard. I did a lot of research in the Chicago area, where I live, on upholstery shops. I took my car to a very good shop and they took the seat out and added additional foam to the the bottom of the seat. That solved my problem.

 

That's really just too bad.
I've hung around Prius Chat long enough to know that it seems "Seat Comfort" is very individual and subjective, but that there ARE a large number of people that seem to have problems with Prius seats.

And really? It does boil down to either you can fix it, or you can't. And if you can't? It really does sometimes become a ownership ending factor.

If you otherwise like the vehicle, I wish you the best of luck in finding a remedy that you can live with.
Hunt around Prius Chat..and google, people have tried just about everything in regards to seat comfort.

I admittedly fall within the group that doesn't have a problem with my Prius (cloth seats) comfort. So I have no direct answer.

 

Target sells a $20 memory foam seat add on, that looks really nice, and works quite well.

 

In mine the lower back is too far back, and the support at the top bends my neck really far forward. It's like it's trying to reshape my spine. I just keep a thick pillow for the small of my back and then it's fine.

 

$20 is a cheap fix. We just got back from our first 2,000+ mile trip in our Prius and plan to buy something similar to your add-on before the next trip. It wasn't the lack of lumbar support that got us; it was the lack of padding on the bottom. Even if it didn't look great it wouldn't matter to us since we'll be sitting on them, hiding them from view. It might make a difference if our eyes were located on our butts. lol.