blayze1983

Yes, if there's one thing that's clear from this thread it's different strokes for different folks when it comes to seat comfort!

I feel like if I spend enough time with the F-Sport seats then over time I could possibly grow to like them, but I'm not willing to take that gamble. Gotta go with my gut based on the test drives and sitting in them.

mikemu30

For sure. I love coffee ice cream - many hate it and will never like it

blayze1983

Who doesn't like coffee ice cream? Now that's just messed up!

mikemu30

Should be against the law I agree. And these days, it may just become legislated

Nail34

Shortly after buying the car I loved the seats but found the bolsters to be annoying. They soften to the point where I never notice them anymore. Guessing, it probably takes 3 to 6 months, something you would not know on a demo ride. I like firmer seats and the lumbar support is the best, makes long hours of driving no problem at all.

yok3dIS

Had my RX F-Sport for about 3.5 years now. Seats are comfortable to me. Prolly soften in time. I do prefer the bolstering for the F-Sport line, it calls for it.

Pete5050

Just bought a Certified RX 350 F Sport.

The seats are painfully uncomfortable after driving for 5-10 miles (not something you'd discover in a test drive). Seats are narrow, and there is the "Lexus Egg" in the seat that is more pronounced in the F Sport than the regular RX 350. I've googled this issue and came across SEVERAL posts on the same topic and I see there are several posts on this site as well.

Met with the dealer several times - Dealer was unable to recommend anything. I want to stay in a Lexus but if I can't fix this I'll have to sell it.

Are there any aftermarket cushions? suggestions?

Pete5050

Totally agree

I bought a F Sport - brutal seats. Seats are too narrow and the famous "Lexus Egg" in the middle of the seat is more pronouned. Dealer acted as if they never heard of this problem. It's all over the web now.

Any luck finding after market cushions for the F-Sport (Dealer wouldn't provide info).

mikemu30

unfortunately you didn't realize this on the test drive. My wife on I noticed it just sitting in the car in the showroom for five minutes. Those seats were unbearable. We opted for the non FSport model as a result. Hoping you can find a solution.

Pete5050

Lexus dealer offered me 5k less than I paid for my certified F sport. 5k in just 2 weeks. Was willing to buy a NEW Lexus (just not the F Sport) Unbelievable.

mikemu30

Try another dealer or Carvana etc. They're For Profit businesses so this is understandable.

Lexspeed

I have a 2022 RX350 F-Sport that I bought in February 2022. When we compared the feel of the regular seats to the F-Sport on a test drive, both my wife and I mutually agreed we preferred the F-Sport with the side bolstered seats. We are generally pleased but do notice our butts tend to hurt after a 2 hour or so ride. To us both the regular seats and the F-Sport seats felt hard on the bottom. The side bolsters feel good to us. We use a gel cushioned seat pad that we used on our previous vehicle on long trips. After market gel cushions tend to improve comfort some on long trips. Do a search on you will find several gel seat cushions for car seats.

Badhobz

Im not sure why F sport needed those aggressive seats. its a luxury SUV for F sake. i purposely had to find a NON F sport... to bad the non f sport interiors are so boring.

coolbrazz

I had the same experience with the F-Sport seats, but surprised with the way used car prices are going these days they wouldn't offer a better deal.
I agree with mikemu30 in trying another dealer or consider selling it yourself if you feel up to dealing with the car buying crowd.

My brother had buyers remorse on a porsche taycan that he kept for 3 months, and traded at BMW for a hybrid model something.
They give him a good and fair deal without adding money to payoff his car. Now, this is in Charlotte, NC not sure how dealers are where you live.

jay350f

So I have been looking around for threads related to seat discomfort in the new RX350.

I just purchased a 2022 RX350 F-Sport and am quite unhappy about the seats. I love that they are ventilated as that is something that I wanted for this vehicle purchase, but the F-Sport seats are just terrible.

I'm 6' 205 lbs and am constantly dealing with my thighs being uncomfortable because the side bolsters are just too stiff. The design of the F-Sport seat is ultimately too narrow on the bottom and the bolsters force you to either keep your legs squeezed together or rest your legs over the thigh bolsters to spread out which is where the problem resides.

I also was not able to pick up on this during my test drive initially and I'm disappointed that I didn't because I came from a Tacoma that had a similar issue, the seat material was firm and the padding was also firm which created the same thigh pain during longer trips. It's something that I told myself I would look out for and somehow I overlooked it during the test drive, probably because I was tired and somewhat mesmerized by all of the other 'good' things that the RX350 does offer.

If I could do it all over, I would have tried to get the luxury package instead of the F-Sport but I do prefer the interior and exterior design of the F-Sport.. there's compromises to be made I suppose but the thigh bolsters are enough of a problem that I am contemplating taking the car to an upholster shop and asking if they can flatten out and change where the stitching is. It's not real leather in the F-Sport, it's (nu luxe) whatever that means and so I'm hoping we can find a solution but it's going to cost a good deal of money and that is a bummer when you think about how much you invested in the new vehicle and of course have buyers remorse when you think about the competition in this segment.

I also feel the 'egg' like portion of the seat that does seem to sit right in the middle rear section of the bottom portion drivers seat. I know this is going to annoy me over time, so now it's an ordeal.

With the side bolsters though, I really feel like Lexus has conflated the purpose of a crossover suv that is meant to be a "family" car. For the F-Sport at least, it's not fooling anyone of being a fast suv so why put such firm bolsters in the seats that you actually cause problem of comfort to the occupant? We're not going on the track, it doesn't need to feel like this..

From what I'm gathering, it seems that the issue really stems from the seam of bolster where they sew it together at the top. For both sides, this seam is incredibly rigid, almost like there's a coat hangar that is lining this portion and it does not have any give. The interior side of the bolster closest to the seat belt quite honestly has the rigidity and thickness of a firm piece of rubber, and to make it worse, the seat is designed so that it gets more narrow the closer to your but which makes it very uncomfortable.

Some people say they will break in, but with this new 'nu luxe' synthetic material, I find that unlikely and the bolsters would have to be folding flat for me to get any relief - this is essentially what I would ask the upholstery shop to do, take out the seam and pad them so they're more flat.

I'm using a foam seat cushion in the meantime, just ridiculous. Car has 1000 miles on it, and I'm already thinking of trading it in or just getting rid of it entirely. My exciting Lexus purchase has now turned into a search for an upholstery shop to create a more comfortable seat...