I have a love/hate relationship with head rests. Most of them really do lean too far forward for comfort, so we have often flipped ours around. Which kind of defeats the purpose. But I do like having them, and it’s actually one of the reasons I’m driving a Ford truck…
When we were shopping 1/2-ton extended-cab trucks in 2017, we were down to the Ford and the Chevy. When we had our kids (8 years old at the time) climb into the back seat of the Silverado, we noticed that the rear headrests were little tiny things that did not raise up from the seat. They were fixed in one position. Our daughter, who is a little bit taller than her twin brother, leaned back, and she could feel the glass with her head! That was an instant dealbreaker. It turns out, nobody makes aftermarket head rests, presumably because they are a federally mandated safety item or something.
So GM lost at least one sale (and probably many others) because of something as seemingly simple as a rear seat head rest.
Interestingly enough, when the current generation of GM trucks debuted, what do you know, they have tall, adjustable headrests in the rear seats!
When we were shopping 1/2-ton extended-cab trucks in 2017, we were down to the Ford and the Chevy. When we had our kids (8 years old at the time) climb into the back seat of the Silverado, we noticed that the rear headrests were little tiny things that did not raise up from the seat. They were fixed in one position. Our daughter, who is a little bit taller than her twin brother, leaned back, and she could feel the glass with her head! That was an instant dealbreaker. It turns out, nobody makes aftermarket head rests, presumably because they are a federally mandated safety item or something.
So GM lost at least one sale (and probably many others) because of something as seemingly simple as a rear seat head rest.
Interestingly enough, when the current generation of GM trucks debuted, what do you know, they have tall, adjustable headrests in the rear seats!Sponsored
