front headrests

Push them all the way down to the top of your seat., or you should be able to tilt them frontwards or backwards a bit.also.

An upholstery shop might be able to modify your seats but it would be better (and safer) to do as Ed says above and buy a suitable car.

Thank you all. I do have other options. I will be test driving the subaru again and if I can't find a comfortable position I will move on.

This guy solved our problem. Surprise! https://youtu.be/Oqep-PeH6A8

Re above youtube video: you pull the headrest forward, and it snaps back upright. Yay.

Thanks. I actually found that it does come out and can be turned around. Thank you all for your help.

The YouTube video link is a joke. Doesn’t help at all. Here’s my complaint: “The 2019 Impreza is even worse. They’ve gone backwards in our general complaints.... You can adjust the headrest until it “goes its further position back” - like what you suggested in your video, but that doesn’t solve anything on these 2019 impreza because the “most upright position” is still a protruded forward position. I’ve had to literally pull the front seats headrests out and spin them backwards to eliminate this problem, but even this position has its flaws - it’s not much of a “head rest” because they are now so far backwards... Has anyone found a better solution than spinning the headrests around? Ps: I’ve already tried using the backseats headrest, but that doesn’t help because the backseats head rest are not height adjustable, and the front seats headrest cannot fit into the backseats headrest sockets.“

I saw a Youtube that showed a man bending the metal bars a little with an automotive hand jack. It's very interesting---I think I'll try it.

Hey Eastendlongislander, it worked like a charm pulling the headrest forward with force, and it snapped right back. Ahhh no more crooked neck. Thanks!

@guruHMBXH can you send me the link. I cannot find it. I appreciate it

https://m.youtube.com/watch? feature=youtu.be&v=Oqep-PeH6A8

@easternlongislander Haha. You can’t be serious!?! You didn’t know that, already? ...... I’m looking for a way to modify the headrest to something that’s not stock, not adjust it the tilt.

I'd like to buy an outback, but I noticed it had this issue. The dealer showed me how to adjust how far it leans forward, but even the setting with the least tilt still bugs me a bit. I wonder what year the "active headrest" was introduced. Maybe you can buy the headrest from a junkyard for an older model Subaru that pre-dates the active headrest. Does anybody know when the annoying active headrest was introduced, and whether older headrests can slide into the newer seats?

As mentioned previously you can swap out the back and front headrest but then you are without a rear headrest. These Subaru seats are the worst. They are designed to kill the spine and the headrest even at minimum setting pushes head forward and encourages the hunched over position. Only solution is to fill up the hole created by the wear with memory foam products and maybe strap some memory foam to the headrest after flipping it backwards. Absolute fail. They do so much right only to tank it with a seat that will give backaches. There’s a market here for a third party vendor.

Thanks for your reply Guru99LG59 , but no that won't work. In my 2017 Outback the back headrests won't fit the front. The two prongs at the bottom of the headrest are a different distance apart when you compare front and back headrests. I may try your other suggestion about filling up the space behind my neck with foam or a small pillow. Maybe I'll but a seat insert / seat cover to cover the foam or pillow so it won't show.