My seats came with this little tab on my headrests that say "active headrests" What is so damn active about these things?

 

It is supposed to be more absorbant to the shock of your head hitting back in an accident.

There is a small blurb about it in the Owner's Manual.

_R

 

this:

The head restraint moves forward utilizing the
force that the seatback receives from the occupant
in a rear-end collision. The movement
of the head restraint helps support the occupant’s
head by reducing its backward movement
and helping absorb some of the forces
that may lead to whiplash type injuries.

 

yep...

"The head restraint moves forward utilizing the
force that the seatback receives from the oc-
cupant in a rear- end collision. The movement
of the head restraint helps support the occu-
pant’s head by reducing its backward move-
ment and helping absorb some of the forces
that may lead to whiplash type injuries.
Active head restraints are effective for colli-
sions at low to medium speeds in which it is
said that whiplash injury occurs most.
Active head restraints operate only in certain
rear- end collisions. After the collision, the head
restraints return to their original positions.
Properly adjust the active head restraints as
described in the previous section."

 

Now thats interesting.

 

I was hit from the back and then I slammed into the tow hitch in front of me. The car that hit me was probably going about 20mph or so. This was back in December and my neck is still sore.

I guess it didn't work for me, or maybe it at least minimized the damage.

 

sit in the back seat and crush your head against the back of the headrest. I swear the thing has a big air pocket in it that makes it extra soft.

 

you probably already strained it when you hit the hitch in front... I got rear-ended 2 weeks ago by someone going 20mph (I was stopped) and I had/have absolutely no problems.