dstacy99

Just brought home our 202 ES 300H Luxury last weekend. Love the Bamboo trim! One thing I notice we don't have is the Drivers seat power cushion extender. I have all the other features of the Luxury model...... I have emailed Lexus, awaiting their response. The Brochure the dealer gave us states it under Luxury, as does lexus.com. Anyone else have the Luxury and didn't get the extender?

dstacy99

OK, so only the Drivers seat has it.... Rookie mistake!!!

gsnuge

Is dstacy99 saying the Luxury has the seat extender for drivers seat? I do not think I have it on my 2019 es350 Luxury.

dstacy99

yes, I AM saying that my 2020 Luxury ES300H has it. Not sure about the 2019 though. Only the drivers seat, a horizontal switch.

gsnuge

Thanks. Will check my 2019 to see if I missed it. Do not think so though.

TechNut

Yes, the 2019 Luxury model has it as standard equipment. It is listed right on the Monroney Label under the heading "Luxury Features." It has a line item for "14-Way Driver & 10-Way Front Passenger Power Seats (Including Driver 4-Way Lumbar & Seat Cushin Extender)". I would expect 2020s to be the same but cannot confirm that.

So what is a "Cushin" anyway? Must be Lexus speak for cushion...

And I'm going to have to explore that "4-way" Lumbar. I don't know what that means. Usually Lumbar is just a bladder with a fill/release button. I must confess that I haven't explored the lumbar adjustment as we haven't made any road trips in it yet.

dstacy99

Hi Technut. The "Bladder" actually moves up or down vertically, so you can decide where on your lumbar you want it. So,

gsnuge

I checked my Operating Manual for the 2019 es 350 Luxury edition. Shows picture of the adjustments, and says Seat Extender, if so equipped.. Shows a picture of the horizontal adjustment above the seat adjustment button but mine does not have that button.

grp52

I don't know if it is universal across all Lexus models but at least some models use a mechanical system for the lumbar seat subsystem.

Although it is a pretty old video, shows and explains the internal mechanisms Lexus used (and probably still does) in the driver's seat with lumbar support, thigh extender, etc. The video only shows a two way lumbar mechanism with in/out adjusting movement and I would speculate the addition of an additional motor and adjusting linkage mechanism for up/down adjusting movement. (FYI, the ES 350 Owner's Manual terms the in/out adjust control as "Lumbar support adjustment" and the up/down adjustment as "Pelvic support adjustment".)

I haven't torn apart my 2019 ES 350 14 way driver's set to verify it but I'm fairly certain the lumbar support is a mechanical system implementation and not a bladder type system. The Lexus lumbar support is firmer than any bladder type system I've had experience with.

Truly55

Here is the switch for the extender. It's one of my favourite features.

wasjr

I can also confirm that the seat extender is part of the Luxury package on my wife's 2019 ES300h.

And speaking of seats, I will also add that the ventilated seat function of the 19 is much better than the ventilated seats in her 13 ES300h.

gsnuge

I checked with my dealer regarding the 2019 Luxury edition. Only the Ultra Luxury has the seat extender.

TechNut

Your dealer is incorrect - at least with respect to the US market. My 2019 luxury edition has the seat extender. This was listed right on the window sticker as standard equipment on my vehicle, which is NOT an Ultra Luxury model.


And here is a photo of the actual seat cushion extender:

gsnuge

I think my assumption that my vehicle is the Luxury Edition is wrong and I probably have the standard edition. Waiting to get home to look up the Window sheet I saved in a file. Thanks.

PeterA

What's a seat cushin?