Lucid Air rear-wheel drive inverters may fail and cut drive power
Lucid is recalling certain 2024-2025 Air rear-wheel drive vehicles because the Gen 4 inverter may experience internal friction and become damaged, causing a loss of drive power.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: An inverter failure that causes loss of drive power is a structural failure of the propulsion system, meeting the Severe criterion for a structural vehicle defect.
Plain-English summary
Lucid USA, Inc. is recalling certain 2024-2025 Air vehicles equipped with rear-wheel drive. The campaign covers 2,039 vehicles.
The Gen 4 inverter may experience internal friction and become damaged, causing a loss of drive power. A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
The recall applies to owners and operators of the affected model years. Owner notification letters are scheduled to be mailed on 10 July 2026.
Lucid will release an over-the-air software update to continually inspect for an inverter failure, and will replace the inverter free of charge if a failure is detected. Owners may contact Lucid at 1-888-995-8243, quoting recall number SR-26-05-0.
The recalled product
- Product
- LUCID AIR
- Brand
- LUCID
- Manufacturer
- Lucid USA, Inc.
- Category
- Vehicle — Electric vehicle
- Affected units
- 2,039
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (1)
- AIR
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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