Lucid owners have filed 68 complaints with NHTSA across 1 models. On average the car was 0.60 years old when the problem happened, and 100.0% of reports fall inside the first three years — while the factory warranty was still running.
What breaks on Lucid
The systems Lucid owners report most, and how often each failure ended in a crash.
| System | Complaints | Share of Lucid | Ended in a crash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other | 10.3% | 14.3% | |
| Power Train | 8.8% | 0% | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 7.4% | 60% | |
| Power Train,electrical System | 5.9% | 0% | |
| Electrical System | 4.4% | 0% | |
| Structure | 4.4% | 0% | |
| Seats | 4.4% | 0% | |
| Air Bags | 4.4% | 33.3% |
When Lucid problems show up
| Measure | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Average age at failure | 0.60 years | How old the car was when the problem happened |
| Reported inside 3 years | 100.0% | Share of complaints filed while the factory warranty was likely still running |
| Complaints describing a crash | 14 | Of 68 total |
| Complaints describing a fire | 0 | Of 68 total |
A low average age does not automatically mean a fragile car: a brand with a young fleet on the road will always skew early. Read it next to the share reported inside three years.
Which Lucid models draw the most complaints
Volume follows sales, so a bestseller will always top this list. The columns worth reading are age at failure and how many reports ended in a crash.
| Model | Complaints | Share of Lucid | Avg age at failure | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR | 100% | 0.6 yrs | 14 |
Lucid complaints by model year
A bad generation shows up here as a block of years, not as a single spike. Recent years look quiet simply because those cars are young and still under warranty.
| Model year | Complaints | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | — |
What Lucid owners report
Grouped by the system owners named. Open any row for the full reports, in their own words — one per model so the same fault does not repeat.
Unknown Or Other 7 Read
On July 21, I was stopped behind another vehicle. Using 1 pedal driving with no roll feature. There was front camera error message as well as traction control warning light on. My car started to move forward on it's own so I inadvertently hit the acceleration initially before I stepped on the brakes - car did not stop initially and I rear ended the stopped car in front of me. Lucid kept my car for a week reviewing the logs and concluded there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and the incident was driver caused. I have never stomped on the go pedal from a standing stop before. The car moved forward on it's own before I inadvertently stepped on the accelerator pedal
Power Train 6 Read
Myself and numerous other Lucid Air drivers of all different trim levels are unable to reliably shift out of park and into drive or reverse when entering our cars. This problem has gotten worse with a recent software update and Lucid seems to be acting slowly to fix it. It is a very dangerous thing to have a car that cannot be moved into drive or reverse when needed. Moving the stalk up or down does nothing. Sometimes in 10 to 20 seconds, or sometimes after a few minutes the car will full “turn on” and say “ready” and allow us to finally leave park and go to drive or reverse. This is insane. People can die
Forward Collision Avoidance 5 Read
The contact owns a 2023 Lucid Air. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stopped at a red light and in the "Dream" driving mode, the light turned green and the vehicle drove forward and crashed into the rear of a second vehicle. The contact indicated that the "Dream" driving mode had malfunctioned and did not detect the vehicle ahead. During the crash, the vehicle was traveling approximately 5 MPH. No injuries were reported, and no police report was taken. The cause of the failure was unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but was unwilling to share data from the vehicle related to the crash. After the incident, the contact will no longer drive the vehicle due to the safety concerns. The failure mileage was 21,000
Power Train,electrical System 4 Read
I was driving on I80 west in San Francisco with about 75 mph. Suddenly shows turtle mode and dropped the speed to 52 mph. I was on the second lane and a lot of vehicles are behind us with same speed. I towed to the service center
Electrical System 3 Read
The recent software update v2.5.0 has been very unstable. The screens would often black out every 30 seconds and calls get cut off. But the biggest problem was it resetting profile while driving on the highway! Theres no way to fix it and we had to pull over on the side to switch profiles again to fix the seat. We called them and lucid has yet to call us back. This is a safety issue
Structure 3 Read
The car's phone connectivity is always an issue. The car locks when the phone is right next to it, for example, if you put kids or groceries in the back seat then it locks before you get to the front door. This is very annoying, but what makes it a safety issue is that when the door locks, the kids are unable to open it. This has happened multiple times, leaving my kids panicked and trapped. I looked into it online and there are entire reddit threads about it, with the solution being that you just have to push really hard, but this is not possible for kids! It also happened the other day when I let my [XXX] daughter take my phone to get something from the car, and the car forgot the phone connection and locked her inside and again, she was unable to open the door. Thankfully I was just a minute behind her. [XXX] / [XXX] [XXX]INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Seats 3 Read
While driving the passenger seat back spontaneously started to move forward folding the passenger in half. The touch screen controls were unresponsive. I needed to stop the car and use the manual control buttons on the side of the seat in order to unfold the passenger
Air Bags 3 Read
The contact owned a 2022 Lucid Air. The contact stated that while making a left turn, another vehicle crashed into the passenger side of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact nor his wife were injured and a police report was filed. The whereabout of the other driver are unknown. Despite the accident, the contact managed to resume normal driving operation. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop for repair; however, the contact was informed a month later that the vehicle was a total loss. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but was offered no assistance. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 7,495
Unverified owner reports filed with NHTSA. Percentages are shares of all 68 Lucid complaints.
Lucid against the rest
| Measure | Where Lucid sits | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| By complaint volume | #0 | 29 brands with 3,000+ complaints |
| By age at failure (later is better) | #0 | 29 brands |
| Complaints ending in a crash | 20.6% | across all 68 reports |
Ranking by volume says more about how many cars a brand sells than about how they hold up. Age at failure is the fairer of the two.
Compare Lucid with the rest
Lucid problems by model
1 Lucid models have owner complaints on file. Pick one for its worst years, failing systems and what owners actually wrote.
Owners reported these. Find out if yours is one of them.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
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Frequently asked questions
How reliable is Lucid?
Owners have filed 68 complaints across 1 Lucid models. On its own that number reflects how many Lucid cars are on the road — compare the average age at failure (0.60 years) instead.
What breaks most often on a Lucid?
The most reported system is Unknown Or Other with 7 complaints.
Do Lucid problems show up under warranty?
100.0% of Lucid complaints describe something that happened in the first three years, while the factory warranty was likely still running.
Which Lucid model has the most complaints?
See the model list above — each card shows its complaint count, and the model page breaks it down by year and by system.