Lucid Motors is recalling 27,185 Air sedans in the United States because a software flaw in the car’s exterior lighting circuit can let current run past safe limits, raising the risk of overheating and fire. The recall, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on September 9, covers nearly every Air built from the 2022 through 2026 model years and is the largest single recall in the company’s history.
NHTSA’s paperwork lays out a fairly technical problem with a blunt real-world consequence. The low-voltage circuit that runs the Air’s exterior lights relies on an eFuse, a software-controlled switch meant to cut power if current spikes too high. Lucid says the eFuse’s protection logic doesn’t always catch an overcurrent condition, which lets the circuit keep drawing more amperage than it’s rated for and heat up. NHTSA’s notice tells owners to park outside and away from structures until their car receives the permanent fix, since the underlying condition doesn’t require the vehicle to be running.
Has Lucid already fixed the problem?
Largely, yes, and before regulators even made the recall public. Lucid pushed a software update, version 2.10.0, over the air in July, updating the eFuse logic so it shuts down the circuit correctly when current runs high. By the time the recall was filed, about 20,719 of the 27,185 affected cars, roughly 77 percent of the fleet, had already installed it. Owners who haven’t received the update yet don’t need to schedule a service appointment for it; it arrives automatically the next time the car connects to Wi-Fi. Lucid says it isn’t aware of any fires, injuries, or crashes tied to the defect.
The scale of the recall stands out mostly because of how it compares with Lucid’s actual sales. The company delivered 15,841 vehicles in all of 2025, meaning more Air sedans are covered by this single recall than Lucid sold in an entire year. It’s also Lucid’s fourth Air-related recall campaign since 2023, following earlier fixes for loose half-shaft bolts, a rearview camera display glitch, and, on the Gravity SUV, second-row seat belt anchors with insufficient welds.
The recall lands in the middle of a rough stretch for Lucid. New chief executive Silvio Napoli, who took over in June, has been running what the company calls an “operational reset,” cutting roughly 18 percent of its U.S. workforce, eliminating the chief operating officer role, and targeting $1.4 billion in cash flow improvements after identifying deeper cost problems across the business. Lucid has also pushed back the launch of its Cosmos crossover, the mass-market model meant to broaden the company’s lineup beyond the Air and Gravity, to 2027. A software recall that’s mostly already resolved isn’t the kind of story that changes a company’s trajectory on its own, but it adds one more line to a year Lucid would rather move past.
Owners can check whether their car is affected and confirm their software version through the Lucid app, or by calling Lucid customer service at 1-888-995-8243.
Sources: NHTSA recall report RCLRPT-26V540 · InsideEVs · CNBC
