AC compressor failure

[Dhimiter]

I'm bringing mine into service this week for a similar issue. When it is warm outside (85-90ish) and DCFC, my rate slows WAY down and AC performance is practically nill. Even today, out doing errands around town with it 85 degrees outside, my AC barely cools the interior. This is with it at max, top glass sunshade, sunshade on windshield when parked AND keep AC on while I'm in the store (4x stops). I really hope that they properly diagnose this and don't brush it off as "working normally". I don't think I could trust the vehicle on a road trip to Palm Springs or Vegas at this point.

I live in Palm springs. I no longer trust this vehicle for pets so if I ever travel with the dogs, we get into a real car with real AC. I'd so love to see the testing Lucid did to justify that the AC performance of this vehicle is safe for hot environments. If the car has been sitting in the sun for 4-5 hrs during the summer here (and I have 3M crystalline tint and mesh roof covers), I cannot get the cabin to a comfortable temperature for at least 2 hrs. Max AC is pathetic. It just blows warm air slightly harder.

Before everyone from San Diego jumps down my throat about how great the AC works for them....please just come spend 4-5 days in 110+ degree heat with your Lucid and we'll see how comfortable you feel about putting your newborn in that car and truly "trusting" the AC.

Lucid: if there is an improved AC blower or compressor that can be retrofit into older vehicles, you owe it to your customers. Just saying....

 

[Tim-in-CA]

I live in Palm springs. I no longer trust this vehicle for pets so if I ever travel with the dogs, we get into a real car with real AC. I'd so love to see the testing Lucid did to justify that the AC performance of this vehicle is safe for hot environments. If the car has been sitting in the sun for 4-5 hrs during the summer here (and I have 3M crystalline tint and mesh roof covers), I cannot get the cabin to a comfortable temperature for at least 2 hrs. Max AC is pathetic. It just blows warm air slightly harder.

Before everyone from San Diego jumps down my throat about how great the AC works for them....please just come spend 4-5 days in 110+ degree heat with your Lucid and we'll see how comfortable you feel about putting your newborn in that car and truly "trusting" the AC.

Lucid: if there is an improved AC blower or compressor that can be retrofit into older vehicles, you owe it to your customers. Just saying....

My AC was low on refrigerant. You should get your Air into service to check it out

 

[Dhimiter]

My AC was low on refrigerant. You should get your Air into service to check it out

Sadly, I’ve had this issue for 2 yrs since I moved to the desert and the vehicle has been in for service a handful of times. I will bring it up again, but have a feeling this is just normal for this car.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Sadly, I’ve had this issue for 2 yrs since I moved to the desert and the vehicle has been in for service a handful of times. I will bring it up again, but have a feeling this is just normal for this car.

I always felt my AC was weak but was “convinced” by posters here that it was normal. After having issues with slow DCFCing as previously mentioned, service found the issue. AC is much better, but still doesn’t match other vehicles I have had.

 

[Dhimiter]

I always felt my AC was weak but was “convinced” by posters here that it was normal. After having issues with slow DCFCing as previously mentioned, service found the issue. AC is much better, but still doesn’t match other vehicles I have had.

It didn't take much convincing on my part. I travel extensively for work and therefore drive a lot of rental vehicles. Getting into a Hyundai sonata and being bathed in chilly air within minutes with an ambient temp of 106 while in Albuquerque convinced me that, despite its many admirable qualities, my Lucid was a pathetic underperformer when it came to getting the cabin cool. Specifically, the blower, even at its highest setting is still weaker than an average vehicle at the middle setting. In their pursuit for efficiency, perhaps human survival while inside this vehicle in hot weather was lost on the Lucid engineering team.

Hope the Gravity is better.

 

[Miami_Lucid_Man]

They are supposedly fitting the larger Gravity compressor on 2026 Airs. It's needed. It's not currently enough in hotter climates. I would die with the glass roof down here.