My fob bit the dust less than 36 hours after taking delivery of my '24 Pure in May 2024.
Me too. Delivered
9/22 and fob battery died in about a week. Probably trying to talk to the car, un-shielded, since the time it was programed for the car. Who knows how long the battery was frustrated and draining before I got it? I don't know if it's radio or Bluetooth or what, or if this makes a difference at all, but I folded a piece of aluminum foil over the fobs until I got the Faraday pouches. Haven't replaced fob batteries since. They do it with annual service anyway.
No you don't have to. You can use a
dead fob to get in the car. It's in the manual...or go to
@Bobby's website.
thankfully, I had it my wallet) to drive after pulling over while familiarizing myself with the car on a backroad.
Yeah, I've done this. Now I keep the owner's manual near the crapper and read it when I'm not so stressed.
I didn't leave the car, just pulled over with car in drive it would not move.
Wait ... I don't understand this part. The car died because the fob battery died?
The car works fine without the fob battery, or are you talking about one of the 12v batteries, or the main battery pack ? Resetting almost always fixes issues, or just letting the car "sleep" for a bit. Back in the day this site was all about resets, and the myriad ways it can be done. Now that the software is so ROBUST ... well I can't remember last time I needed a reset. I understand there is a whole nother way to do this...but I don't know it because my car is flawless. I go for drives for no reason,. I have a director's chair in the garage so I can just sit and stare at the car.
Called customer service and they suggested changing the battery. I resisted
You called Customer Service and then ignored their advice ? Did you have a bad experience with Tesla? Is that why you switched to Lucid ?
since the car was only a day old and had a May 2024 build date ( a BRAND NEW car!)
Yeah, I went there too. Complained about the fob endlessly, then read the manual.
@Bobby talked me down more than once. So embarrassing to complain publicly then realize you are the dummy. Been there / done that. This "brand new car" argument : been there / done that too.
Set up the key access by iPhone and gave up quickly
Programing is hard. That's why programmers are god-like. It takes almost a minute to connect a smart phone to the car... much longer to read the Owner's Manual. I hate smart phones and fiddling with applications and settings, but have been able to connect devices to other devices when it's necessary (like paring headphones to my smart phone or TV).
I kept my owner's manual in the powder room for a few months and read it daily. I still haven't found the part where you turn on/off the proximity settings. You must be expert with the smart phones. Weird that you can't pair the phone with the car though. Have you tried turning it off then on again?
on that as I hate looking like a dork waiting for my car to open in a parking lot.
Wear a hat and own the look. Nobody is looking at you anyway = they are looking at your Lucid.
The app is so slow to open, even when left on all of the time.
The app is slow to open? I hate smart phones too. That's why I use the fob. I don't know about slow apps, but I believe you.
The touch feature on the door handle is also wonky and unreliable.
Yeah, I have had the driver's door handle refuse to open twice in over two years: not exactly unreliable but unexpected. ... went to other side and it opened normally, then didn't happen again. Sometimes the car needs a moment of peace...it's almost human that way.
Ultimately, I defeated approach sensing,
I didn't know you could do that, and yet you can't enable the Mobile Key feature on your phone? I'm confused. I don't think I understand what you are saying here. I thought you gave up on connecting the Mobile Key, or is this something you can do to the fob?
kept departure sensing on
What is departure sensing? Is this in the manual? You seem to know a lot about the software. Is this on the phone? the fob? the car? You seem to know a heck of a lot more about the car than I.
and I have become adept at double clicking the remote without taking it out of my pocket, but it sucks when my hands are busy holding groceries, or the friggin' battery is dead.
Try tuning on approach sensing.
Yes I wish it had the toe under rear bumper feature that opens the hatches when unlocked. First time I had a car that did this I went:
"Wow! That is cool!" and dropped a bag of groceries on the pavement in my astonishment. I don't like fiddling in my pockets in public either.
I set a 1 month reminder in my phone calendar and bought a ton of 2032's on amazon.
I did too, but they sit in my glove box, still in the packaging, unused. I guess the aluminum foil is working for me. I since got a couple of key fob Faraday pouches. I'll let you know how long my fob battery lasts ...it's been over a year now I think. As I said, you may not need a Faraday cage if you just keep the fob far enough away. I've not tried this. Some folk put their fob in a metal can when they get home. That seems to work too.
I keep two in the car, and for good reason. The fob may, or may not last a month.
...again, Faraday ... or move the fob as far away from the car as you can...just being on the other side of a non-conducting wall is not enough. My money is on you, as you seem to ask for help then ignore the advice. I bet your battery dies in a week. Funny thing, my bedroom is over the garage, and the car and fob had been "talking" to each other through the floor. I guess I forgot that I can listen to the radio inside my house too.
Of course, none of the other 12 new cars I have purchased in my long life have performed like this.
It's not like your father's Oldsmobile. Are you amazed that the Model T's operated differently than a horse? It may look like all the cars you have ever had, but the Lucid is not a car = it's a time machine. Expect it to be "different".
This is only one small sliver of the sorry experience I have had with this car.
Tell us more. It's entertaining and this place is boring now that the software is ROBUST.
It has a mind of its own,
This is a feature, not a bug. As I said, sometimes the Lucid is almost human.
for much of the month of August it turned the lane departure setting on and off at will.
Don't use HA. It's a marketing gimmick. Also, as I said before, sometimes a simple reset fixes everything, or just letting the car sleep it off fixes issues and they will magically disappear overnight.
Don't even get me going about how meany more electrons the car inhales now that it is cold here in New England...
I understand Tesla batteries defy the laws of physics?
RE: Cold weather battery performance =
over 80% of the new cars in Norway are EVs. I haven't read that the Vikings are stupid, but maybe all that snow and ice makes them a bit numb, or maybe they know more physics / chemistry than us and expect / plan for less range in cold weather?
Anyway, yeah, EVs don't perform like your father's Oldsmobile in cold weather. I thought everyone in New England switches to snowmobiles / x-country skis in winter? Just kidding. I have family in Nude Hampster and they are snowmobile nuts...I have a cousin who routinely uses his to ride around on the pond ... in summer. It's a sight to be seen...I would video it if I could take my eyes off the stunt. He's sunk his snow machine in the pond so many times that he's learned to recover it and get it restarted faster than you can say "Wholy hydrolocked, Batman!"
But I digress.
Hope you don't mind me having some fun with your post. You did not say how much you love driving the car so I feel I should tease you a bit.
I am teasing you because, I see myself. Don't look up my early posts about the car = very embarrassing.
When I first got my car I went insane over the key fob " issues ". It is not like any other fob I have had, and does not work like any other fob I've had. I read the manual and read about it on this website.
@Bobby and others here were very patient with my posts.
@Bobby has a very nice website that covers this stuff. I used the phone Mobile Key for about a year, then went back to the fob, which I prefer. My door handles present almost always before I can touch them UNLESS I am approaching from the rear... sometimes I have to wait a second or two for them to present. I can't remember if the phone is slower than the fob = maybe that's why I use the fob now? I do not like phones. The wife likes to know where I am and what I am doing so I must have it with me.
The Adaptive Cruse is awesome. I even use it on local roads.
But you love to drive the car, right? Everyone does, even Kyle.
A lot of us here are early-adopters of new tech and have a high tolerance for risk
and disappointment. The posts (do a search on this site) of the Dream Edition early-adopters will curl your hair. And yet, the cars that were totaled were quickly replaced with another Lucid, in spite of all the problems they had. I think a couple of the early posters said they gave up and went back to ICE cars. I have to wonder if they are happy going backwards in time, or just being petulant. Anyway it's done wonders for those of us looking for Dream Editions at half-price.
Again I sincerely hope you take this post in the ironic and humorous way I intended. I sense you are very stressed now, as I was in the first few months; that's why I took the time for this romp = because I care.
Feel better and welcome to the asylum.
