Front air flaps jammed in open position under freezing temps.

[Samwarrior]

Hey guys am running into an issue with my new touring which I got a week ago, the front air flaps are stuck in the open position and are unable to shut close cause of ice build up and freezing temps. When am in my heated garage they eventually shut but when am out for work I can hear the small motor trying to close them with a horrible clicking sound. Am surprised there is no fail safe for the mechanism to eventually stop trying to close it. Has anyone else ran into this issue. Also I had water freezing inside of the power frunk area. It took the car 45 mins to finally release the frunk from the ice holding it down. I think the water came in from the hood vents. The material lucid used for the seal of the vents is spongy not actual rubber seals like on the lid of tub and the lip of the car.

 

[pyle112]

Same issue with the frunk.

 

[JGard18]

I haven't had that happening, but the powered frunk really doesn't seem to like to open when it's 20 degrees or cooler. Door handles also seem to not want to fully pop out, either.

 

[Halodde]

Hey guys am running into an issue with my new touring which I got a week ago, the front air flaps are stuck in the open position and are unable to shut close cause of ice build up and freezing temps. When am in my heated garage they eventually shut but when am out for work I can hear the small motor trying to close them with a horrible clicking sound. Am surprised there is no fail safe for the mechanism to eventually stop trying to close it. Has anyone else ran into this issue. Also I had water freezing inside of the power frunk area. It took the car 45 mins to finally release the frunk from the ice holding it down. I think the water came in from the hood vents. The material lucid used for the seal of the vents is spongy not actual rubber seals like on the lid of tub and the lip of the car.

There's a few threads from people with the same cold weather situation. I'm hoping Lucid can come up with a fix for this. If those flaps can't close or open as designed, I'm wondering what the risk is for the performance, longevity, and overall function of the car and battery in the short term and long term

 

[borski]

This thread is the one you’re looking for: https://lucidowners.com/threads/clicking-sound-from-under-the-car-in-cold-weather.10875/