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Gravity Extreme Winter Testing

Saksak said:
Video from OutOfSpecReviews: Lucid Gravity Extreme Winter Testing. Wish I was close to snow!
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The only consistent and unexpected issue I’ve had with our Gravity in the snow is the windows freezing and, due to having to move down to open the door, not being able to get in the car.

It has never been an issue with our 2016 X, so I can’t understand how Lucid didn’t address it in all this crazy arctic testing.
 
Ron_Burgundy said:
The only consistent and unexpected issue I’ve had with our Gravity in the snow is the windows freezing and, due to having to move down to open the door, not being able to get in the car.

It has never been an issue with our 2016 X, so I can’t understand how Lucid didn’t address it in all this crazy arctic testing.
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Are you saying the gravity has to open the window to open the door, or am I misreading that?
 
Mr.Quindazzi said:
Are you saying the gravity has to open the window to open the door, or am I misreading that?
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Due to frameless glass, window retracts a quarter inch or so to clear the upper part of the door frame.

My solution was to push the upper part of the window in a bit as I pulled the door out, but there are also some great ideas of spritzing some de-icer on the rubber before opening the door. Only happened to me after a freezing rain and only once.
 
tmichael said:
Due to frameless glass, window retracts a quarter inch or so to clear the upper part of the door frame.

My solution was to push the upper part of the window in a bit as I pulled the door out, but there are also some great ideas of spritzing some de-icer on the rubber before opening the door. Only happened to me after a freezing rain and only once.
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Thanks for the explanation.
That seems problematic, but I'm just an old man yelling at the clouds
 
Mr.Quindazzi said:
Thanks for the explanation.
That seems problematic, but I'm just an old man yelling at the clouds
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It only seems to be an issue with our Gravity. Our X (we had two) have the same frameless design for front seat windows and have never had an issue. If you pre heat for a long time, it helps, but not always.
 
Ron_Burgundy said:
It only seems to be an issue with our Gravity. Our X (we had two) have the same frameless design for front seat windows and have never had an issue. If you pre heat for a long time, it helps, but not always.
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Did the X require the window to lower for the door to open?
 
Ron_Burgundy said:
The only consistent and unexpected issue I’ve had with our Gravity in the snow is the windows freezing and, due to having to move down to open the door, not being able to get in the car.

It has never been an issue with our 2016 X, so I can’t understand how Lucid didn’t address it in all this crazy arctic testing.
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the trunk shouldn’t be impacted so climb in and warm up the car…or go crazy and trigger it remotely.

As long as you have battery should work not bad.
 
Hmmm...
Question for Mtn and Northern dwellers:
does the rear lift gate ever freeze shut?
 
hwy17er said:
Hmmm...
Question for Mtn and Northern dwellers:
does the rear lift gate ever freeze shut?
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I’ve not had it freeze shut but one must clear snow/ice from the top of the trunk opening/spoiler area or it sometimes thinks it’s hitting something and closes right after opening.
 
Ron_Burgundy said:
The frunk has no heat source to help it thaw/defrost as far as I know. So, it can be a bit tricky. But mine double opens anyway, so it’s not been worse in the snow! 😃
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There is a fix for that…take some sandpaper…

Frunk getting stuck? Sand paper!!

Modified the frunk bezzle trim to create a bigger opening for the striker to operate with the latch. Tested auto open on frunk and is opening as designed. - service center notes, not mine!
 
My Frunk actually would collect snow or melted snow and then refreeze the struts to that little groove where they sit, so had to just use de-icer or regular scraper to clear it out...
 
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