One thing that I have noticed is that often there is the assumption that these initial fixes / recalls, etc. are the domaine purely of new car companies like Lucid. This could not be further from the truth. My wife's 2023 Ioniq 5 was back to the dealer FOUR times in the first 2,000 miles (2 recalls related to charging, tires / wheels that refused to balance properly and a terribly creaky rear hatch). Now that it is coming up on 19 months old and 11,000 miles, it has two pending service bulletins and one recall to go back to the shop for along with giving them a shot to fix the wheels / tires for the fourth time AND the rear hatch creak that has been previously "fixed" four times previously. Oh, and it still has what is IMHO the most horrible UI I have yet come across. I cringe every time I need to change a setting or call up a menu while driving in her car...
My 2018 Tesla Model 3 Performance experienced a number of service issues (at least four that I can recall) in its first year / 10,000 miles of ownership before "settling in" and becoming a pretty maintenance free drive. Our 2016 Chevy Volt had numerous recalls, service glitches, lost power on the highway, etc. early on before it settled down. My Dad's BMW 5 series (I do not remember the model year, but this was likely around 10 years ago), was back in service three times in his first 1,500 miles including one for an electronics fault that literally shut the car down when he was driving 70 mph on the highway. He almost got rid of that car under the NJ Lemon Law before it "settled in."
None of this is meant to give Lucid (or Tesla, GM, Hyundai or BMW) a free pass on these issues -- they should NOT happen. That said, vehicles have become so incredibly complex and loaded with electronics, actuators, wiring harnesses, complex software, etc. that an initial period of "getting things sorted" -- as we used to say in the old days with our enthusiast cars -- seems to be more common than not nowadays.
If we stopped recommending cars and car companies with these kinds of issues early on, we'd all need to go back to walking or riding bikes. Hmmm, maybe I am on to something there! For full disclosure, my one week old Lucid Air GT with a whopping 350 miles on it has been flawless thus far. Of course just writing that last sentence is certainly the kiss of death!
