NEW Wiring Harness Recall - Recent Air Pure

[Steve181]

I jut saw this on another site:

Lucid said the original rear drive unit subframe wiring harness length design was "inadvertently shortened.” A documentation change resulted in the company ordering the wrong length wiring harnesses, the company said in the recall report published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).


The affected vehicles were assembled between November 29, 2023, and October 17, 2024. Lucid Motors started investigating the issue in June and identified seven instances where Air Pure EVs encountered a loss of power due to the shortened wiring harness.

To fix the problem, Lucid will replace the wiring harnesses of all affected vehicles for free.

 

[larrycpa]

I called about this and CS hadn't heard about it. Is there a way to find out when my Pure was manufactured? Picked it up 6/30 but it was from existing inventory.

 

[tonybot]

My Pure was affected. When the mobile tech came for another service, he performed the inspection, found no damage, and adjusted the cable routing to prevent this issue from materializing in the future. This happened about a month and a half ago.

Do you have a mobile tech contact? If not, contact the nearest service center. My Air was manufactured in April 2024, and I received it in July.

 

[Lucken]

I called about this and CS hadn't heard about it. Is there a way to find out when my Pure was manufactured? Picked it up 6/30 but it was from existing inventory.

The manufacturing date is on a label on the driver's side door jam.

 

[larrycpa]

The manufacturing date is on a label on the driver's side door jam.

Thanks

 

[M5toMStoAP]

My car bricked yesterday — waiting to hear from Lucid but I assume it's this issue. If you're affected I would get it addressed.

 

[brisk]

My car is in the SC for other things along with this recall.
They said mine is affected (June/24 build date) but will see if they will replace it or just inspect it when I get it back.

 

[Steve181]

My car bricked yesterday — waiting to hear from Lucid but I assume it's this issue. If you're affected I would get it addressed.

That is serious. We depend on our cars. The impacted ones in the date range should be immediatly repaired and not have to call service form the middle of the highway.

 

[borski]

That is serious. We depend on our cars. The impacted ones in the date range should be immediatly repaired and not have to call service form the middle of the highway.

If it is a recall, you may have to schedule service; I had to schedule with Hyundai 4 months out to fix the ICCU for the eighth time (but only the third recall for the same thing lol)

 

[brisk]

If it is a recall, you may have to schedule service; I had to schedule with Hyundai 4 months out to fix the ICCU for the eighth time (but only the third recall for the same thing lol)

This is exactly what I did. Called to see if I was affected while doing other service items and I was.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any communication about this recall from Lucid, but the forums and internet were my source!

 

[Blue Lectroid]

If it is a recall, you may have to schedule service; I had to schedule with Hyundai 4 months out to fix the ICCU for the eighth time (but only the third recall for the same thing lol)

We had the same issue with our Ioniq 5. It's been back to Hyundai 4 times already for that and the forever squeaky rear hatch (3 attempted failed fixes on that so far). Right now we are waiting on a call back from service because they are "overloaded" and do not know yet when they can get to our car.

 

[borski]

This is exactly what I did. Called to see if I was affected while doing other service items and I was.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any communication about this recall from Lucid, but the forums and internet were my source!

Lucid has to follow the government-mandated timeline and communications; historically, they have reached out earlier, but *at the very least* you should get a letter in the snail mail if you are affected by the recall.

But those letters take time. I found out about the Hyundai recall from my insurance company sending me an email

 

[M5toMStoAP]

Service center says my car had gotten the recall service (prior to the Nov 5 official recall, apparently). So they are still investigating. Maybe they didn't attach the new cable securely.

 

[catflap]

Mine was in for a comms failure reset at the end of November and I see Rear Subframe Harness Length as job 8 on the service invoice. I received the letter notification yesterday, which mentions that it's an issue that can cause comms failure.

A few thoughts:
1. Lucid didn't mention they'd fixed this in November, which is fine, whatever.
2. My comms have failed again subsequently, requiring another visit to the service center for a reset (car is driveable for me when this happens).
3. They didn't seem to know that this can cause the comms issue, at least didn't last time I was there a week ago. Their best guess at the time was a firmware incompatibility with the TCU.
4. So I'm thinking this is most likely the cause, but am a bit concerned it's happened again after being fixed.

What with this and the frunk latch sensor failing/going out of alignment requiring a tow and, admittedly very speedy, fix, I still really like the car, but I couldn't recommend it to anyone. I only hit 1000 miles today.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

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!

 

[Steve181]

I like your sorted phrase! My 1 month old Air Pure has about 500 OK miles on it, except for low internet reliability. Perhaps Lucid should outsurce the electronics to Lucas.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

I like your sorted phrase! My 1 month old Air Pure has about 500 OK miles on it, except for low internet reliability. Perhaps Lucid should outsurce the electronics to Lucas.

Lucas Electronics = "The Prince of Darkness". Anyone here remember that on?

 

[Steve181]

Yes - Its the reason the British drink warm beer.

 

[Pragmatic]

Having ridden British motorcycles and driven British cars for 35 years (I still have 4), the Lucas jokes get old. The equipment itself (starters, alternators, distributors) are as reliable as any of their contemporaries. They moved to 12V systems (1940s) before the Americans (1950s) or Contenental based OEMs.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

Having ridden British motorcycles and driven British cars for 35 years (I still have 4), the Lucas jokes get old. The equipment itself (starters, alternators, distributors) are as reliable as any of their contemporaries. They moved to 12V systems (1940s) before the Americans (1950s) or Contenental based OEMs.

My references are XJ series jags from the ‘70’s and ‘80’s and the electronics in those weee not at all reliable. I’m glad you’ve had a better experience.