Too Frustrating

[prodolf]

If you want a reliable car from the get go , then do not take first year of any model of cars

All new models regardless of which brand they come with their own issues period

I prefer to get any model from 2nd or 3rd year where they worked out everything or at least all issues have been known and expectations are expected no surprises

If you take gravity you MUST know what you are doing or leave it for someone who really wants one they are in short supply like original sriracha sauce

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To be fair, I was an early adopter of both the Model S and the Rivian R1T and the challenges I'm facing with my Gravity are an order of magnitude greater than my experiences with those vehicles. I also purchased a Land Rover Defender Launch Edition in early 2020 when it first arrived in the US and did not experience any of the types of challenges by Gravity is having. Simply saying that all early build models have issues doesn't align with my personal experiences.

 

[9point81]

To be fair, I was an early adopter of both the Model S and the Rivian R1T and the challenges I'm facing with my Gravity are an order of magnitude greater than my experiences with those vehicles. I also purchased a Land Rover Defender Launch Edition in early 2020 when it first arrived in the US and did not experience any of the types of challenges by Gravity is having. Simply saying that all early build models have issues doesn't align with my personal experiences.

Other than the keys not working right issue, I had far more issues from my 1st Gen Taycan. The key failure is critical, but the other items I've experienced are annoying but par for the course of new platforms. I've always been a bleeding edge tech guy and my last 4 vehicles have been as well and it is all to be expected, even when it absolutely sucks to get something like a 100k paper weight bc of an issue, but I knew what I was signing up for. Just like the other auto and tech makers, Lucid will improve or die off ( which I CERTAINLY believe the former). If some folks aren't prepared for that, it's totally OK, but this car and this life (I'm speaking to the OP here) is not for you. It's ok to take your money elsewhere and circle back in a few years maybe and take another look.

 

[Batteryman]

Where in any video or marketing material have you seen Lucid show the car self park itself into someone’s garage?

Have you contacted Lucid to have the car looked at? SiriusXM isn’t satellite radio in the traditional sense, it relies on internet connectivity. Do you live in an area with spotty cell coverage? Particularly AT&T

Why didn’t Lucid make it satellite? Isn’t that more reliable?

 

[HC_79]

Why didn’t Lucid make it satellite? Isn’t that more reliable?

Who cares! It’s been that way since day 1 so if it’s such a big issue for people then don’t buy the car.

 

[agarner]

Why didn’t Lucid make it satellite? Isn’t that more reliable?

I've asked myself that question a dozen times. I've learned to deal with it, but it's the first car I've had problems with anything to do with sound. In fact, I'm resetting the car at least once a week just to get my radio and phone back working. Just today I got into my car and the phone and sound system didn't work. It's frustrating. I have had pretty good luck playing Sirius/XM from my phone app.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

Here we go again... Remember 'Starting to regret getting this car...'? Seven tabs of responses to someone who was not even a verified owner.

Can't we limit our responses to people that we at least know actually posess the vehicle they're ranting about?

 

[agarner]

Who cares! It’s been that way since day 1 so if it’s such a big issue for people then don’t buy the car.

You may not care, but I’m guessing most people who spend 70K plus on a car expect the sound system on a car to be reliable.

 

[HC_79]

You may not care, but I’m guessing most people who spend 70K plus on a car expect the sound system on a car to be reliable.

Don’t twist it. They were specifically talking about internet being used over the XM antenna which has been beaten to death. While some people experience issues, many can attest in here that there’s nothing wrong with the sound system.

 

[agarner]

Can't we limit our responses to people that we at least know actually posess the vehicle they're ranting about?

Okay, I’m a verified owner and although I love many things about the car, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I’ve had more headaches than any of the last 40 plus cars I’ve owned and it’s only been just over two months. I think a lot of us get sucked in because it is a beautiful car and it drives great.

 

[agarner]

Don’t twist it. They were specifically talking about internet being used over the XM antenna which has been beaten to death. While some people experience issues, many can attest in here that there’s nothing wrong with the sound system.

I'm not twisting anything. The word "reliable" was mentioned in the sentence that you responded to by saying who cares. I just reacted to what I perceived as a pretty defensive and provocative comment. The OP mentioned in his first post that the satellite radio works half the time - it's part of the thread.

And I agree that the sound system seems to be fine for some, but for many others it isn't. It's an issue plain and simple. I had a loaner in the first few weeks of purchasing mine because the section of the display panel that controls audio went out. I had a loaner and didn't have any issues with the radio for a month so perhaps it's hit and miss.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Sound system refers to the whole package. Is it surreal sound pro, surreal sound, volume knob, radio, audio apps, Sirius specifically, volume level, individual speakers, USB, CarPlay or Bluetooth playback, or what exactly is the issue? I don’t use Sirius, and have had almost no problems with the “sound system”. The only issue I’ve noticed arise since the OTA before 2.8.0 is there seems to be a problem with the sync for the digital audio and the sound could rarely be choppy and glitchy, but a steering wheel reset has fixed it, I think I’ve had to do that 3-4 times in the last 3 months, which is more frequent than normal. While it’s mildly annoying I wouldn’t attribute it to Lucid having a bad sound system but rather a software bug to fix.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

How is it that we live in a world where the OP buys a $100k car that they clearly did exactly zero research about and then joins this forum and makes their first post complaining about features that 10 minutes of research here would have clearly steered them in a different direction or prepared them by setting appropriate expectations?

If you can find this forum to complain, you sure could have found it to do some research and take personal responsibility when spending a pretty tidy sum on a new vehicle.

We really need to think about this…are these kinds of posts a reflection on Lucid or our society’s newfound willingness to completely shun any kind of personal responsibility?

 

[agarner]

How is it that we live in a world where the OP buys a $100k car that they clearly did exactly zero research about and then joins this forum and makes their first post complaining about features that 10 minutes of research here would have clearly steered them in a different direction or prepared them by setting appropriate expectations?

If you can find this forum to complain, you sure could have found it to do some research and take personal responsibility when spending a pretty tidy sum on a new vehicle.

We really need to think about this…are these kinds of posts a reflection on Lucid or our society’s newfound willingness to completely shun any kind of personal responsibility?

I find it curious that when someone has anything negative to say, there is inevitably a group of people who get incredibly defensive and sometimes even to the point of being rude. How do we know the OP didn't do research? I did research and asked a lot of questions about some of the issues I read. The sales people addressed most of my concerns so I took a chance hoping things would iron out. I'm hoping the issues I've had so far will get resolved.

So Blue Lectroid, should there be a forum rule that states only positive experiences should be posted? Like many others, you seem to be down on posting anything negative about the car. How would anyone doing research be steered in a different direction with only positive posts? I think it's helpful in many ways when multiple people complain about the same thing. It shows a pattern of consistency. If only one person complained about the audio or whatever most people would treat it as an aberration rather than some inherent problem. Forums like these are about sharing experiences and learning new things. I don't see anything wrong with the OPs post. They shared their experience and that's it.

 

[Lucken]

There’s nothing wrong with the sound system, in fact it’s quite good. The choice by Lucid to go with internet-based reception is a different story and yes, it’s been discussed to death. I sympathize with the OP and others having issues with the loss of internet, it’s unquestionably been my biggest and nearly only problem with the car. It should be mentioned, at least in my case, it’s not always related to cellular signal strength as I’ve lost internet in very good signal areas.

I do wonder if it has something to do with the cellular plan that Lucid has with AT&T. Some plans, especially cheaper ones, will put you at the ‘back of the line’ during periods of heavy cellular congestion. I had just mentioned to my wife yesterday that we almost never have a loss of signal on Sundays, even traveling in the same areas where weekday reception can be problematic.

I would gladly pay for a better plan with a better carrier just to see if that mitigates this issue. Aside from being frustrating, it can be embarrassing when you have others in the car who question why you lost your reception.

 

[Ron_Burgundy]

It was only when I was researching Gravity that I realized Sirius/XM was still in business, to be honest. No interest in using it and didn’t realize it had a following.

As others have noted, I think the sound system, specifically surreal sound pro, is f’ing amazing - particularly as compared to my R1S upgraded sounded and our X.

With respect to how it works. I have no idea. I’ve just finished one road trip - with several areas of spotty coverage, yet sound was fine entire time.

Regardless, I think folks have a right to share and be honest, but not the TL;DR diatribes. Those aren’t productive for anyone. My thinking is this is an open forum meant to benefit the Lucid owner (and potential owner) community. As in life, try to be respectful of everyone. Just my $0.10, my $0.02 are free…

 

[Ktw13]

I feel complaint post attracts compliments, otherwise no one is talking about how good the car is.

 

[prodolf]

Here we go again... Remember 'Starting to regret getting this car...'? Seven tabs of responses to someone who was not even a verified owner.

Can't we limit our responses to people that we at least know actually posess the vehicle they're ranting about?

Fair enough but I've driven over 3,000 miles on my GDE and offered many comments both positive and negative and nobody's bothered to "Verify" me as an owner. Does this mean I deserved to get shouted down by the hall monitors on the forum? Vehicle purchases are big spends and people are curious. I think some of the responses to new owners or people curious about the vehicles, are seriously dampening the enthusiasm for these potentially great cars.

 

[Ron_Burgundy]

Fair enough but I've driven over 3,000 miles on my GDE and offered many comments both positive and negative and nobody's bothered to "Verify" me as an owner. Does this mean I deserved to get shouted down by the hall monitors on the forum? Vehicle purchases are big spends and people are curious. I think some of the responses to new owners or people curious about the vehicles, are seriously dampening the enthusiasm for these potentially great cars.

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[prodolf]

Often true. Positive posts attract

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Oh! I have to do it. Thanks for the link.

 

[L-Dude]

Fair enough but I've driven over 3,000 miles on my GDE and offered many comments both positive and negative and nobody's bothered to "Verify" me as an owner. Does this mean I deserved to get shouted down by the hall monitors on the forum? Vehicle purchases are big spends and people are curious. I think some of the responses to new owners or people curious about the vehicles, are seriously dampening the enthusiasm for these potentially great cars.

I think that when someone comes in here with questions or frustrations about their new Lucid purchase and is seeking insight, it is a whole different situation and someone who comes in here on their first post and just trashes the company up and down. People in the former category get lots of help and suggestions from the community. People in the latter category are just looking for a fight.