Eduard Huma
Lucid has widened a recall involving rear-wheel-drive Air Pure sedans after identifying another 3,627 vehicles with half-shaft bolts linked to drive-unit separation. The issue affects 2024 through 2026 Lucid Air Pure rear-wheel-drive models produced between September 13, 2023, and July 25, 2025.
The concern centers on bolt fastening at the half-shaft connection. Lucid says some bolts were not secured correctly. If those fasteners loosen over time, the half-shaft detaches from the drive unit, and drive power is lost immediately.
This arrives six months after an earlier campaign aimed at a related half-shaft problem on the same model line. Back in October, Lucid relied on a lash-detection algorithm linked with vehicle telematics. The system monitored cars for warning signs tied to half-shaft disengagement while driving. At the time, the company treated that software route as a broad answer.
New field cases changed the picture. Vehicles outside the first recall group later reported the same fault, which exposed limits in the earlier scope. Lucid now includes additional cars after finding that the previous action did not reach every affected vehicle.
The new remedy still begins with software. A fresh over-the-air update will monitor each vehicle continuously in real time and search for signs of half-shaft separation risk. When the system detects a possible fault, the driver receives a warning before the drive power is lost. Lucid then replaces the half-shaft bolts on that vehicle.
Cars without warning signals will not receive mechanical work. That point stands out because the company is not replacing hardware across the full recall group from the start. Each vehicle reports back first, then service follows only where the software identifies risk.
There is a small pause in that logic because the notification itself arrives only when the system sees trouble forming. Lucid still considers that enough to direct workshop action.
The affected population includes only rear-wheel-drive Air Pure variants. Other Lucid Air versions are not named in the campaign material shown here. Owners involved in the recall should expect contact from Lucid by May 22.
Electric models often return to service campaigns over software, sensors, or battery management, yet this case remains mechanical at the root, even though software sits at the center of the response. Lucid is using digital monitoring again, only with a wider recall group and closer follow-up around bolt replacement when warning thresholds appear.
