r/LUCID

I was at bar recently in palo alto and overheard two folks talking about how they are getting paid per post on trashing companies like rivian, lucid, and a couple others in places like reddit.

Having seen a generous number of awkward and negative posts from supposed owners (with new accounts, no less) it made me wonder whether we need to step up the validation game to ensure feedback here is legit.

How? One idea is to do what the watch sales forum do and require a seller to post a custom timestamped picture of their watch. We could ask same of a negative poster and to do so inside a lucid.

Wdyt?

We took delivery of a Gravity GT in Nov of 2025. It's been great overall. However, the vehicle seems to lack any basic dream drive features. Whenever I try to turn on "Drive Assist" by pressing the assist button twice (once for cruise control, then again for drive assist), it says drive assist unavailable in every single road I have tried including highways up and down the east coast.

My elderly parents who primarily drive the car have tried to inquire about this and the response is that the model they have does not include dream drive features at all. I'm trying to figure it out for them. Is it even possible to get a Gravity GT without even basic dream drive?

Thanks for the insight.

I’m posting this as a warning to anyone considering buying or financing a vehicle through Lucid / Lucid Financial.

Lucid Financial reported me 30 days late for March 2026 even though I had autopay set up and payments were being withdrawn from my bank account on March 1 and April 1. This has damaged what was previously a perfect credit score, and now I’m the one wasting hours of my life trying to fix their mess.

When I called, they gave me inconsistent explanations, could not clearly identify which payment was supposedly missed, and repeatedly told me things that did not line up with my bank records or their own timeline. From my perspective, they lied to me on the phone, failed to properly notify me when payment was allegedly due, and then punished me by reporting a delinquency to the credit bureaus.

This is not even the first issue. Last year, my account was apparently deleted by accident, which caused autopay to fail. So this is now a pattern: their systems fail, autopay breaks or is mishandled, and the customer gets stuck cleaning up the consequences and dealing with credit agencies trying to remove delinquencies.

A luxury vehicle company should not have financing operations this disorganized. If you rely on autopay, you would think you’re protected. With Lucid Financial, apparently you’re not. They can take your payments, fail to communicate properly, report you late, damage your credit, and then make you fight to prove they caused the problem. I've leased many other cars and never had a terrible experience and dealt with worse personnel.

My advice: do not buy a vehicle from Lucid unless you are prepared to babysit every payment, monitor your credit constantly, and spend hours fighting their financing department if something goes wrong. I can't wait to return their car and never talk to them again, if they even exist by then. Their stock price is in the toilet, understandably so.

I regret buying from them and would strongly warn others to stay away. I'm about to report them to the government for consumer fraud and abuse.

Hope to fly to Seattle this coming week to get my 2025 Lucid Air Touring in Quantum Grey with 2,269 miles and drive >850 miles home. Will post pics.

Any recommendations for a first time Lucid owner?

Finally got to test drive the Gravity around "home turf" on 7/3/26 during a pop up event Lucid had at the Menlo Park Mall, NJ. It was a 2026 GT without the handling package, about 30 minutes (15 minutes each), and it was 105F, clear skies, real feel was 115F.

Took my EV hater friend who does audio mixing on the side (important for later). We also checked out the Rivian R2 since we were in the area, because why not.

The first thing I noticed immediately were the door handles, they seemed a little loose feeling; when I first opened the door I couldn't tell how much pressure I needed to actually engage the opening mechanism. Maybe because there isn't much articulation in the lever? Or is it more like a pressure switch?

But once inside, everything looked very well made and out together, high-quality. It was easy for me to get comfortable, the haptic buttons worked well, and I engaged the cooled seats and the massage function and left it on for the rest of the ride (wave massage was amazing).

I must say, even though it was absolutely blazing outside, I did not ever feel hot in the car. It was set to auto 70 and it was quite pleasant. The tint on the roof did a great job managing heat. There was tint all around the vehicle and it was noticeable to me as there was a slight warm hue all around, especially on the passenger glass roof.

The pedal feel and driving dynamics were interesting. The pedal felt very firm, and the way it correlated to me was 50% pedal push = 50% power instead of it building power gradually. Idk, love hate thing there. Making turns and smashing the pedal on the on ramp felt great though, the body was very composed and sway/porpoising was very minimal. Even though our tester didn't have the 3 chamber air suspension, the car felt plenty comfortable, composed, and quiet, even over rough concrete roads, I was very impressed.

Visibility was surprisingly good all around, even though the A pillar is thick, understandably so. I liked the squircle steering wheel and the way the UI was. I think it was 3.5 or something, one version before the latest.

The biggest issue my friend had was that, even though the tester had the upgraded audio, it still wasn't great. He said that there was no bass sub 70hz, the type you "feel". He said he liked the audio in the R2 better because it had more of the low bass, but it still wasn't that great in the R2 either. We did try sanctuary mode and the audio there was amazing, so maybe it's input dependent? If so, that's unfortunate.

TLDR: Great product, love/hate accelerator, subpar audio for regular audio connections.

Recently got a 2024 Air GT. Been loving how quiet the cabin is and taking advantage of the massage seats. I've had a little issues here and there but nothing to crazy.

Lately however I've been noticing issues with the frunk. Constantly showing as opened and sometimes opening on it's own. I've see a few post of problems with the frunk. Wondering if anyone has taken their Air to Lucid and has it fixed the problem after the service??

I test drove an air last week, it’s the only one in my area where I wouldn’t have to travel far to get it. It has 36k miles on it, seemed a bit overpriced compared to some others so was wondering what is a good price range for that mileage. Anything I should look for too? The day I test drove it was the first time I ever sat in one and was super impressed by everything, but curious of others experiences too.

So I’m going through divorce and it should end by 2027. First thing I’m doing in 2027 is buying a vehicle. I did a lot of research and I understand the depreciation on these vehicles. What model year do you guys suggest is the best model year to purchase to avoid all the glitches and issues with these cars? A model year that has all the updates and fixes? I really like the glass roof. Are there any negatives about it? I do live in Arizona but I heard you could get it tinted. I definitely want the stealth package. Any other options I should definitely get? Im looking at a Lexus LS500 F sport but leaning towards a Lucid. Hoping to get the premium package with all the bells and whistles for under 70k. Also looking at 21 inch wheels instead of 20 any reasons why not ? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am aiming for this look.

https://chatgpt.com/s/m\_6a49560543a88191b7051e20fc14d1c0

Hello - Lease on an S60 PHEV ending in December. I'm ready to go full EV and the Lucid Air looks absolutely stunning. Also looks like it has plenty of space for my two rear facing car seats, something that's a squeeze now.

The Lucid Air Pure is more than enough for me the only nice to have would be AWD for the long winters here, but not a deal breaker (I'll get snow tires).

It seems like the depreciation on these is pretty steep and I'm trying to figure out if there's a good reason to avoid the used market for Lucid. What would the value play here be?

Thanks!

Just test drove a 2024 Air Grand Touring. Beautiful car inside and out. The problem was that even though we test drove it, we couldn’t adjust mirrors, couldn’t adjust steering wheel, AC, seat heaters/coolers, open the frunk or trunk, etc. We could push the symbols on the bottom screen to change these things, and to take it out of that hard braking mode, and it showed for a second that the change was made, but it wouldn’t stay changed. The drive mode never changed. The mirrors or steering wheel wouldn’t move, the AC wouldn’t turn on and we never opened the trunk/frunk. The dealers were mostly clueless on what was going on. One guy came out and pressed on the “Air” word on the bottom screen and said it reset everything and it would work fine now, but nothing changed.

Was this user error or car issue? It was a lease return with approx. 14k miles.

Thanks for any help.

Hello!

I am thinking about trading in my 2022 AWD Long Range Tesla Model 3 for a 2024 Lucid Air Touring and would love some feedback. My Tesla has 68,000 miles on it and the Lucid has 22,000. I have never sat in or driven a Lucid, but have been doing tons of research and love this idea of the car. The software problems are concerning for me and I live 250 miles from the closest service center (Seattle). I have talked the dealership down to an out the door price of $21k after my trade in. Would love to get your opinions on if I should do it. I should also add that I would be driving 6 hours to pick up the car and there are no lucids close by for me to test drive. Thanks for reading and for your thoughts, I appreciate it!

Im leasing a 2024 Air Touring, for 3 years, 15k/year.
I touched 35k recently and still have 14 months left on the lease.
Need advice on how should I proceed.
I love driving the car and I expect to reach 60k by end of lease term if I do not change the way I’m operating.

The residual value on the contract is $53k.
I plan to buy the car at the end of lease provide Lucid is open to negotiate the value.

If not, should I stop using the vehicle for to keep it under the limit?
What has been others experience on Lucid open to reduce the buyout price?
Or should I keep driving and pay excess miles charges if Lucid is firm on the buyout price?
My alternate is driving a regular SUV if not the ev.

I have tinted my windows and have upgraded to CCCv2 as well.

I'm leasing a Lucid Air and I'm thinking about getting the windows tinted. For those who have returned a leased Lucid, did you have to remove the tint before turning the car in?

Was there any charge for leaving it on, or did Lucid accept it as long as the tint was professionally installed and within legal limits?

I'd appreciate hearing about your lease return experience. Thanks!