PlainRecordsLUCID AIR: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SOFTWARE
- What can happen
- A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Lucid has released an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 4, 2026. Owners may contact Lucid at 1-888-995-8243. Lucid's number for this recall is SR-26-01-0.
- Potentially affected
- 10816
Completion rate: 96.9% of the 10,816 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- Jan. 16, 2026
- Filed by
- Lucid USA, Inc.
- Vehicles
- LUCID AIR (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Component
- BACK OVER PREVENTION › SOFTWARE
- Description of the defect
- Lucid USA, Inc. (Lucid) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Air vehicles equipped with an AD02 package and operating a software version from 2.8.0 through 2.8.16. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."
- Potentially affected
- 10816
- What can happen
- A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Lucid has released an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 4, 2026. Owners may contact Lucid at 1-888-995-8243. Lucid's number for this recall is SR-26-01-0.
- Owner notification date
- March 4, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- SR-26-01-0
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 111
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- Software versions > or = to 2.8.0 and below 2.8.17 · ACU Software · Software versions greater than or equal to 2.8.0 and below version 2.8.17
- Recall number
- 26V017000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Lucid USA, Inc. (Lucid) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Air vehicles equipped with an AD02 package and operating a software version from 2.8.0 through 2.8.16. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."” “A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”LUCID BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-01-16. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- LUCID: 14 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from Jan. 17, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V017000, Jan. 16, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "LUCID AIR: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SOFTWARE." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v017000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections