Lucid is telling owners of 27,185 Air sedans to park outside and away from structures after discovering a genuine fire risk buried in the car’s headlight wiring, according to the automaker’s own recall report filed with NHTSA (Campaign 26V540).

Key Points

• The recall spans nearly every 2022-2026 Lucid Air built, covering cars produced from October 11, 2021, through July 27, 2026 — essentially the entire production run to date, per the NHTSA filing.
• The defect lies in the software-controlled “eFuse” that’s supposed to cut power to the exterior lighting circuits — including the headlights and the center high-mounted brake light — before they draw too much current.
• Faulty logic in that eFuse can let the circuit keep drawing excess amperage instead of shutting off, which can overheat the wiring enough to cause smoke or fire, according to Lucid’s filing.
• Lucid has confirmed three actual fire events (in 2023, 2025, and 2026), four additional smoke incidents between October 2025 and April 2026, and 33 warranty claims for damaged wiring, per the recall report.
• An over-the-air software update, version 2.10.0, began rolling out in July 2026 and lowers the eFuse’s amperage threshold while blocking the circuit from re-energizing after it trips, according to Kelley Blue Book’s review of the filing.

What’s Affected

Every Lucid Air built between late 2021 and late July 2026 is technically part of the recall population, though Lucid says the update had already reached roughly 20,719 of the 27,185 vehicles — about 76% — by the time the recall was filed with regulators in late August, leaving around 6,466 cars still needing the fix, according to reporting on the filing.

What Owners Should Do

Because the fix is delivered wirelessly, Lucid says most owners don’t need a service appointment — the car simply needs to be on and connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data long enough to receive the update. Owners can check their infotainment system’s software version now rather than waiting for a mailed notice, which Lucid doesn’t expect to send until October 16, 2026. Until an owner has confirmed their car is running version 2.10.0 or later, Lucid’s explicit instruction is to park the Air outdoors and away from garages, carports, or anything attached to a home, rather than risk a wiring fire spreading indoors.

It’s a notably blunt warning for a company still building sales momentum in a crowded EV market — this single recall covers more cars than Lucid delivered in all of 2025. The wiring issue doesn’t affect propulsion or the battery pack, but it’s a reminder that even software-defined safety systems like eFuses can fail in ways a traditional fuse box simply can’t.