Lucid Recalls 2022–2024 Air EVs After High-Voltage Coolant Heater Failure May Prevent Windshield Defrosting

Alongside the Nissan Sentra VIN-bubble recall in the same week, a separate recall affected Lucid Air luxury electric vehicles, with a distinct failure mechanism involving the car's high-voltage heating system rather than the glass itself. The July 11, 2024, Lucid recall covers certain 2022–2024 Lucid Air vehicles under NHTSA recall 24V495000.

The NHTSA recall identifies a high-voltage coolant heater in affected Lucid Air vehicles that may fail to defrost the windshield. In cold weather, a windshield that cannot be cleared of ice or fog impairs the driver's forward visibility—creating a hazardous driving condition that the recall is designed to prevent.

Lucid's remedy involves two steps: a software update to identify heater failures and alert drivers through dashboard warnings, and physical replacement of faulty high-voltage coolant heaters where failure is confirmed. The dual-step approach—notification before hardware replacement—reflects an EV-specific remediation model made possible by over-the-air software update capability.

Owner notification letters were scheduled for mailing August 9, 2024. The Lucid Air's premium price point means glass shops are unlikely to see high volumes of these vehicles, but shops in markets with concentrated EV adoption—coastal California, Seattle, and similar areas—should understand the defroster-related recall context when servicing these vehicles.

The Lucid recall highlights an EV-specific glass service consideration: high-voltage heating systems that support windshield defroster function interact with the windshield in ways that conventional internal-combustion-engine vehicles do not. When replacing a windshield on an EV, technicians should confirm that heating connectors and circuits are properly reconnected and that the defroster system is tested before vehicle delivery.

More broadly, the July 2024 week that produced both the Nissan Sentra and Lucid Air recalls—back-to-back glass-adjacent recalls in the same reporting period—illustrated how the NHTSA recall calendar keeps auto glass shops continuously engaged with safety compliance developments across the vehicle population in their local service markets.