2024 LUCID AIR Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Issues in the 2024 LUCID AIR
1 forward collision avoidance automatic emergency braking complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2024 LUCID AIR. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Complaints
On [XXX], at approximately [XXX], I arrived at the YMCA parking lot for my yoga class (located on [XXX], Mountain View, CA). While waiting for a parking spot, I put my Lucid Air in reverse to back up slightly. Generally, Lucid’s strong regenerative braking stops the car when the accelerator is released. However, this time, when I lifted my foot, the car unexpectedly accelerated at high speed, completely unresponsive to my control. It plowed through a pedestrian walkway, a row of bushes, and crashed into the exterior wall of the YMCA building before shutting itself off. The steering wheel was also unresponsive during the unexpected acceleration. After the crash, the car shut itself down and would not restart. The crash caused injury to my neck, and it was a miracle that no one was behind me at the normally very busy parking lot. The sudden acceleration and loss of control...