Best and worst Lucid Air years to buy
Which Air years to buy and which to skip, each judged against the others.
Gathering every model year from NHTSA. The first look at a model can take a little while.
Which Air years to buy and which to skip, each judged against the others.
Gathering every model year from NHTSA. The first look at a model can take a little while.
Look for 2024 and 2025.
Each year is set against a typical Air year at the same age. 2× means twice the complaints.
Each came out Worthy and is not next to a problem year. These are the newest such years, so you can still find one.
None of the judged years of the Air reached Maybe or Skip.
From owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the federal car safety agency. Only years old enough to judge. Still have any car inspected.
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Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so we compare every year at the same age, not by these totals. Each judged year shows that first: 2× is twice the complaints of a typical Air year at its age. Skip counts all complaints. Complaints about costly parts (engine, transmission, body and frame, hybrid and EV system) can make a year Maybe, never Skip, and each Maybe or Skip names the rule that made it. A year between two Maybe or Skip years is a Maybe too. The small marks by each year show how sure its verdict is: three for high, one for low. How sure is the verdict?
The most recent judged years that came out Worthy, none right next to a Maybe or Skip year. Each count below is taken at the same age as the typical year it is set against, so it can be lower than the year's full total in the list above.
Other Worthy years with the fewest owner complaints against a typical year at the same age, none right next to a Maybe or Skip year. A year that sold few cars can also show few complaints, so check how sure its verdict is (the small marks by each year above).
Every Worthy year of the Air we would point to is in the newest ones above.
Judged years that came out Maybe or Skip: more complaints than a typical year, more about costly parts, or inside a run of problem years.
None of the judged years of the Air reached Maybe or Skip.
Education, not financial or mechanical advice. Have any used car checked by a mechanic you trust before you buy.
Each year’s owner complaints, held up against a typical year of the Air at the same age. Popular cars collect more complaints just by selling more, so a year is never compared with another model. The typical year leaves out years that were high themselves, so a run of bad years cannot set its own bar.
Pick a year to open it. Owner complaints filed with NHTSA are unverified, and not adjusted for how many were sold. The 2026 model is too new to judge.
SourceNHTSA’s complaint and recall datasets. Each year’s page links its own NHTSA record. NHTSA, checked Nov 4, 2026.
1.0× a typical year
In its first 2 years: 17 vs 17 typical
Most named: Driver assist and cameras
0.5× a typical year
In its first 3 years: 10 vs 22 typical
Most named: Transmission and drivetrain
“Do not drive” and “park outside” are NHTSA’s own warnings on a recall, until it is fixed.
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| Year | Verdict | Owner complaints | Recalls | Top problem area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Too new | 6 | 41 park outside | Electrical |
| 2025 | Worthy | 17 | 71 park outside | Driver assist and cameras |
| 2024 | Worthy | 10 | 91 park outside | Transmission and drivetrain |
| 2023 | Not judged | 30 | 121 park outside | Electrical |
| 2022 | Not judged | 24 | 151 park outside | Electrical |
SourceNHTSA’s complaint and recall datasets. Each year’s page links its own NHTSA record. NHTSA, checked Nov 4, 2026.