California-based Lucid Motors is recalling more than 4,000 of its Gravity electric SUVs over faulty seat belts, which may not actually hold people during a crash.
According to a March 26 filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the lap belt anchors in the second row seats are incorrectly welded, which could cause the brackets to fail. Lucid discovered the issue during a test for an unrelated issue in January. In that test, the lap belt anchor failed, even though the vehicle had passed the standards during previous compliance tests. No injuries have been reported by the NHTSA or Lucid over this problem.
Gravity models affected were made between December 2024 and February 2026, with 4,476 vehicles included in the recall. It’s unclear how many of the vehicles are with customers but analysts estimate Lucid delivered around 800 units by the end of 2025 based on the company’s full-year financial documents. First-quarter results for 2026 have not yet been made available.
The NHTSA says Lucid will send owner notification letters by May 22 to have the vehicles inspected and, if necessary, repaired free of charge.
The Gravity is Lucid’s second production model and arguably its most important now, as it’s been five years since its Air sedan went on sale. The Gravity competes with other large luxury EV SUVs from Cadillac, Rivian and Volvo, to name a few. It also arguably fills a space that the Tesla Model X vacated when it ended production so the company could build robots instead. Lucid said last month it was planning three less-expensive SUVs that would compete with the Rivian R2, Tesla Model Y, and other midsize EVs at a much lower price than the Gravity’s $81,000 base.
And if that weren’t enough weight on the success of the Gravity, Uber is using it as a base for a future robotaxi in a deal announced in January with a commitment for 20,000 vehicles over the next six years, following a $300 million investment from the rideshare company.
