Lucid Motors is recalling more than 4,000 Gravity SUVs after discovering that some second-row seat belt anchors were not properly welded — a defect that could prevent the restraints from holding passengers in a crash.
The recall is the second physical recall of the model since customer deliveries began in 2025.
Separately, the company rolled out an over the air update last January to fix a safety issue related to the rearview camera.
The California-based EV maker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the issue was found during unrelated safety testing in January.
Some of the anchors connecting the second-row seat belts were improperly welded, increasing the risk that the belts would fail in a collision.
“The recall population consists of all customer vehicles manufactured before February 14, 2026,” the NHTSA’s report reads. “Vehicles made after that date have seats that have been manufactured to the original weld specification.”
Lucid said the defect originated at its seat supplier, which changed its manufacturing process without notifying or receiving approval from the client.
The supplier — Camaco Automotive — has since reverted to the original design specification, according to the company.
According to the report, the recall affects Gravity SUVs produced before February 14, 2026.
Lucid will inspect all vehicles covered by the recall and either install a reinforcement bracket or replace the entire seat, depending on the quality of the weld.
No injuries have been reported in connection with the seat belt defect.
Previous Recalls
The seat belt recall follows two earlier situations tied to the Gravity SUV: one physical and one solved via a software update.
In December 2025, Lucid recalled 66 units over mislabeled front seat backrest covers that could prevent the side airbags from deploying correctly.
Earlier this year, approximately 3,900 units were recalled over a rearview camera software issue that violated federal visibility standards — a defect that was resolved through an over-the-air update.
In February, Lucid had halted Gravity deliveries over a separate defective middle seat component that required physical replacement.
That delivery pause came just days after the company’s then-recently appointed SVP of Engineering and Digital Emad Dlala said the company had resolved up to 95% of the software issues that had plagued the Gravity since launch.
Gravity Deliveries
The Gravity has been central to Lucid‘s growth ambitions.
The SUV first debuted with the higher-priced Grand Touring trim, which began at $94,900. The Touring variant, launched last year, is priced from $79,900.
The company delivered 5,345 vehicles globally in the fourth quarter and a total of 15,841 in 2025.
According to data published by Cox Automotive, 4,330 of these were sold in the United States between October and December, totaling 12,614 units in full-year 2025.
The company’s CFO Taoufiq Boussaid stated late last year that Lucid‘s second model would outsell the Air sedan for the first time in the fourth quarter, becoming the major driver of the new output record.
“Q4 will be primarily the Gravity quarter. It will represent the majority of our production and our sales,” Boussaid said then. “And again, as I said, this is as per our initial expectation and plan.”
However, figures from the final quarter of 2025 suggest that the Air accounted for 3,188 units, while the Gravity stayed at just 1,142.
The SUV accounted for 1,801 deliveries in the full-year 2025.
Vehicle registration tracker Motor Intelligence is scheduled to report US sales estimates on Wednesday, while Lucid Motors is expected to disclose first-quarter delivery figures later this week.
Production vs Deliveries
According to the NHTSA, the recall population covers all customer Gravity vehicles manufactured before February 14, 2026 — totaling 4,476 units.
Production of the model began in December 2024, with the first units delivered to employees and family members.
Between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the end of 2025, Lucid produced a combined 21,226 vehicles across both models — 3,386 in the final quarter of 2024 and 17,840 throughout 2025, according to the company’s revised production figures.
The recall population of 4,476 Gravity units, which extends into early February, represents roughly 21% of that combined output. The remaining vehicles were Air sedans.
Lucid does not disclose production or delivery figures by model.
Third-party data suggests the Gravity ramp was heavily back-loaded into the second half of 2025.
Cox Automotive reported that just five Gravity SUVs were sold in the US during the second quarter of 2025, and only 300 units through mid-October.
Lucid disputed the figures at the time, telling CNBC they were “completely inaccurate” and that Gravity deliveries were “already in the thousands.”
Cox Automotive‘s fourth-quarter data showed 4,330 Lucid vehicles sold in the US, of which the Air sedan accounted for 3,188 units and the Gravity for 1,142.
Motor Intelligence‘s monthly estimates tracked a similar pattern. March figures are scheduled to be published later on Wednesday.
The figures appear to contradict CFO Taoufiq Boussaid’s earlier statement that Q4 would be “primarily the Gravity quarter” and that the SUV would “represent the majority of our production and our sales.”
Interim CEO Marc Winterhoff also said at a Cantor Fitzgerald conference in March that “the majority of our vehicles were actually Gravities” in the fourth quarter, without providing figures.
The company also expects the model to account for the “vast majority” of its output this year, as the first model from the mid-size platform only begins production by year-end.
