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Lucid Air Reliability by Year

Every Air model year from 2022 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Executive Passenger Car of the same year.

The short answer

Best model year
2024
#8 of 13 that year
Year to avoid
2022
#15 of 17 that year
Latest scored
2025
#9 of 12

Across 4 scored model years the Air needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2024 is its strongest, 2022 its weakest.

Every model year, scored

Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Executive Passenger Car sold that same model year.

YearRelative standingClass rankPctl
2022#15 /1713thAvoid
2023#18 /196th
2024#8 /1342thBest year
2025#9 /1227th

What tends to break

All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.

Every Air model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Executive Passenger Car of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.

Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: powertrain. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Executive Passenger Car of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.

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Common questions

What is the best year for a used Lucid Air?

2024 is the strongest Air model year on record, ranking #8 of 13 Executive Passenger Cars that year.

Which Lucid Air years should I avoid?

2022 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #15 of 17.

Is the latest Air reliable?

The 2025 Air ranks #9 of 12 Executive Passenger Cars — the lower half of its class.

Where does this data come from?

Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.

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How this was built. Scores derive from failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes and benchmarked within segment and model year. We measure two separate things: Fix Frequency — how often a vehicle needs fixing — and Fix Severity — how costly those fixes are. These figures describe a model line, not the specific vehicle in front of you; trim, mileage and service history still decide an individual car.