Lucid Motors has recalled 4,294 all-weather ground mats offered as equipment for Air sedans. The mats may lure accelerator pedals within the down place, inflicting unintended acceleration. The recall doesn’t apply to the ground mats that ship with each Lucid. As a substitute, it covers rubber mats “offered as substitute gear through Lucid gross sales retailers and on-line retailer.”
Lucid shouldn’t be conscious of the issue occurring to an proprietor however says a gross sales affiliate not too long ago found that it was attainable.
The corporate tells federal security regulators that the all-weather ground mats can “transfer out of place and intervene with the accelerator returning to idle.”
Designers use an anchor to safe most ground mats on the motive force’s facet, however not these, Lucid says. The rubber mats “have nibs on the underside although no gap by which an anchor attachment mechanism would join.”
As a result of the mats are after-market elements inessential to the automotive’s perform, Lucid has no plans to restore them. As a substitute, the corporate says clients ought to throw them out for security causes. Lucid will refund the acquisition value of the ground mats.
Automakers attempt to notify the house owners of each affected automotive however can’t all the time attain everybody. To search out out in case your car has any excellent recollects, strive our straightforward VIN search software at our recall middle.