Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first recall

Troubled EV startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it made last year, as it struggles to hold on to its Los Angeles headquarters.

This recall focuses on a problem with the airbag warning light in Faraday Future’s FF91 SUV. The company apparently discovered that an error in the car’s software could prevent the warning light from turning on if there was a problem with the airbag.

Faraday Future says it will “schedule owners’ vehicles to be picked up and redelivered by Concierge” to fix the software. So far, early customers have been celebrities like Selling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim and (yes, seriously) singer Chris Brown.

This recall came because Faraday appears to be very low on cash. The landlord of its L.A. headquarters is trying to evict the startup after Faraday missed several lease payments. (A hearing is scheduled for early April.) According to emails seen by TechCrunch, Faraday has furloughed many of its remaining employees or cut their pay — cost-saving measures taken as recently as mid-March. Has been extended till the end.

Still, it is notable that after almost 10 years and nearly $4 billion in losses, Faraday Future has reached the point where it needs to issue a recall.