Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first summons

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Struggling electric vehicle startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it made last year, as it struggles to keep its headquarters in Los Angeles.

The recall centers around an issue with the airbag warning light on the Faraday Future FF91 SUV. The company appears to have discovered that a bug in the car's software may prevent the warning light from turning on in the event of a problem with the airbags.

Faraday Future says it will “schedule pickup and re-delivery of owners' vehicles” to fix the software. So far, early clients have been celebrities like Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim, and singer Chris Brown (yes, seriously).

The recall comes at a time when Faraday appears to be desperately short of cash. The landlord of the company's Los Angeles headquarters is trying to evict the startup after Faraday missed multiple rent payments. (A hearing is scheduled for early April.) Faraday has furloughed or reduced pay for several of its remaining employees — cost-saving measures that were recently extended through mid-to-late March, according to emails seen by TechCrunch.

However, it is remarkable that after nearly 10 years and nearly $4 billion in losses, Faraday Future has reached the point where it needs to issue a recall at all.