2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV. The newest campaign is 25V863000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Dec 2025. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Internal / Park Pawl. NHTSA has 30 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 25V863000, in the NHTSA record
The park module software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 3, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C69. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 26, 2026.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
4 campaigns, newest first. 315,018 units in total.
- 25V863000Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Internal / Park Pawl
- 25V341000Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Ball Joint
- 25V131000Electrical System / Propulsion System / Traction Battery
- 24V949000Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Ball Joint
25V863000Received . 272,645 units.
Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Internal / Park Pawl
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022-2026 F-150 Lightning BEV, 2024-2026 Mustang Mach-E, and 2025-2026 Maverick vehicles. The integrated park module may fail to lock into the park position when the driver shifts into park. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A loss of park function can allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
The park module software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 3, 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25C69. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 26, 2026.
Report filed by Ford Motor Company. Manufacturer campaign number 25C69. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
25V341000Received . 29,501 units.
Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Ball Joint
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2024-2025 F-150 Lightning BEV vehicles. The front upper control arm ball joint nut may not have been tightened properly, allowing the front upper control arm to detach from the knuckle assembly.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle steering and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the upper control arm ball joint nut, and replace the nut and/or knuckle assembly, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 6, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24S76. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V949.
Report filed by Ford Motor Company. Manufacturer campaign number 24S76. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
25V131000Received . 950 units.
Electrical System / Propulsion System / Traction Battery
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2022-2024 F-150 Lightning battery electric vehicles. A manufacturing defect in the high voltage battery cells may result in an internal short circuit.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A battery short circuit increases the risk of a fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Owners are advised to only charge their vehicles to a maximum of 80% battery capacity until the repair has been completed. Dealers will inspect and replace the high voltage battery array as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 27, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S18.
Report filed by Ford Motor Company. Manufacturer campaign number 25S18. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
24V949000Received . 11,922 units.
Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Ball Joint
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2023-2024 F-150 Lightning BEV vehicles. The front upper control arm ball joint nut may not have been tightened properly, allowing the front upper control arm to detach from the knuckle assembly.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle steering and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the upper control arm ball joint nut, and replace the nut and/or knuckle assembly, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 10, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 24S76.
Report filed by Ford Motor Company. Manufacturer campaign number 24S76. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
30 complaints, 52 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV
- All 2024 vehicles
| Component | 2024 F-150 Lightning BEV | All 2024 vehicles | F-150 Lightning BEV, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 269.2 | 108.2 | 84.1 | 14 |
| Electrical System | 173.1 | 161.2 | 295.7 | 9 |
| Service Brakes | 115.4 | 68.5 | 60.1 | 6 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 115.4 | 88.1 | 93.8 | 6 |
| Power Train | 96.2 | 81.4 | 88.9 | 5 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 96.2 | 33.2 | 79.3 | 5 |
| Exterior Lighting | 38.5 | 27.6 | 144.2 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 19.2 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 1 |
| Steering | 19.2 | 59.2 | 14.4 | 1 |
| Suspension | 19.2 | 21.9 | 7.2 | 1 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 12.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 5
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 2 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEVThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f-150-lightning-bev/2024/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Ford Motor Company
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV?
- 315,018 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford F-150 Lightning BEV have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Ford F-150 Lightning BEV, model years 2022 to 2026. 4 of them name the 2024 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV name most often?
- Unknown or Other: 14 of 52 component mentions, or 269.2 per 1,000. For all 2024 vehicles the figure is 108.2 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.