2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV problems, complaints & recalls

2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV recalls (4)

• Recall 25V863000Dec 12, 2025272,645 vehicles
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL

  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."

  Risk: A loss of park function can allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.

  Remedy: 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.

• Recall 25V341000May 23, 202529,501 vehicles
  SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT

  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.

  Risk: A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle steering and control, increasing the risk of a crash.

  Remedy: 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.

• Recall 25V131000Feb 28, 2025950 vehicles
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

  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.

  Risk: A battery short circuit increases the risk of a fire.

  Remedy: 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.

• Recall 24V949000Dec 19, 202411,922 vehicles
  SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT

  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.

  Risk: A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle steering and control, increasing the risk of a crash.

  Remedy: 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.

Recent 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV complaints

Excerpts of the newest owner complaints, lightly cleaned of personal details. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

1. Filed Sep 2, 2026NEElectrical SystemSeats & Seat BeltsAcceleration & Cruise Control

   While driving at speed on public roads on [XXX], the primary 12-inch digital instrument cluster suffered a total blackout while the vehicle was powered and moving. The failure eliminated all speedometer readings, battery state-of-charge indicators, gear selections, and safety telltales/warning lights in violation of FMVSS 101. When previously reporting intermittent digital screen and electrical dropouts, Ford and dealership service personnel claimed this behavior is 'normal…

   NHTSA complaint #11761496 · source
2. Filed Aug 31, 2026CAOther / Unknown

   The factory Pedestrian Alert System on my 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning produces an exterior warning sound at low speeds that is insufficiently audible to pedestrians in normal parking-lot conditions. On multiple occasions pedestrians have walked directly into my vehicle’s path without apparently hearing my approaching vehicle, requiring me to brake abruptly to avoid hitting them. I’m each instance, my vehicle is operating at very low speeds where the electric drivetrain…

   NHTSA complaint #11761009 · source
3. Filed Aug 24, 2026MDOther / Unknown

   We were driving down the road, hit a normal bump outside our neighborhood (one we go over all the time) and the rear window glass went bang. Looking through the rear view mirror, I saw that the entire window was cracked (like a spider web). The window remained intact the redt of the drive home. When we arrived home, we got out of the car, and closed the doors, which caused the window to blow out all over the driveway and tonneau cover. There was no physical damage before…

   NHTSA complaint #11759224 · source
4. Filed Jul 15, 2026WIBrakesTransmission & Drivetrain

   Following a software update by Ford in the past 6-8 months, upon start-up my vehicle asks me which drive mode I wish to be in but then after 15-45 seconds "forgets" my answer and changes drive modes. This results in regenerative braking being disabled, at random, in the middle of a drive. This is a major safety issue, as I will expect braking to applying while easing up on the accelerator but that simply doesn't happen. This could cause an accident, injury or worse.

   NHTSA complaint #11750676 · source
5. Filed Jul 14, 2026ORBrakesOther / Unknown

   Ford provides various driving modes for this truck, by their own description this setting changes the responsiveness of the steering, acceleration, and regenerative braking. This mode defaults to "Normal" at startup, with a short on-screen prompt to return to the previous mode. While this is incredibly frustrating, on its own probably doesn't rise to the level of a reportable issue. However sometime in November the truck received an OTA update that has introduced a bug that…

   NHTSA complaint #11750342 · source
6. Filed Jul 14, 2026NCOther / Unknown

   Vehicle: 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash — 17,240 miles ▎ Current software version: itrm-25.B04 ▎ ▎ Following an over-the-air software update in November 2025, my truck will not stay in the drive mode I select. At every startup the vehicle prompts me to confirm Sport mode and I select Yes. The truck then reverts to Normal mode on its own, without my input. ▎ ▎ This happens every single time I drive the truck. I drive it at least three times a week and it has occurred on…

   NHTSA complaint #11750210 · source
7. Filed Jun 26, 2026MACrashTowedDriver Assistance & Safety TechOther / UnknownAcceleration & Cruise Control

   I was the only person in the truck and there was no one nearby. I was slowly backing the Ford 150 Lighting into my driveway, going straight back. I was going slow because another car was parked at the back end corner. As I was rolling slowly back, the truck started to accelerate on its own, I had not increased pressure on the pedal. The truck was not making any beeping noises or alerts on the screen indicating that there was another car parked behind it. NO safety alerts at…

   NHTSA complaint #11746670 · source
8. Filed Jun 2, 202615,002 miNJCrashAcceleration & Cruise Control

   The contact owns a Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated while in a drive through, a vehicle was ahead, the vehicle appeared to be rolling forward even though the foot was on the brake pedal. The front grill fender area was impacted. The other drivers vehicle the trunk and rear bumper were impacted. No additional property damage. No airbags deployed. No warning lights illuminated including any collision indicators. No injuries were…

   NHTSA complaint #11741477 · source

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Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data, as of Oct 11, 2026. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology