2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Bev problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Vehicle Speed Control (6) · Service Brakes (4) · Power Train (2)
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Safety recalls (4)
Power Train:automatic Transmission:internal:park Pawl 2025-12-12 · campaign 25V863000 · 272,645 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Fix: 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.
Suspension:front:control Arm:upper Ball Joint 2025-05-23 · campaign 25V341000 · 29,501 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Fix: 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.
Electrical System:propulsion System:traction Battery 2025-02-28 · campaign 25V131000 · 950 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Fix: 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.
Suspension:front:control Arm:upper Ball Joint 2024-12-19 · campaign 24V949000 · 11,922 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Fix: 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.
Service bulletins (45)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-24 · 26B07 · Other
recommended repair prior to sale customer satisfaction program 26b07 certain 2021-2025 model year f-150 lightning and mustang mach-e vehicles undesired acceleration due to adaptive cruise control (acc) activation
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-16 · TCU-26.2.12.2.2 Mach E, F · Over The Air
quality improvements include: -addresses a bug that may cause updates to fail
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-16 · ECG-26.2.12.3 F-150LtMac · Over The Air
quality improvements include: -eprivacy enhancements
Unknown Or Other 2026-07-23 · SSM 55032 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
some 2022-2026 f-150 lightning vehicles may exhibit a reduced distance to empty (dte) projection, a high voltage battery pack state of charge (soc) that drops from 100% to less than 90% within 60 seconds of being driven, and an inability to reach a target soc using the scheduled charging feature wit
Unknown Or Other 2026-05-05 · SSM 54803 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
some 2025 mustang mach-e vehicles built on or before 30-jun-2025 and 2024 f-150 lightning vehicles may exhibit a flashing light on the air conditioning (a/c) button with a lack of heat and/or a/c with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) b1717:06 stored in the heat pump valve control module (hpvcm). this m
Unknown Or Other 2026-04-07 · ITRM-25.B04 F-150Lightnin · Over The Air
26c10 recall remedy -addresses instances where the trailer lights and trailer brakes may not function
Showing the 6 most recent of 45 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-10-17 · Vehicle Speed Control“changing the drive mode from “tow, normal or sport” does not save after vehicle is restarted. results in unexpected acceleration or braking behaviour. …”
2026-09-02 · Vehicle Speed 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 repor…”
2026-08-31 · Unknown Or Other“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 ab…”
2026-08-24 · Unknown Or Other“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 close…”
2026-07-15 · Service Brakes“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 ap…”
2026-07-14 · Unknown Or Other“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 m…”
2026-07-14 · Unknown Or Other“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 …”
2026-06-26 · Vehicle Speed Control · 💥 crash“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 w…”
2026-06-10 · Power Train“see attached document for complaint.…”
2026-06-02 · Vehicle Speed Control · 15,002 mi · 💥 crash“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 addition…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.