2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Bev problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Service Brakes (2) · Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings (2) · Vehicle Speed Control (1)
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Safety recalls (3)
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.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:foundation Components:hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings 2025-06-27 · campaign 25V438000 · 5 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025 F-150 Lightning BEV vehicles. The front brake jounce hose bracket screws may loosen and detach, which can allow the jounce hose to contact the tire and result in a brake fluid leak.
Risk: A brake fluid leak can extend the distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will inspect the front brake hose and replace both brake jounce hose bracket screws, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 15, 2025. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S71.
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.
Service bulletins (18)
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 2026-04-07 · ITRM-25.B04 F-150Lightnin · Over The Air
26c10 recall remedy -addresses instances where the trailer lights and trailer brakes may not function
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-13 · OBCC-AS.AU F-150BEV · Over The Air
"26c10 recall remedy -addresses instances where the trailer lights and trailer brakes may not function"
Showing the 6 most recent of 18 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-10-17 · Unknown Or Other“i went out to my 2025 f150 lightning and noticed there was frost on the windshield. i turned the defrost on using the app. about 10-15 minutes later, i went out my ty truck, closed the door, and heard what sounded like ice sliding off the back glass. when my wife closed the passenger door, i heard the same thing. i looked up in the rearview mir…”
2026-09-22 · Vehicle Speed Control · 💥 crash“our 2025 ford lightning has experienced multiple instances of low-speed unintended acceleration. on may 26, 2026, while coasting into a parking spot on a slight incline, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and caused a collision. the defect has occurred approximately six times over 7,300 miles of operation (approximately once every 1,200 miles). profe…”
2026-09-04 · Service Brakes · 💥 crash“on august 19, 2026, i was involved in a collision in my 2025 ford f-150 lightning after a suspected malfunction involving the automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and/or acceleration controls. cruise control was on; bluecruise was not. while on an exit ramp, i heard a loud warning beep, experienced automatic braking, and then felt …”
2026-07-14 · Service Brakes“i am writing to report a serious safety issue introduced by a recent firmware update regarding the sport mode and 1-pedal driving behavior. after driving the vehicle in sport mode, parking, and restarting, the dashboard prompts me to return to sport mode. when i select "yes," the dashboard indicates that the vehicle has switched to sport mode. how…”
2026-06-15 · Structure:body“description on your vehicle, the integrated park module ipm may not properly engage the park pawl, preventing the vehicle from locking into park when park p is selected. if this condition occurs, a wrench light and shift system fault message will be displayed in the instrument panel cluster. additionally, the vehicles electronic parking brake epb …”
2026-06-04 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings · 💥 crash“on june 3, 2026 at approximately 3:48 pm, i was operating my 2025 ford f-150 lightning flash in front of my home. the vehicle was at a stop or near-stop. i shifted the vehicle into reverse, and it rapidly accelerated unexpectedly while in one-pedal driving mode. i then attempted to shift the vehicle into park to stop it. the vehicle then stopped ab…”
2026-03-31 · Electrical System · 10,900 mi“the contact owns a 2025 ford f-150. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message "high voltage battery fault" was displayed and then the message "take vehicle to dealer" was displayed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but no cause of failure was found. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, …”
2025-10-07 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings · 💥 crash · 🔥 fire“on september 19, 2025, my wife was at the wheel of our 2025 ford f-150 lightning (vin: [xxx] ), a vehicle we had leased just months earlier on june 22, 2025, from sam galloway ford at [xxx] . traveling at a mere 15-20 mph when she was involved in a routine multi-vehicle collision (no citations were issued). no collision warning was sounded. the fro…”
2025-07-08 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control“vehicle unintentional cruise activation has happened two times now. the button requires no other 2nd action and at speed low enough to cause unintended forward and sudden acceleration. the button activates easily under turns due to its placements. in addition to this blue cruise gets very confused as sudden vehicles entering the lane in front of i…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.