Ford F-150 Lightning Bev

Owners filed 245 complaints across 5 model years of the Ford F-150 Lightning Bev. The 2023 drew the most (113).

Model years5
Complaints245
Recalls28
Fires4
Deaths0

Which Ford F-150 Lightning Bev years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Ford F-150 Lightning Bev model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Ford F-150 Lightning Bev model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new0
1———Routine
2025Too new9
314Electrical SystemRoutine
202431
415Unknown or OtherRoutine
2023113
1128Electrical SystemRoutine
202292
9—4Exterior LightingRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.