Ford / F-150 Lightning BEV / 2022
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV problems
Owners have filed 139 complaints about the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 25.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of exterior lighting at 23%.
Complaints139
Crashes8
Fires0
Injuries3
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 25.2% · 35
Exterior lighting 23.0% · 32
Forward collision avoidance 11.5% · 16
Power train 9.4% · 13
Vehicle speed control 7.2% · 10
Unknown or other 5.8% · 8
Fuel/propulsion system 3.6% · 5
Visibility/wiper 2.9% · 4
Severity
Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash and 3 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings are rising — 75 in the last three years against 64 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 12,550 miles.
In owners' own words
Extreme corrosion on connector for headlamp assembly and front camera. Also, extreme corrosion on connector that powers lightbar. Ford denied warranty claim by considering it a lamp issue even though lamp was good. The lightbar and connector w/ corrosion are one single part. Corrosion was so bad multiple pins had rusted off. This could cause electrical short and potential fire risk. Electrical system
After over the air update, received a do not drive message with high voltage message and powertain failure, truck brought to dealer, were it spent 6 weeks to get repaired. As the dealer had to wait for the part even though the dealer working on the vehicle was told by Ford to order parts related to the high voltage battery back in February. In which the dealer never did Electrical system
The contact owns a 2022 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the battery drained quickly and failed to retain the charge. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined that the vehicle performed as designed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3,200. Electrical system · reported at 3,200 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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