{"id":"2024_ford_f_150_lightning","make":"Ford","make_slug":"ford","model":"F-150 Lightning","model_slug":"f-150-lightning","year":2024,"url":"/ford/f-150-lightning/2024/","pts":["bev"],"configs":[{"id":47818,"model":"F-150 Lightning 4WD Extended Range","pt":"bev","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":78,"hwy":63,"comb":70,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":47.9143,"range":320,"range_city":335,"range_hwy":302,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":14.6,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"210 and 210 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":0,"fe_score":9,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1100,"save_spend":5750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Sun Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2024"},{"id":47820,"model":"F-150 Lightning PRO 4WD Extended Range","pt":"bev","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":78,"hwy":63,"comb":70,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":47.9143,"range":320,"range_city":335,"range_hwy":302,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":10.1,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"210 and 210 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":0,"fe_score":9,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1100,"save_spend":5750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Sun Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2024"},{"id":47821,"model":"F-150 Lightning 4WD","pt":"bev","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":76,"hwy":61,"comb":68,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":49.3643,"range":240,"range_city":252,"range_hwy":226,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":11.9,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"358 and 358 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":0,"fe_score":9,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1100,"save_spend":5750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Sun Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2024"},{"id":47819,"model":"F-150 Lightning Platinum 4WD","pt":"bev","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":73,"hwy":60,"comb":66,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":50.7071,"range":300,"range_city":313,"range_hwy":285,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":14.6,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"210 and 210 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":0,"fe_score":9,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1150,"save_spend":5500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Sun Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2024"}],"vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","segment":"Pickup truck","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"25V863000","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2025-12-12","owner_notified":"2026-02-03","units":272645,"summary":"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.\"","consequence":"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.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"25C69","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["bev"],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"25V341000","component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2025-05-23","owner_notified":"2025-06-06","units":29501,"summary":"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.","consequence":"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.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"24S76","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["bev"],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"25V131000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2025-02-28","owner_notified":"2025-06-27","units":950,"summary":"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.","consequence":"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.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"25S18","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["bev"],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"24V949000","component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2024-12-19","owner_notified":"2025-02-10","units":11922,"summary":"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.","consequence":"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.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or go to nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"24S76","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["bev"],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":4,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":61,"grade":"D","complaints":{"count":30,"crash":5,"fire":1,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Unspecified",14],["Electrical System",9],["Service Brakes",6],["Forward Collision Avoidance",6],["Power Train",5],["Vehicle Speed Control",5]],"by_year":{"2024":4,"2025":15,"2026":11},"excerpts":[["2026-07-14","Service Brakes","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 \u2026"],["2026-06-26","Back Over Prevention","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\u2026"],["2026-06-02","Vehicle Speed 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\u2026"]]},"investigations":[],"ncap":[],"popularity":133,"headline":{"range":320,"mpg":null,"ncap":null,"complaints":30},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}