2024 Ford F-150 Lightning problems, complaints & recalls
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning, or 10.8 per year on the road — far fewer complaints than typical (complaint index 0.27, where 1.00 is the average of all tracked vehicles). Among the 89 model-year 2024 vehicles we track, it ranks #18 of 89 by complaints per year (#1 = fewest). Against other Ford models its rate is 79% lower; against other Electric vehicles it is 79% lower.
Counts are normalized by time on the road, not by sales volume: a popular model generates more reports than a rare one, and complaints are not verified individually. How we count
Complaints filed between 2024-10-04 and 2026-09-02. Median delay from incident to filing: 3 days.
Analysis
The previous model year (2023) drew 54.4 complaints per year, more than this one. The following model year (2025) drew 4.5 per year, fewer than this one. In its first two years on the road the 2024 model collected 19 complaints, 73% lower than the average vehicle of the same model year.
The most common problem area is Unspecified or other (26.7% of complaints), followed by Electrical (23.3%) and Brakes (20.0%). Unspecified or other complaints are 3.0 times as common here as across all tracked vehicles. 6 reports (20.0%) describe a crash or fire; owners mention 0 injuries and 0 deaths.
Half of the reported incidents happened within 19 months of the model year's start; the busiest period was the second year (50% of incidents). In the last 12 months 12 new complaints were filed, versus 17 in the 12 months before — down 29%.
NHTSA lists no safety recalls for this model year.
Complaint index
- vs. all tracked vehicles0.27
- vs. other Ford models0.21
- vs. other 2024 models0.28
- vs. other Electric vehicles0.21
- Complaints in first 2 years on the road · vs. same-year average (19)0.27
- #18 of 89 · 2024Rankings ›
1.00 means the same rate as the comparison group. 2.00 means twice as many complaints per year on the road.
Other model years
Ford F-150 Lightning problems, complaints & recalls by model year ›
What owners complain about
vs. all vehicles: 1.00 = All-vehicle average
Problem areas: Electrical · Transmission / powertrain · Unspecified or other · Lighting
When complaints were filed
- Crashes reported: 5
- Fires reported: 1
- Injuries: 0
- Deaths: 0
Vehicle age at incident
Median age at incident: 19 months
What owners report
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.
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.
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 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.
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).
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Segment peers · 2024 · Electric vehicles
| Models | Complaints | Complaints per year on the road | Complaint index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Tesla Model X | 26 | 9.3 | 0.23 |
| 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning | 30 | 10.8 | 0.27 |
| 2024 Tesla Model S | 38 | 13.6 | 0.34 |
| 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E | 47 | 16.8 | 0.42 |
| 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 | 49 | 17.6 | 0.44 |
| 2024 Kia EV6 | 76 | 27.2 | 0.67 |
| 2024 Tesla Model 3 | 220 | 78.9 | 1.96 |
| 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 224 | 80.3 | 1.99 |
| 2024 Tesla Model Y | 326 | 116.9 | 2.9 |
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year.
Investigations
No NHTSA investigation covers the tracked model years.