2025 Ford F-150 Lightning problems, complaints & recalls
NHTSA has received 8 owner complaints about the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning, or 4.5 per year on the road — far fewer complaints than typical (complaint index 0.11, where 1.00 is the average of all tracked vehicles). Among the 86 model-year 2025 vehicles we track, it ranks #10 of 86 by complaints per year (#1 = fewest). Against other Ford models its rate is 91% lower; against other Electric vehicles it is 91% 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
Limited data: fewer than 30 complaints, so shares and indexes are unstable.
Complaints filed between 2025-07-08 and 2026-09-22. Median delay from incident to filing: 20 days.
Analysis
The previous model year (2024) drew 10.8 complaints per year, more than this one.
The most common problem area is Electrical (50.0% of complaints), followed by Engine (25.0%) and Brakes (12.5%). Electrical complaints are 3.2 times as common here as across all tracked vehicles. 4 reports (50.0%) describe a crash or fire; owners mention 1 injury and 0 deaths.
6 complaints were filed in the last 12 months.
NHTSA lists no safety recalls for this model year.
Complaint index
- vs. all tracked vehicles0.11
- vs. other Ford models0.09
- vs. other 2025 models0.09
- vs. other Electric vehicles0.09
- #10 of 86 · 2025Rankings ›
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: 4
- Fires reported: 1
- Injuries: 1
- Deaths: 0
Vehicle age at incident
Median age at incident: 15 months
What owners report
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.
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.
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.
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.
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] .
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Segment peers · 2025 · Electric vehicles
| Models | Complaints | Complaints per year on the road | Complaint index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Tesla Model S | 6 | 3.4 | 0.08 |
| 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning | 8 | 4.5 | 0.11 |
| 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E | 14 | 7.8 | 0.19 |
| 2025 Tesla Model X | 15 | 8.4 | 0.21 |
| 2025 Volkswagen ID.4 | 27 | 15.1 | 0.37 |
| 2025 Kia EV6 | 53 | 29.6 | 0.73 |
| 2025 Tesla Model Y | 105 | 58.7 | 1.45 |
| 2025 Tesla Model 3 | 118 | 66.0 | 1.64 |
| 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 315 | 176.2 | 4.37 |
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year.
Investigations
No NHTSA investigation covers the tracked model years.