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2023 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV

Model year 2023: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.

NHTSA’s recall lookup, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 21, 2026.

A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.

Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?

No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.

17 letters and numbers, at the bottom of the windshield on the driver’s side. VINs never use I, O or Q.

Source:

The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.

What recalls name it?

11 recalls for the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.

None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 12, 2025. Power train: automatic transmission: internal: park pawl

NHTSA counts 272,645 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-863

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Oct 24, 2025. Exterior lighting

NHTSA counts 14,843 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built to Mar 28, 2023.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-731

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

May 9, 2025. Electronic stability control (esc)

NHTSA counts 6 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Mar 17, 2022 to Feb 2, 2023.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-313

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Apr 23, 2025. Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery

NHTSA counts 3 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-272

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 28, 2025. Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery

NHTSA counts 950 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 25V-131

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Dec 19, 2024. Suspension: front: control arm: upper ball joint

NHTSA counts 11,922 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 24V-949

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 23, 2024. Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery

NHTSA counts 216 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 24V-144

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Nov 28, 2023. Electronic stability control (esc)

NHTSA counts 5,118 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-801

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Oct 13, 2023. Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system: windshield: electrical heating element

NHTSA counts 931 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-688

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jun 9, 2023. Exterior lighting

NHTSA counts 16,375 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-418

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Mar 15, 2023. Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery

NHTSA counts 18 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-168

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

What have owners told NHTSA?

113 complaints to NHTSA, received from Feb 16, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026.

  • 8 complaints told of a crash, and 2 complaints of a fire.
  • Together they report 4 people injured and no deaths.
  • Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
Source:

NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How did it do in crash tests?

NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning BEV in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.

Source:

NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
  • How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.

    Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.

    Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 21, 2026.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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Every fact names its source.

Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

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