Manufacturer profile

Lightning eMotors

Lightning eMotors has filed 4 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2022, covering 640 vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file42022 to 2023
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Lightning eMotors Inc.".

Campaigns per year

Lightning eMotors has averaged 1 campaigns a year since 2022, below its 2022 peak of 2

Lightning eMotors recall campaigns by report date, 2022 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

00.511.52202222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Electrical systems are Lightning eMotors's most recalled component since 2022

Lightning eMotors campaigns by primary component, 2022 to 2026.

Electrical system
4
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Lightning eMotors against all manufacturers, by year.

Lightning eMotorsAll manufacturers
020%40%60%2022202320242025202650%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2022 is covered by the most Lightning eMotors campaigns, 4

Lightning eMotors campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

01234201920202021202242023
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Lightning eMotors filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Lightning eMotors campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
23V-678Oct 9, 2023Instrument cluster may not activate the "Brake," "Park," and "ABS" indicator warning lights during the light function check when the ignition is…Electrical system239Software update
23V-207Apr 7, 2023Battery packs may have defective structural welds and experience an internal radiator leak, causing battery failureElectrical system148Part replacement
22V-934Dec 16, 2022High voltage battery may lose traction power while driving or fail to startElectrical system27Part replacement
22V-720Sep 27, 2022Digital instrument panel may fail to illuminate the "BRAKE" and "ABS" warning lights when a low brake fluid error or an ABS system error is detectedElectrical system226Software update
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Lightning eMotors's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2023 Instrument cluster may not activate the…0.00M
  2. 2022 Digital instrument panel may fail to…0.00M
  3. 2023 Battery packs may have defective structural…0.00M
  4. 2022 High voltage battery may lose traction…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.