By year
Owner complaints about Lightning Emotors vehicles peaked at 1 in 2022
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2022 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Lightning Emotors
The complete NHTSA record for Lightning Emotors vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Lightning Emotors recalls are filed by Lightning eMotors, part of Lightning Emotors.
Owner complaints in the last five years11 on file in all, across 10 models
Recall campaigns44 in five years
Severity index0.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations00 service bulletins
Components
Electrical system draws the most owner complaints about Lightning Emotors vehicles, 33% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Ford E-450 has the most complaints of any Lightning Emotors model
Every Lightning Emotors model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford E-450 | 2018 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| FT3-86 | 2019 to 2022 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| FE4 | 2021 to 2022 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| FE4-129 | 2019 to 2021 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| FT3-80 | 2021 to 2023 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| FT3-120 | 2022 to 2023 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| FT3-40 | 2021 to 2022 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| FE4-86 | 2020 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| FT3 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| FT3-43 | 2020 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Lightning Emotors product
- 23V-678 Oct 9, 2023
Instrument cluster may not activate the "Brake," "Park," and "ABS" indicator warning lights during the light function check when the ignition is…
Electrical system · 239 vehicles - 23V-207 Apr 7, 2023
Battery packs may have defective structural welds and experience an internal radiator leak, causing battery failure
Electrical system · 148 vehicles - 22V-934 Dec 16, 2022
High voltage battery may lose traction power while driving or fail to start
Electrical system · 27 vehicles - 22V-720 Sep 27, 2022
Digital instrument panel may fail to illuminate the "BRAKE" and "ABS" warning lights when a low brake fluid error or an ABS system error is detected
Electrical system · 226 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.