2023 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING BEV — Complaint #2091646
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS filed May 13, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2091646 (ODI reference 11660715) concerns a 2023 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING BEV and was filed on May 13, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 24, 2023. The vehicle had 9,729 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Dakota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:tail lights, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-150 LIGHTNING BEV cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:tail lights failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2023 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING BEV shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Ford F-150. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the contact discovered that the rear taillights were inoperative, and the taillight housings were full of water. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and was repaired under an undisclosed recall; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 9,729.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2091646 |
| ODI Number | 11660715 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2025 |
| Failure Date | August 24, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTVW1EV3PW |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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