# NHTSA recall 23V801000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 23V801000
- Manufacturer's number: 23C38
- Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
- Reported: 2023\-11\-28
- Owners notified: 2023\-12\-21
- Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\)
- Units potentially affected: 5118
- Part numbers: PU5T\-14G682\-EL

## What is wrong

Ford Motor Company \(Ford\) is recalling certain 2022\-2023 F\-150 Lightning vehicles.  The SYNC software may fail to activate the electronic stability control \(ESC\) system at the beginning of each ignition cycle.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."


## What can happen

Failure to reset the ESC to active may result in the driver unknowingly operating the vehicle without electronic stability control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

The Accessory Protocol Interface Module \(APIM\) software will be updated by a dealer or through an over\-the\-air \(OTA\) update, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 21, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1\-866\-436\-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 23C38.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5118
- Reported remedied: 5112 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2022 FORD F\-150 LIGHTNING BEV](/makes/ford/f-150/2022/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2023 FORD F\-150 LIGHTNING BEV](/makes/ford/f-150/2023/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [26B07](/bulletins/11037782.md), 2026-10-02, Other
- [TSB 26\-2206](/bulletins/11032563.md), 2026-05-08, Service bulletin
- [SSM 54720](/bulletins/11031263.md), 2026-04-10, Service bulletin
- [SSM 54668](/bulletins/11030788.md), 2026-04-06, Service bulletin
- [SSM 54313](/bulletins/11024526.md), 2025-10-28, Service bulletin
- [TSB 25\-2512](/bulletins/11024522.md), 2025-10-28, Service bulletin
- [SYNC\-25.2.1.6.X F\-150 BEV](/bulletins/11021528.md), 2025-08-06, Over\-the\-air update
- [SYNC\-25.2.1.6.X F\-150](/bulletins/11021519.md), 2025-08-06, Over\-the\-air update
- [SYNC\-25.2.1.6.5 F150](/bulletins/11021515.md), 2025-08-06, Over\-the\-air update
- [SYNC\-25.2.1.6.5 F\-150](/bulletins/11020160.md), 2025-07-03, Over\-the\-air update

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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