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Lightning Emotors 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.

NHTSA campaign 22V-720 · Reported September 27, 2022 · 226 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Lightning Emotors
VEHICLES AFFECTED
226
REMEDY
LeM will update the instrument panel software, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Lightning eMotors Inc. reported a problem with the service brakes, hydraulic. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The 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. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards number 101, "Control and Displays" and 105, "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems."

WHY IT MATTERS

The driver may not be warned of low brake fluid or an ABS malfunction should the warning lights fail to illuminate, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

LeM will update the instrument panel software, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 22V-720.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 22V-720

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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