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Lightning Emotors battery packs may have defective structural welds and experience an internal radiator leak, causing battery failure.

NHTSA campaign 23V-207 · Reported April 7, 2023 · 148 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Lightning Emotors
VEHICLES AFFECTED
148
REMEDY
Lightning will replace the battery pack, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Lightning eMotors Inc. reported a problem with the propulsion system traction battery. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The battery packs may have defective structural welds and experience an internal radiator leak, causing battery failure.

WHY IT MATTERS

Battery failure can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. Battery failure can also increase the risk of a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Lightning will replace the battery pack, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 23V-207.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 23V-207

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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