2023 Ford F-150 exterior lighting problems
20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2023 Ford F-150 — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The driver's side headlamp has a significant amount of shadows within the beam. This is in both the low beam and high beam modes. The shadows are highly visible on the road, and create a significant distraction while driving. This distraction is made significantly worse by the vehicles adaptive…”
filed Jul 23, 2026
“The turn signal stalk on my 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning intermittently requires excessive force to manually cancel after turns and lane changes. The stalk self-cancels normally roughly 50% of the time, but when the steering wheel does not rotate far enough to trigger automatic cancellation the driver…”
filed Jun 12, 2026
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Exterior Lighting problems in other F-150 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 F-150 | 6 | 6% |
| 2024 F-150 | 49 | 27% |
| 2022 F-150 | 58 | 10% |
| 2021 F-150 | 103 | 11% |
| 2020 F-150 | 4 | 1% |
| 2019 F-150 | 11 | 1% |
| 2018 F-150 | 22 | 1% |
| 2017 F-150 | 5 | 0% |
| 2016 F-150 | 14 | 1% |
| 2015 F-150 | 17 | 1% |
| 2014 F-150 | 8 | 1% |
| 2013 F-150 | 16 | 1% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2023 Ford F-150
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.