Following its debut for the 2022 model year, the Ford F-150 Lightning has been treated to a handful of updates, though nothing that represents a mid-cycle refresh – at least, not yet. That’s once again true of the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning, which is receiving a handful of updates for the new model year, as Ford Authority has outlined over the past couple of weeks. The latest is a change in regard to what trims will offer a certain feature.
That feature is the Interior Work Surface, which enables owners to flip the top portion of the center console forward and transform it into a larger, flat surface that – as the name implies – makes it suitable for work purposes such as filling out paperwork or making room for a laptop. For 2024, this feature was standard on the XLT trim and up, but the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning has deleted the Interior Work Surface for the XLT and Flash trims – though it’s still standard on the Lariat and Platinum.
In addition to this update, the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash now comes with ActiveX seating as standard, rather than the cloth seats that were included for the 2024 model year. Additionally, the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup will drop its previously-standard eLocking rear axle, which is now part of the optional Max Trailer Tow Package.
The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup has also dropped its formerly-standard (on the XLT and up) SecuriCode keypad, instead making it a dealer-installed option, which is the case with several Blue Oval models these days. Additionally, the 2025 F-150 Lightning will ditch its standard spare tire, replacing it with the Tire Inflator and Seal Kit, though the spare has become an optional upgrade. For the 2024 model year, a spare tire was included as standard equipment across the entire F-150 Lightning lineup.
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More decontenting, which seems to have become standard operating procedure at Ford. And have any of those Detroit engineers and marketers ever had a blowout? A Tire Inflator and Seal Kit just isn’t going to do the trick.
Pretty soon we’ll have no recalls.
Ford will just build some 1958 spec trucks.
What a terrible idea to remove the workstation from the XLT and Flash trim levels. This is designed to be a work truck and just because you can’t afford the higher level trims, doesn’t mean the workstation would be beneficial for the actual workers to use on the job.
So they are only saying if you can afford the higher levels or you are a “boss”, that you need to workstation?!?! What a nice message Ford is sending to the work force.