Although gerunds are covered in a few different ways across a few CEFR levels in the English Grammar Profile, there is no entry given to the use of a gerund after ‘need’ as MODALITY which is listed by PEARSON:
GSE 63 B2
‘need’ with verbs in the gerund to express necessity.
‘need’ + Verb Phrase gerund
An iWeb search for:
NEED _VVG
1 NEED REPLACING 4648
2 NEEDS REPLACING 3393
3 NEEDS UPDATING 1371
4 NEED UPDATING 963
5 NEEDS ADDRESSING 785
6 NEED ADJUSTING 769
Healio
7 NEED CHANGING 753
8 NEEDS USING 751
9 NEED REMINDING 743
10 NEED USING 673
11 NEED CLEANING 618
12 NEEDS ADJUSTING 577
13 NEEDED USING 547
14 NEEDED REPLACING 542
15 NEEDS TWEAKING 494
16 NEEDS CHANGING 411
17 NEEDS LOOKING 390
18 NEEDS CLEANING 379
19 NEEDS ACCORDING 377
20 NEED READING 359
21 NEED PROTECTING 355
22 NEEDS SORTING 352
23 NEED TRIMMING 349
24 NEED ADDRESSING 340
25 NEED PLANNING 324
26 NEEDS REPAIRING 319
27 NEED TWEAKING 316
28 NEED WATERING 300
29 NEEDS FIXING 298
30 NEED WORKING 276
31 NEED ACCORDING 273
32 NEED LOOKING 264
33 NEEDS UPGRADING 261
34 NEED EXPLAINING 256
35 NEED GOING 252
36 NEED MOVING 252
37 NEED REMOVING 250
38 NEEDS ARISING 243
39 NEED STAKING 243
40 NEEDS SAYING 238
41 NEED FIXING 235
42 NEEDS CHECKING 216
43 NEED RESCUING 212
44 NEED REPAIRING 210
45 NEEDS RANGING 209
46 NEED UPGRADING 208
47 NEED SORTING 205
48 NEEDS EXPLAINING 205
49 NEEDS REMOVING 198
50 NEEDS CORRECTING 192
B2 vocabulary:
adjusting, correcting, sorting, upgrading, watering