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Ford Transit Connect · 2013

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V209000·2017-03-27

    Ford Recalls 2013-2015 Models Due to Engine Overheating Fire Risk

    Ford is recalling 2013-2015 Escape, Fiesta, Fusion, and Transit Connect vehicles with 1.6L engines because low coolant can cause the engine head to crack, leak oil, and start a fire.

    Product
    FORD — FORD FUSION, ESCAPE, FIESTA, TRANSIT CONNECT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V413000·2022-06-10

    Ford Transit Connect Shifter Cable Bushing May Cause Gear Shift Failures

    Ford is recalling 2013-2021 Transit Connect vehicles because the shifter cable bushing may degrade and prevent intended gear selection. This can cause unintended vehicle movement or rollaway after selecting Park, increasing crash and injury risk.

    Product
    FORD — FORD FUSION, EDGE, C-MAX, TRANSIT CONNECT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V376000·2021-05-24

    Ford Transit Connect 2013-2021 shifter cable bushing defect recall

    Ford is recalling 2013-2021 Transit Connect vehicles with 2.5L engines (approximately 192,080 units) because the shifter cable bushing may degrade or detach, preventing proper gear selection and causing unexpected vehicle movement or rollaway, increasing crash and injury risk.

    Product
    FORD — FORD TRANSIT CONNECT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 2 open

  • EA26004 Engineering Analysis · open · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
  • PE25020 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
  • RQ24014 Recall Query · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery
  • PE24019 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump
  • PE24014 Preliminary Evaluation · open · fuel system, diesel
  • RQ24008 Recall Query · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2019 · powertrain 24 complaints

Technical service bulletins

403 manufacturer service bulletins across 14 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2023: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2022: 4.4/5 · 6 complaints
  • 2021: 4.1/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2020: 3.4/5 · 32 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2019: 3.3/5 · 51 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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