2016 Ford Transit Connect

Safety Score
72
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (2)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2020-05-27 20V305000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 1,616 Details
2016-06-29 16V482000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 1,895 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2026-02-02 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Was driving to work passenger front wheel locked overheating brakes and smoking had to have towed to jones ford in Shal…
2025-11-14 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the glass …
2025-10-29 AIR BAGS No 0 See attached document for complaint.
2025-09-04 BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING No 0 All these problems started when the rear camera quite working.
2025-08-29 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The brakes suddenly locked up while I was driving which could have caused an accident. Luckily it did not cause me to …
2025-07-18 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the rear sliding…
2025-05-07 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 I am writing to report a serious and recurring safety issue with my 2016 Ford Transit Connect. On four separate occasio…
2025-03-18 VISIBILITY No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V260000 (VI…
2025-01-15 BACK OVER PREVENTION No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V572000 (Ba…
2024-12-18 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 dealership AL Packer Ford on 1530 N Military Trl, West palm Beach FL 33409 refuse to fix the Manufacturer Recall Number…
2024-10-10 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that the ABS warning light was illuminated. The contac…
2024-07-24 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The vehicles front driver side wheel brakes keeps receiving too much pressure causing the brake pads to stick and the w…
2024-05-14 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the transmission downshifted to …
2024-05-08 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while her husband was operating the vehicle, the …
2024-04-23 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY No 0 Ford Transit Connect passenger van with a panoramic view roof window. Driving on the highway, when air starting rushing…
2024-04-18 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 While driving on the highway, the Panoramic Roof Window started lifting up along the leading edge of the glass panel. …
2024-01-06 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle lost motive pow…
2023-12-12 POWER TRAIN No 0 Going down highway at 70 mph, no power all of a sudden. No warning. Made it to the side, stranded. Transmission needs t…
2023-09-04 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contacted stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the braking…
2023-08-22 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 Recall Issue with Vehicle Door Latch and Delays in Repair - NHTSA Recall Number 21V376 To whom it may concern, I am w…
2023-08-21 WHEELS No 0 Van was taken to Mooresville Ford for routine maintenance. When picking up the van the service mng informed me that som…
2023-08-12 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Calipers and brake pads were replaced and still front brakes locking up. Unable to drive. Also, I had to replace a bra…
2023-03-30 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Vehicle was taken into the Fleet Division of Joe Cooper Ford on or around March 30th 2023 for the Active Windshield rec…
2023-01-24 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was…
2022-11-03 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while driving at 20 MPH and coming to a complete stop,…
2022-10-24 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while driving at an undetermined speed, the ABS, …
2022-10-05 STEERING No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while making a right turn, the steering wheel sei…
2022-08-24 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while at a stop light and attempting to accelerate, th…
2022-07-15 AIR BAGS No 0 My Passenger Seat Occupancy Sensor failed. Caused my airbag system to throw a code and become inoperative and SRS ligh…
2022-07-13 AIR BAGS No 0 My SRS system has thrown the SRS light with code B00C0:11AB Passenger Occupancy sensor A short to ground. According to…
2022-07-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The ABS control/hydraulic unit failed over a period of months. At first I thought it was a master cylinder issue and re…
2022-07-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 The contact called in regard to a 2016 Ford Transit Connect vehicle owned by the U.S. Army. The vehicle was taken to th…
2022-07-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Some portion of the brakes master cylinder degraded into small pieces and were found in the brake lines by a Ford Deale…
2022-06-24 WHEELS No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed s…
2022-06-13 WHEELS No 0 Husband took car to the local Ford dealer (Price Ford) to get oil changed. As part of the service, they went to rotat…
2022-06-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while an employee was driving 55 MPH, the vehicle dece…
2022-05-30 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that after parking in the driveway, his wife exited th…
2022-04-15 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Need to replace swollen lug nuts on the vehicle. If I were to have a flat on the highway the tire would not be able t…
2022-04-10 STEERING No 0 After battery replacement, the power steering (the EPAS system) failed. The dashboard-gauges display said, "STEERING …
2022-04-09 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 Driver-side cargo door does not latch correctly and will open while the vehicle is in motion. This happens at speeds b…
2022-03-29 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 We have a 2016 Ford Transit Connect Van with 6,700 Miles. The Windshield come out loose and it could have been fatal to…
2022-02-22 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 I kept hearing a banging sound which sounded like it was my ladder rack. So I took my ladder off until I could get it l…
2022-01-24 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that the front windshield had started to detach from t…
2021-10-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE No 0 On October 15, 2021, I was driving my 2016 Ford Transit Connect at approximately 55MPH on a state road. I was closing i…
2021-08-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that while initially starting the vehicle and while dr…
2021-08-01 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Opened the rear hatch and when I go to close the rear hatch it does not latch.
2021-07-30 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 The windshield was leaking at the top on my van and my friends, both 2016 Ford Transit Connect's. passenger vans. It th…
2021-06-02 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 20V260000 (V…
2021-05-13 POWER TRAIN No 0 Vehicle failed to go into park when putting shift lever into the park position. Vehicle actually went into reverse inst…
2021-04-14 POWER TRAIN No 0 SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING FAILURE. CAR IS STUCK IN GEAR, WON'T START BECAUSE IT SAYS IT IS IN DRIVE.