Ford Transit Connect Years to Avoid and Recalls

Which Ford Transit Connect years should you avoid?

Going by 575 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Ford Transit Connect years to avoid are 2014 and 2016.

2014128 complaints, 3.0× a typical Transit Connect year, most often about the body and frame.
2016104 complaints, 2.5× a typical Transit Connect year, most often about the brakes.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2017 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2023	1	0	—	1	Power Train	Routine
2022	6	1	1	—	Engine	Routine
2021	12	4	3	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2020	32	8	2	2	Power Train	Routine
2019	52	8	—	2	Power Train	Routine
2018	22	6	—	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2017	28	6	—	1	Electrical System	Routine
2016Avoid	104	10	1	1	Electrical System	Routine
2015	66	11	—	3	Unknown or Other	Routine
2014Avoid	128	15	1	3	Structure › Body	Routine
2013	32	4	—	3	Power Train	Routine
2012	26	1	1	1	Engine	Routine
2011	24	1	—	—	Visibility/Wiper	Routine
2010	42	2	1	4	Power Train	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2023

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Power Train

Routine