Ford Transit Complaints

149 consumer complaints on file.

#11623369November 4, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES
This is a fleet vehicle operated by Walmart and managed by Wheels Inc Fleet Management. Vehicle experienced loss of brake effectiveness due to brake vacuum pump failure. As operator described: "CUSTOMER STATES BRAKE LIGHT ERROR POPPED UP ON DASH AND BRAKES BECAME SPONGY AND VEHICLE FELT UNSAFE TO DRIVE... VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN." This failure has occurred on probably 30 identical vehicles in their fleet. Repair order evidence for this particular incident and several others is attached. Please contact me if further information is needed. Thanks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11622895October 31, 2024
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
The belts were shifting/separating from the trade of my tire. I noticed an increasing vibration in the steering which lead me to take it to a tire shop to check it out. Fortunately I had read about this issue on a forum and caught the problem before a catastrophic failure, I took the van to a Ford dealership to replace the two front tyres, and the remaining four tyres are on order in due to be replaced in the next few days. Unfortunately, I did not think to keep the tire or take any photographs. But he wasn’t noticeable bulge in the tire. The tire was manufactured in the 44th week of 2000. The van was delivered to Forest River and built out as an RV in 2002.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11617421October 1, 2024
SUSPENSION
The contact's business owns a 2021 Ford Transit. The contact stated while an employee was driving at approximately 30 MPH, the rear passenger’s side tire detached from the axle and landed into a front yard. The vehicle was stopped immediately. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the hub bolts sheared off and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was currently being repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,215.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11616512September 25, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I am filing a complaint over the delays by Ford in fixing the following recalls. I am concerned over my safety and my families safety while driving the Ford Transit. Campaign/NHTSA# 24S21/24V226 Issue Date 2024-03-22 Campaign/NHTSA# 24S46/24V542 Issue Date 2024-07-23 Campaign/NHTSA# 24S48/24V591 Issue Date 2024-08-09
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11615491September 19, 2024
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2023 Ford Transit. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V102000 (Power Train); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11614383September 13, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Upon startup center main touch screen black screened making all vehicle settings unavailable. No adjusting radio, climate, settings, parking assistance, etc. Only park that would come up on screen was back up camera view when in reverse but no line assistance.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11613095September 6, 2024
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
Power train malfunction and loss of power in vehicle may cause accident due to sudden loss of speed. Vehicle makes noises and kicks when accelerating. Turbo doesn’t work properly and hesitates when engaging. The wrench light comes and goes off when turning the car back on. Vehicle often looses power while driving either due to the turbo or the power train. May cause accidents, we have had to pull over because of the power loss and for the pulling/kicking of the car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11609893August 21, 2024
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2023 Ford Transit. The contact stated that while making tight left or right turns, the driver’s side rear wheel seized as if the brake pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the failure also occurred while driving approximately 75 MPH. The contact also heard an abnormal sound coming from the rear of the vehicle with an abnormal vibration in the steering wheel. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the differential needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V102000 (Power Train) however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 64,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11607279August 8, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
There is a recall 23S48 to replace the rear camera. My 2022 Ford Transit has a 360 camera and only the rear camera was replaced with the recall. My side camera is also having intermittent issues where it shows a grey/blue screen when the vehicle is placed in reverse. Ford needs to replace all three cameras for the 360 system and not just the rear. This is still a safety issue when you cannot see vehicles on your side when reversing.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11604189July 24, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
Passenger sliding door has no child safety locks
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11604187July 24, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
Passenger sliding doors have no child safety locks
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11604186July 24, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
Passenger sliding doors have no child safety locks
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11604185July 24, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
sliding passenger doors have no child safety locks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11601081July 11, 2024
WHEELS
Tire rub
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11601047July 11, 2024
WHEELS
I have been waiting for the Transit Trail tire rub recall fix to be announced and Ford is taking FOREVER. Pretty much all of us are building out our vans and this really throws a wrench (no pun intended) into things. Ford is effectively neutering our special off-road vans by putting stock transit tires on them. It's extremely frustrating. But I would at least prefer to have them do what they are going to do then move on. Instead I am stuck, waiting. And waiting. And waiting. The recall was submitted on MARCH 22ND. It's been 3 and a half months.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11600975July 10, 2024
WHEELS
Ford is taking too long to remedy this recall. And also their inference that there may be smaller tires put on the vehicle materially changes the vehicle that I purchased. Based on information at Large It is believed that there are remedies that can be deployed without reducing the tire size. Many are awaiting their decisions so they can move forward with their vehicles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11600847July 10, 2024
WHEELS
Regarding safety recall - I do not feel this has been handled in a reasonable amount of time. Today is July 10th and no remedy has been determined. I have NOT taken possession of my van that was purchased on April 3, 2024. At the time I was unaware of the safety recall, until the day of training at the upfitters. To date, I have not received any notification from Ford on this recall. I have made 3 payments, have registered, paid insurance on a van that I have never driven off the lot. This is beyond frustrating because a tire rub with tires such as the ones sold in the TRAIL package are known for rubbing if modifications are not made. Ford has been negligent in testing the Trail package that we paid approximately 10K for.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11599586July 6, 2024
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, STEERING
Vehicle struggles and kicks to catch speed. At times in freeway/ street it will “jerk”/ hesitate to speed up. We have had to pull over in the middle of the freeway because it was not catching speed. No warning lights have turned on in the vehicle. It is dangerous to drive and vehicle looses speed or hesitates to pick up on speed, could cause an accident. Please help get vehicle fully checked, vehicle was made during Covid and chip shortage, I believe they rushed this vans out and did not make them properly. Other vehicles have had recalls for the problems I am experiencing with this vehicle, but mine has not been recalled. I strongly believe my vehicle is part of those recalls. Attached are the recalls made to similar vehicles, I believe mine should be included in this recalls.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11599583July 6, 2024
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE
A very strong gas smell was detected on the vehicle cabin. It lingers for a long time when it seems to be going away, it comes back strong again. This began July 2nd 2024. I have not taken my vehicle to get checked out because I cannot afford it, but i did ask around and everyone including some that know about cars said the car is too new and it is not normal, it is bad for our health since we are inhaling those nasty fumes everyday. This vehicle has never been hit or has had any type of damage to it in any way. It has been driven 85k miles and it is still in perfect condition. Honestly since I purchased this vehicle it has been nothing but problems. This is not the only issue this vehicle came with since day 1. I reached out to dealer at first but had no luck. Please help with this vehicle, I really believe this vehicle was not made correctly in so many ways.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11599259July 5, 2024
VISIBILITY/WIPER
We have a fleet of 17 Ford Transit Cargo Vans. The older generation ones didn't give us a problem whatsoever for visibility but the new ones are all breaking. The sun visor is getting locked and snapping very easily and once broken it is hanging blocking our drivers view even when the sun visor isn't pulled down to be used to block the sun. Each sun visor is a cost of $400 we have purchased new ones to get it repaired thinking it was our drivers fault. However within one month it was broken again.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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