2017 Ford Transit
This year drew an ordinary 108 complaints for a Ford Transit — the model's median is 180. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.3% of them mention thank, against 1.9% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 108 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 180 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 18 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- thank — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (4.4×). Owners wrote it as: thank, october, common problem, rebuild.
- using — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the model's other years (5.4×). Owners wrote it as: using, cruise, cruise control.
- transit driving — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: transit driving, happen again, bus.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
My VIN number is not included in the backup camera recall. It says the recall includes the 2017 Transit. My back up camera stopped working about a year ago. Also when the camera stopped working my cruise control stopped working also. I believe this is a larger…
Vehicle rear camera has failed for the second time. Had it inspected at dealer and was told it was corrosion of wires, same as first time. Transit forums show it's a common problem. I don't want to back into/over anyone or run into something like my boat trail…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V103000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 18V275000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 19V333000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V183000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 19V205000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V782000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V332000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V271000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
Showing 8 of 18. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Transit was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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