2019 Ford Transit
This year drew an ordinary 180 complaints for a Ford Transit — the model's median is 162. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.3% of them mention seats, against 0% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 180 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 162 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seats — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (41.7×).
- several times — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 0.5% across the model's other years (15.9×).
- support — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the model's other years (6.9×).
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
THE FORD TRANSIT I PURCHASED 08/05/2019 SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN. IT IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE CAR. WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES SO WE ENTER THRU THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. TO EXIT THE VEHICLE... NOT POSSIBLE IT'S STUC…
the seven rear passenger's side and driver's side seat belts were defective. The contact stated that the seat belt retractors had fractured. Additionally, the contact stated that the seat belt pre-tensioners were stuck in the Hold position and had fractured wh…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V103000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 19V439000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V250000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V631000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V324000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 20V222000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V229000 SEATS
- 25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 9. 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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