2020 Ford Transit
Complaints about this year name light comes far more often than the model's other years — 27% of them, about 66× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 581 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 162 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 21 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- wheel — 33.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.4% across the model's other years (7.7×).
- seat — 32.5% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the model's other years (7.5×).
- before — 33.7% of this year's complaints, against 5.7% across the model's other years (6×).
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.
Also unusual this year
- seat collapse — 25% of complaints, 63× usual
- collapse available — 25% of complaints, 63× usual
- unable see — 25% of complaints, 63× usual
What owners wrote
Seat collapse. Available to be inspection. Unable to see over wheel or reach acceleration or brake petals. Air bag light comes on due to seat cutting it or disconnecting it when collapses. Dealership. No.
seat collapse. Available to be inspected. Unable to see over wheel or reach the acceleration and break pedals. Airbag light comes on due to the collapsed seat either cutting the airbag electrical cable, or puncturing the airbag itself. Vehicle has only been in…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V978000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 20V415000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V250000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V575000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V631000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V222000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V499000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V442000 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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