2021 Ford Transit
This year drew an ordinary 138 complaints for a Ford Transit — the model's median is 180. What they were about is the unusual part: 17.4% of them mention become, against 1.8% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 138 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 180 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- become — 17.4% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the model's other years (9.8×). Owners wrote it as: become, reach.
- take — 13% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the model's other years (10.4×).
- found — 17.4% of this year's complaints, against 5.7% across the model's other years (3.1×).
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 passenger side seat belt locks up at unusual times. Passenger can’t reach anything because they are locked in their seat. The seatbelt has locked up numerous times however the mechanic can’t repeat the problem in the shop. Yes is has been reported and inve…
Noise in the rear of the vehicle during low speed tight turns (parking lot speed). Vehicle has had axle bearing/hub replaced along with 7585W oil. The problem never went away even after this repair and has become worse. The dealership has had my vehicle for ov…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V592000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V499000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V876000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
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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