MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Transit Connect

310 complaints across 11 scored model years and 30 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Transit Connect Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2016 vs model median 2.1×
Model median3× median
Engine 10
Electrical 7
Body & Interior 6
Avoid

2014 · 2016

Best

2011 · 2012

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.07× 29 C
2011
0.48× 14 A
2012
0.84× 24 B
2013
0.86× 17 C
2014
1.34× 43 D
2015
1.30× 38 D
2016
2.14× 50 F
2017
0.47× 12 B
2018
0.44× 14 B
2019
1.06× 27 C
2020
1.00× 25 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22
City / Highway21 / 25
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

Recalls

30 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
22V413000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) 2013–2020 2,925,968
20V331000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2014–2016 2,147,323
16V643000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2014–2016 2,046,297
25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2015–2018 1,456,417
17V209000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 2013–2015 208,584
25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2018–2020 200,237
21V376000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) 2013–2020 192,080
15V406000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2014, 2015 184,519

+ 22 further campaigns

Others in Vans

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Express
20102013
C
Ford Transit
20152016
C
Mercedes-Benz Metris
none flagged
C
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500
20192020
C
Ram Promaster
20142021
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Transit Connect
Complaints in window
50
Severity-weighted
76
Model median (weighted)
35
vs model median
2.14×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
10
Open investigations
0
Score 31.5 F