Ford Transit

579 complaints across 7 scored model years and 63 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Transit Full report

Grade 2015–2021

2016 vs model median 1.8×

Model median3× median

Drivetrain 18

Airbags & Restraints 12

Engine 10

Avoid

2015 · 2016

Best

2019 · 2021

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.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Ford Transit
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2015	1.63×	101	D
2016	1.80×	87	F
2017	1.00×	61	C
2018	0.63×	36	C
2019	0.41×	24	B
2020	1.29×	76	D
2021	0.45×	27	B
2022 P	0.92×	52	C
2023 P	1.25×	74	D
2024 P	0.70×	35	C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

63 campaigns on record.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
25V572000	BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA	2016–2019	1,456,417
25V315000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE	2022–2024	1,076,138
20V575000	BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA	2020	620,246
17V408000	POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT	2015–2017	372,991
19V767000	POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT	2015–2017	293,558
25V442000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE	2020–2023	200,237
23V598000	BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA	2022, 2023	177,402
24V102000	POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT	2023, 2024	113,320

+ 55 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.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Chevrolet Express	20102013	C
Ford Transit Connect	20142016	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

Complaints in window: 87
Severity-weighted: 143.5
Model median (weighted): 80
vs model median: 1.80×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 21
Open investigations: 0

Score 39.9 F