NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2012 Ford Transit Connect has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 2, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★☆☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2012 Ford Transit Connect
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 12V374000
- Reported
- August 2, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,330
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Transit Connect
2012 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on January 8, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the engine (23%), followed by the visibility (19%) and the electrical system (15%).
The 2012 Ford Transit Connect's only recall also concerns the visibility.
Where 2012 Ford Transit Connect owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 32,734 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine6
- Visibility5
- Electrical System4
- Visibility/Wiper4
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)2
- Fuel System, Gasoline2
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 5. 62% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Transit Connect drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Transit Connect year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★☆☆☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 26 complaints about the 2012 Ford Transit Connect are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Transit Connect by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted