NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2013 Ford Transit Connect has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 10, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★☆☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2013 Ford Transit Connect
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 22V413000
- Reported
- June 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,925,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2021 Transit Connect, 4 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 21V376000
- Reported
- May 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,080
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2021 Transit Connect
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 17V209000
- Reported
- March 27, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 208,584
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Transit Connect, 3 other models
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 14V706000
- Reported
- November 5, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2013 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2013 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on March 25, 2024. Of these, 3 describe a crash (9%).
In complaints about the 2013 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the engine (16%) and the structure (13%).
2 of the 2013 Ford Transit Connect's 4 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2013 Ford Transit Connect owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train7
- Engine5
- Structure4
- Electrical System3
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)3
- Service Brakes3
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 7. 41% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Ford Transit Connect drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Ford Transit Connect year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Ford Transit Connect years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★☆☆☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 32 complaints about the 2013 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 2013 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 25, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted