NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2016 Ford Transit Connect has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 104
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2016 Ford Transit Connect
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit Connect, 12 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 23V502000
- Reported
- July 21, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 112,225
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 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 2013–2015, 2017–2021 Transit Connect, 4 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 22V192000
- Reported
- March 25, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39,720
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Transit Connect
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 2013–2015, 2017–2021 Transit Connect
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 20V331000
- Reported
- June 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,147,323
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Transit Connect, 8 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 20V305000
- Reported
- May 27, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,616
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Transit Connect
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 20V260000
- Reported
- May 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,088
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Transit Connect
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 16V643000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,046,297
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Transit Connect, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 16V482000
- Reported
- June 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,895
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ford Transit Connect
2016 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 104 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on July 20, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the electrical system (13%), followed by the structure (13%) and the visibility (13%).
2 of the 2016 Ford Transit Connect's 10 recalls also concern the visibility.
Where 2016 Ford Transit Connect owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 59,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System14
- Structure14
- Visibility14
- Power Train13
- Unknown Or Other13
- Engine12
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 21. 27% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Transit Connect drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Ford Transit Connect year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 104 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted