NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Transit Recalls
The 2016 Ford Transit has 21 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ford Transit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 21
- Owner complaints
- 156
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2016 Ford Transit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
21 recalls on the 2016 Ford Transit
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 2017–2018 Transit, 12 other models
Parking brake: conventional: mechanical: linkage and cable
- Campaign
- 21V631000
- Reported
- August 11, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018, 2020 Transit
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 19V767000
- Reported
- October 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 293,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V333000
- Reported
- April 29, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 544
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Transit, 1 other model
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V329000
- Reported
- April 26, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 360
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V313000
- Reported
- April 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,080
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Transit, 4 other models
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 19V271000
- Reported
- April 3, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Transit, 1 other model
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V247000
- Reported
- March 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V238000
- Reported
- March 26, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit, 2 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V229000
- Reported
- March 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 776
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit, 2 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V205000
- Reported
- March 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 471
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit, 1 other model
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 19V183000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 137
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 403, platform lift systems
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V332000
- Reported
- March 1, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Transit, 1 other model
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 19V103000
- Reported
- February 21, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 174
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 18V782000
- Reported
- November 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 475
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Transit
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V275000
- Reported
- April 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,658
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Transit
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 17V668000
- Reported
- October 23, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 65,206
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Transit
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 17V408000
- Reported
- June 26, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 372,991
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Transit
Fuel system, diesel
- Campaign
- 16V618000
- Reported
- August 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,013
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Transit
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 16V188000
- Reported
- April 4, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,066
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Transit
Seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 16V111000
- Reported
- February 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 48,990
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Transit
2016 Ford Transit complaints by year
NHTSA has received 156 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit, the newest on October 4, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the engine (13%) and the structure (8%).
3 of the 2016 Ford Transit's 21 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2016 Ford Transit owners gave the mileage (96 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train60
- Unknown Or Other23
- Engine20
- Structure13
- Electrical System12
- Fuel/Propulsion System11
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 19 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 21. 36% 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 drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford Transit year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 156 complaints about the 2016 Ford Transit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Transit by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted