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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2017 Ford Transit Recalls

The 2017 Ford Transit has 18 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Ford Transit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
18

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
98

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
4

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2017 Ford Transit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

18 recalls on the 2017 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 2016, 2018 Transit, 12 other models

25V572000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016, 2018, 2020 Transit

21V631000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016 Transit

19V767000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seats

Campaign
19V333000
Reported
April 29, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 544
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2014–2016, 2018 Transit, 1 other model

19V333000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seats

Campaign
19V329000
Reported
April 26, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 360
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2015–2016, 2018 Transit

19V329000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2014–2016, 2018 Transit, 4 other models

19V313000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2014–2016 Transit, 1 other model

19V271000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016, 2018 Transit

19V247000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016, 2018 Transit, 2 other models

19V238000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seats

Campaign
19V229000
Reported
March 22, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 776
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2015–2016, 2018 Transit, 2 other models

19V229000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016, 2018 Transit, 1 other model

19V205000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2015–2016 Transit

19V183000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2016, 2018 Transit, 1 other model

19V332000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Power train: driveline: driveshaft

Campaign
19V103000
Reported
February 21, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 174
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2015–2016, 2018 Transit

19V103000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seats

Campaign
18V782000
Reported
November 6, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 475
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2015–2016, 2018 Transit

18V782000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: wiring

Campaign
18V275000
Reported
April 30, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 25,658
Risk NHTSA names
crash and fire
Same campaign
also 2015–2016 Transit

18V275000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: wiring

Campaign
17V668000
Reported
October 23, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 65,206
Risk NHTSA names
crash and fire
Same campaign
also 2015–2016 Transit

17V668000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Power train: driveline: driveshaft

Campaign
17V408000
Reported
June 26, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 372,991
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2015–2016 Transit

17V408000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2017 Ford Transit complaints by year

NHTSA has received 98 owner complaints about the 2017 Ford Transit, the newest on August 6, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.

In complaints about the 2017 Ford Transit, the component group named most often is the power train (41%), followed by the engine (16%) and the electrical system (12%).

3 of the 2017 Ford Transit's 18 recalls also concern the power train.

Where 2017 Ford Transit owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Power Train40
  • Unknown Or Other17
  • Engine16
  • Electrical System12
  • Vehicle Speed Control6
  • Back Over Prevention4

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2017 Ford Transit received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20172
201815
201915
20207
202110
20227
20233
202416
202513
202610

Complaints about the 2017 Ford Transit peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 16. 40% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ford Transit drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Ford Transit year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.

Ford Transit years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5

The 98 complaints about the 2017 Ford Transit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford Transit by model year

Other 2017 Ford models

Newest record on this page: August 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted