NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2018 Ford Transit Connect has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 22
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2018 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2018 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 Transit Connect, 12 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V442000
- Reported
- June 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Transit Connect, 19 other models
Visibility: fixed panaramic roof/sky light assembly
- Campaign
- 24V294000
- Reported
- April 26, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,315
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019 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 2013–2017, 2019–2021 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 2013–2017, 2019–2021 Transit Connect
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V229000
- Reported
- March 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 776
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2018 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 22 owner complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on June 18, 2026.
In complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the service brakes (23%), followed by the steering (23%) and the power train (14%).
2 of the 2018 Ford Transit Connect's 6 recalls also concern the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes5
- Steering5
- Unknown Or Other4
- Power Train3
- Electrical System2
- Vehicle Speed Control2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 5. 27% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 22 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted