NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ford Transit Recalls
The 2018 Ford Transit has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Ford Transit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 58
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2018 Ford Transit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2018 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 2016–2017 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, 2020 Transit
Structure: emergency: escape/egress/exit
- Campaign
- 19V439000
- Reported
- June 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Ford Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V333000
- Reported
- April 29, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 544
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 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 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 2014–2017 Transit, 4 other models
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 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V252000
- Reported
- March 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Ford 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 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 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 Transit, 1 other model
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 2016–2017 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 Transit
Seats
- Campaign
- 18V782000
- Reported
- November 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 475
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2017 Transit
2018 Ford Transit complaints by year
NHTSA has received 58 owner complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the power train (21%) and the electrical system (16%).
1 of the 2018 Ford Transit's 14 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Ford Transit owners gave the mileage (30 complaints), the median was 44,640 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine14
- Power Train12
- Unknown Or Other12
- Electrical System9
- Structure8
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 10. 36% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Ford Transit drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Ford Transit year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Ford Transit years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 58 complaints about the 2018 Ford Transit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Transit by model year
Other 2018 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted