NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2020 Ford Transit Connect has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2020 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2020 Ford Transit Connect
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V442000
- Reported
- June 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021 Transit Connect, 19 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 25V196000
- Reported
- March 28, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 152
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 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 2013–2019, 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 2016 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 2013–2019, 2021 Transit Connect
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V791000
- Reported
- December 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Transit Connect, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system
- Campaign
- 20V636000
- Reported
- October 15, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Transit Connect
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V550000
- Reported
- September 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Transit Connect, 4 other models
2020 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on September 1, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire.
In complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the power train (31%), followed by the service brakes (13%) and the visibility (13%).
4 of the 2020 Ford Transit Connect's 8 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2020 Ford Transit Connect owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train10
- Unknown Or Other5
- Service Brakes4
- Visibility4
- Forward Collision Avoidance3
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 7. 44% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Ford Transit Connect drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Transit Connect year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 32 complaints about the 2020 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 2020 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted