NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Ford Transit Recalls
The 2020 Ford Transit has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Ford Transit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 84
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2020 Ford Transit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2020 Ford Transit
Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:
- Campaign
- 25V876000
- Reported
- December 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 11 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 19 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 23V499000
- Reported
- July 19, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Ford Transit
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 21V978000
- Reported
- December 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,548
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Ford Transit
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 2015–2018 Transit
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V575000
- Reported
- September 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 620,246
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 20V415000
- Reported
- July 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 20V250000
- Reported
- May 5, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 20V222000
- Reported
- April 20, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 205
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2020 Ford Transit complaints by year
NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit, the newest on September 17, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit, the component group named most often is the seats (32%), followed by the power train (21%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2020 Ford Transit's 9 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2020 Ford Transit owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 5,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Seats27
- Power Train18
- Electrical System14
- Steering6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 31 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 31. 63% 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 drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Ford Transit year in the same window: 1st highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the Ford Transit years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
The 84 complaints about the 2020 Ford Transit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Transit by model year
Other 2020 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted