NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Ford Transit Connect Recalls
The 2021 Ford Transit Connect has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Ford Transit Connect. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 12
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2021 Ford Transit Connect, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2021 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 2018–2020 Transit Connect, 19 other models
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 2013–2020 Transit Connect, 4 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 21V592000
- Reported
- July 30, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Ford 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 2013–2020 Transit Connect
2021 Ford Transit Connect complaints by year
NHTSA has received 12 owner complaints about the 2021 Ford Transit Connect, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2021 Ford Transit Connect, the component group named most often is the service brakes (50%), followed by the power train (42%) and the engine (17%).
2 of the 2021 Ford Transit Connect's 4 recalls also concern the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes6
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other3
- Engine2
- Wheels2
- Forward Collision Avoidance1
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2021 Ford Transit Connect peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 8. 33% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 12 complaints about the 2021 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 2021 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted