2015 FORD TRANSIT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND THE AIR CONDITIONING DID NOT WORK. THE SENSOR THAT READ THE TEMPERATURE INDICATED MINUS 4 AND ALL THE WINDOWS FOGGED UP. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ROLLED DOWN ALL THE WINDOWS, AND WAITED UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

AFTER HEARING LOUD ROARING IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED BEARINGS IN LEFT WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 16 MONTHS OLD WITH 8,000 MILES. THIS WEEK TOOK THE VAN TO THE SAME MECHANIC AFTER HEARING THE SAME ROARING IN THE FRONT, REPLACED BEARINGS IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. VAN HAS ONLY 30000 MILES. DOESNT SEEM REASONABLE THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO BOTH WHEELS, INSTALLKED INCORRECTLY OR NOT LUBRICATED CORRECTLY AT THE FACTORY?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC BEHIND THE ARMREST FRACTURED, WHICH COULD CAUSE A LACERATION WHILE ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SEAT BACKS FOR THE REAR SEATS WERE MISSING AND COULD CAUSE INJURIES IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. JOHN C. STEWART & SON INC (LOCATED AT 5227 VT-103, CUTTINGSVILLE, VT 05738, (802) 492-3312) WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURES WERE EVIDENT IN SEVERAL 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT VANS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *DT *AS*JB

DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD (ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION, HAS RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES). WHILE IN MOTION, STARTED MAKING A NOISE, SO SLOWED DOWN,AND THEN BACK PASSENGER AXLE AND WHEEL CAME OFF AND VEHICLE WAS RIDING ON THE WHEEL HUB! ODOMETER SHOWS 65,594 MILES.

RECALL 17S15 / NHTSA 17V-408 REPAIR COMPLETED TO DRIVESHAFT REAR END FLEXIBLE COUPLING BY MULLINAX FORD OF MOBILE AL ON 7-23-2018 AT 76905 MILEAGE WARNING OF NOISE AND VIBRATION SAFETY ISSUES. ON 13 MAR 2019 LOUD WHINNING NOISE FROM REAR END BY MULLINEX FORD REQUIRED REAR END REBUILD FOR $368.32 PARTS AND $1545 LABOR, PLUS $109 DIAGNOSIS TO SOLVE NOISE ISSUE NOTED IN SAFETY RECALL. NOISE OCCURING ALWAYS BUT VERY LOUD HUMMING AT 55-70 MPH TOO LOUD TO TALK OR LISTEN TO RADIO...PAINFUL OVER AN HOUR DRIVE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TRANSIT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION WERE PRESENT COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BROADWAY FORD (501 S. 7TH ST., ST. LOUIS, MO) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLEXIBLE DRIVESHAFT COUPLING WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE IN 2017 AND 2018 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V408000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE LATER EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TRANSIT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POOR FUEL FILTER INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SCAFFIDI AUTO STEVENS POINT (888-718-5340, LOCATED AT 3733 STANLEY ST, STEVENS POINT, WI 54481) WHERE METAL FILINGS WERE FOUND IN THE FUEL FILTER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,495.

THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL WHICH FORD SAID THEY REPAIRED, NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS BACK. THE DRIVE SHAFT MAKES A SERIOUS VIBRATION ESPECIALLY WHEN MOVING ALONG A FAIRLY LEVEL SURFACE WHERE THE ENGINE IS NOT DRIVING VERY STRONGLY. ESPECIALLY ON A HIGHWAY AT 35 TO 65 MPH. ALSO ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COASTING ON A HIGHWAY, ESPECIALLY IN A GRADUAL TURN WHILE COASTING.

THIS VAN HAD A DRIVE SHAFT RECALL BEFORE WE GET THE SERVICE IT BROKE AND CAUSED LOTS OF DAMAGES INCLUDE TRANSMISSION. IT TOOK MORE THAN 3 MONTHS DURING THAT TIME WE PAID THE RENT CAR AND FORD SAID IT WILL REIMBURSE IT BUT WHEN WE CLAIM IT, FORD REFUSED PAY FOR IT AND LATER DID NOT RESPOND OUR EMAIL OR PHONE CALL.

THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMPLAINT # 11169922 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED BY WAL-MART, STARKE, FL ON JANUARY 15, 2019. I BELIEVE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO THE ALPHARETTA, GA WAL-MART #02941, SPECIFICALLY AUTO CARE MANAGER TROY WHO DID NOT RESPOND TO ME AT ALL, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED.