2016 FORD TRANSIT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BRACKETS FRACTURED CAUSING THE SEATS TO BECOME UNSECURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER CAVALIER FORD OF CHESAPEAKE SQUARE LOCATED AT 4021 PORTSMOUTH BLVD, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23321 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BUSINESS 85 HEADING TO WORK, I WAS TRAVELING 65MPH MY VAN SUDDENLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, AS I'M TRYING TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY MY FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL, TOWED THE SHOP THEY CHANGED BRAKES, BRAKE CALIPERS AND CALIPER HOSE I DROVE IT AND A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP AGAIN.

SHIFTER CABLE BROKE. VEHICLE STUCK IN REVERSE AND WOULD NOT GO BACK IN PARK. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON OUR VANS OF THIS MODEL. ALSO HAPPENED ON THE FUSIONS, BUT THEY WERE FINALLY RECALLED.

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, IN TRAFFIC ON I95 IN FLORIDA THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. IT DID START AGAIN.NO DASH LIGHTS NO WARNING JUST TURNED OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO SEAT BELTS LOCATED IN THE LAST ROW OF THE TWELVE PASSENGER VAN FAILED TO LATCH. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO COUGHLIN FORD OF CIRCLEVILLE (24001 US-23, CIRCLEVILLE, OH 43113) TO BE SERVICED FOR ANOTHER RECALL. WHILE AT THE DEALER, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE ISSUES WITH THE SEAT BELTS AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO WHETHER THE SEAT BELTS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V111000 (SEAT BELTS) WHICH HE LINKED TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED BACK THE SAME DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER BUT EACH TIME THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON AN EXTENDED HOLD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,200.

2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SHIFTING ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, AFTER PARKING AT A LOCAL GAS STATION, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE GEAR SHIFT MOVED BUT, SEEM TO NOT BE CONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CLIP ON THE SHIFTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL 20S18 BUT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS

FLEXIBLE COUPLING CONNECTING TO DRIVESHAFT DAMAGED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF 70 MPH. LOUD BOOM UNDERNEATH OF DRIVER SEAT. VEHICLE STARTS TO MAKE NOISE LIKE YOUR EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. IT ALSO SHAKES WHEN GOING FROM 0 TO 40 MPH THEN IT GOES AWAY. LUCKY IT DID NOT FALL APART. THIS RECALL MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY FORD AND ENFORCE IT TO BE FIXED ASAP TO ALL VEHICLE WITH SUCH ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTACTED KELLER FORD, INC. (3385 ALPINE AVE NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49544, (616) 784-6600) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROOF RACK PLUG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 15 MPH. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V767000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

1. STATIONARY OR IN MOTION: THE TOP OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD SEEMS TO BE LOSING ITS SEAL BECAUSE WHEN WATER IS POURED OR WHEN IT RAINS, IT ENTERS THE CAR AND FALLS ONTO THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, THE PLASTIC BOX THAT STORES THE REAR VIEW WINDOW AND WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE WINDSHIELD GETS FILLED WITH RAIN AND DRIPS DOWN THE WINDOW. 2. IN MOTION, ON A GRADUAL HILL AND UP: FROM DAY ONE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT UP ON A DOWNHILL, EVEN A SLIGHT HILL. IT REVS IN THE 2ND GEAR AND REV UNTIL IT WOULD JUMP INTO THIRD AFTER REVVING IN A LOWER GEAR FOR 2-4 MINUTES. I TOOK IT TO 2 DEALERSHIPS (ONE IN TACOMA, WA, AND THE OTHER IN MARINA FORD) AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T REPEAT THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I HAD PLENTY OF VIDEO OF IT. 3. STATIONARY OR IN MOTION: LCD SCREEN SOMETIMES STOPS RESPONDING FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. YOU HAVE TO TURN CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN TO GET A RESPONSE. *TR