2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT Complaints

DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 60 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND THE ENGINE VIOLENTLY STOPPED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE. MIL LIGHTS COME ON ALONG WITH SEPARATE NOTICE TO HAVE ENGINE SERVICED. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP, SWITCHED THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POSITION AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND ATTEMPTED A RE-START. RE-START SUCCESSFUL. ODOMETER READS 9500 MILES. LOCAL DEALER NOT AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO READ OBD TROUBLE CODE. APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME- WEDNESDAY AM.

ENGINE FAULT SERVICE NOW MESSAGE APPEARS, SRS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND INFORMATION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. VEHICLE LOOSES POWER, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN NON RESPONSIVE, AND ENGINE BEGINS VERY ROUGH IDLE. HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE TWICE IN THREE DAYS ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65-70MPH. AFTER COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON SEEMS TO CORRECT THE ISSUE LONG ENOUGH TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE OF 2016. CURRENTLY HAS 13,100 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

THE VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE IN TRANSIT POWER STEERING GOES OUT FIRST BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON VEHICLE STOPS CAN NOT RESTART

VEHICLE HAS 17,888 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 40 MPH THE MOTOR STUMBLED, LOST POWER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A MESSAGE STATING THERE WAS A SYSTEM FAULT AND TO SERVICE THE ENGINE NOW. I ROLLED TO A STOP, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED A RESTART AND THE VEHICLE RAN AS NORMAL. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE CRUISING AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STUMBLED, LOST POWER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A MESSAGE STATING THERE WAS A SYSTEM FAULT AND TO SERVICE THE ENGINE NOW. THIS TIME, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I COULD NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND I WAS RAPIDLY LOSING SPEED. I LUCKILY MANAGED TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER WHERE I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, THEN RESTARTED IT. DROVE AS NORMAL AFTER THE RESTART. DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONING. PERSONAL RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS FOR THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND FOR OTHER DRIVERS. I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED ON THE HIGHWAY QUITE EASILY BECAUSE MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER TO MOVE, JUST THE REMAINING MOMENTUM TO KEEP IT MOVING. I FAIL TO SEE HOW SO MANY OF THESE FAILING ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODIES ARE STILL IN USE WHEN THERE IS CLEARLY DANGER TO CONSUMERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT VAN. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX WIRING HARNESS WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. ..UPDATED 04/13/17*BF UPDATED 05/15/17 *BF *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT AN ESTIMATED AND CONSTANT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEEPED AND "ENGINE MALFUNCTION" DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL WAS PRESENT IN THE CABIN. GIVEN THE SPEEDS, THIS WAS DANGEROUS. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS A LANE OF TRAFFIC AND COME TO A STOP IN A GRASSY AREA TO AVOID BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY. HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE. THE CAR AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS OLD. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER IS REPAIRING THE CAR AND HAS INDICATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (UNDER WARRANTY). THE DEALER ASSERTS THE CAUSE OF THE BURNING OIL SMELL WAS THAT THE CAR WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. *TR

FUEL EFFICIENCY FAR FROM STATED. THIS IA AN XLT MODEL WITH A 1.6L ECOBOOST ENGINE, AND A STATED MPG EFFICIENCY OF 25/29. THE ACTUAL MEASURED HWY EFFICIENCY IS 22.3 MPG WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL, AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY POSTED SPEED LIMITS, ON WIND-LESS, SUNNY DAYS, AND ZERO-LOAD OTHER THAN DRIVER'S WEIGHT. THE EFFICIENCY ABOVE NOTED HAS BEEN REPETITIVELY MEASURED OVER THE FIRST 3,500 MILES OF VEHICLE USE.

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND A CHIME SOUND ALERTED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE FAILURE ONCE MORE AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR MORE OF DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL VEHICLE AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/14/16*LJ UPDATED 08/03/16.*JB