2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V005000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V005000 (FUEL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VISION WAS OBSTRUCTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WIPERS WERE OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5.

GOING 60MPH HEARD A HIGH PITCHED NOSE INSIDE THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER THOUGHT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FIREWALL. NOT THE CASE I AM THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. FOUND OUT TODAY AFTER THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 3 WEEKS THAT THE VISTA WINDOW, WHICH IS ON TOP OF THE VEHICLE, WAS LOOSE AND COULD FLY OFF AT ANYTIME. INSTANT SUNROOF BUT THINK ABOUT THE VEHICLES BEHIND YOU THAT COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. IT WAS DETERMINED BY FORD THAT IF YOU GET INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND PUSH UP ON THE GLASS AND IT MOVES THEN IT WILL FLY OFF AT ANY TIME. THIS WAS CAUSED BY IT NOT BEING INSTALLED CORRECTLY AT THE FACTORY. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ANYMORE AS I TRADED THAT VEHICLE IN ON ANOTHER ONE WITH OUT THE WINDOW..

WE HAVE FOUR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THE REAR OF OUR SEVEN PASSENGER TRANSIT CONNECT IN AN AREA OF TENNESSEE WHERE WINTER TEMPS FREQUENTLY DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND OFTEN BELOW ZERO. OUR HEATER FOR THE REAR PASSENGERS HAS NEVER WORKED. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE. STILL NO REAR HEAT. *TR

IN FEBRUARY I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. WHEN I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY I NOTICED THE TIRE WAS FLAT. IN MARCH I WAS GETTING OUR OF THE CAR AND A MAN WALKING BY NOTICED I HAD A BUBBLE IN THE SIDE OF MY TIRE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 TIRES SINCE I GOT THIS CAR I BOUGHT THE CAR ON 12/26/14. AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THREE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE CAR! I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 2,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE FIRST 2 TIRES I PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. THE THIRD TIRE I AM WAITING TO HAVE IT REPLACED BY THE COMPANY. I AM USING THE SPARE AND DON'T HAVE A BACK UP. *TR

THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I OPENED IT AND THEN IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. A LITTLE PLASTIC SPRING / PLUNGER FROM THE "B" POST HAD ATTACHED ITSELF TO THE PIN ON THE DOOR AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO CLOSE. THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET THE DOOR TO CLOSE OTHER THAN TO MANUALLY WORK AND REMOVE THIS SPRING FROM THE DOOR PIN, HOWEVER THE PLASTIC PART OF THE SPRING / PLUNGER IS STILL IMPALED ON THE DOOR PIN. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR - BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT KEEPS THE DOOR FROM PROPERLY CLOSING AND LATCHING. *TR

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AND IT WAS NOTED THE TRANS AXLE WAS LEAKING. THIS IS THE 2ND VEHICLE WE HAVE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO - 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. FORD DOES NOT SEEM CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THE FIRST VEHICLE TOOK ~ 2 WEEKS TO GET REPAIRED. FORD HAS ORDERED THE PARTS TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE, BUT CAN'T FIT IT IN THEIR SERVICE SCHEDULE. IT HAS BEEN 3 WEEKS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED. *TR

THE FORD 2014 INTERIOR DASHBOARD LIGHTING IS ALWAYS ON, AND VERY OFTEN AT NIGHT DUE TO THIS CONDITION I FORGET TO TURN ON MY DRIVING LIGHTS, MAKING FOR A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. BECAUSE THE INSTRUMENTS (SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL AND TEMP GAUGE) ARE NESTED IN DEEP BEZELS FORD HAD TO ILLUMINATE THEM DURING THE DAY TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT. FORD TRANSIT CONNECT WITHOUT AUTO-HEADLIGHTS HAVE THIS UNSAFE CONDITION THAT FOOLS THE DRIVER INTO THINKING THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON AT NIGHT WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE NOT. *TR

LOWER CENTER COUNSEL WHERE THE DRIVERS RIGHT LEG (JUST UNDER KNEE) TOUCHES BECOMES EXTREMELY HOT WHILE RUNNING THE HEAT ON HIGH AT A 2-4 FAN SPEED. CAUSED A 2ND DEGREE BURN THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. *TR