2015 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT Complaints

REAR SLIDING DOOR LATCH DEFECTIVE. LATCH WAS REPLACED IN 2016-2017 PER FORD RECALL AND STILL MALFUNCTIONING. DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED AT ALL AND COMES OPEN, I HAVE CHILDREN. FORD WILL NOT HELP WITH THE COST TO REPLACE THIS.

MY SISTER HAVE ACCIDENT FRONTAL COLLISION ANY AIRBAG WAS DEPLOY...THE SPEED AT IMPACT MOMENT WAS AROUND 35 MILES DRIVING I A CITY ROAD

PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AT SON'S SCHOOL, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WAITED FOR MY SON. THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. DISPLAY WAS SAYING I WAS IN REVERSE. BUT, THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. I WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERLOCK OVERRIDE UNDER THE SHIFTER, AND MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO ALL GEARS, BUT CAR CONTINUED TO DISPLAY REVERSE POSITION AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START. TOW COMPANY CAME AND LIFTED THE HOOD AND NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THE SHIFT CABLE WAS COMPLETELY DETACHED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE HEATER WOULD ONLY BLOW COLD AIR AND THE DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE CAUSING A VISIBILITY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECO BOOST ENGINE SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER(UNKNOWN) AND THE MANUFACTURE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT (WHICH WASN'T MY FAULT) MY FRONT CARGO WITH THE OTHER FORD PASSENGER REAR DOOR. MY AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, BUT THE LIGHT IS ON, MY SEATBELT DAMAGED. BUT ALL THE AIRBAGS OF THE OTHER CAR DEPLOYED.

AFTER ENTERING MY VEHICLE WHILE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT, THE DRIVER'S DOOR WOULDN'T LATCH. I SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR FAILURES, BUT THE VIN DECODER SHOW NO UN-COMPLETED RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE.

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.