2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT Complaints

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DASHBOARD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION, POWER BRAKES DO NOT SEEM TO FUNCTION, POWER STEERING QUITS AND SEVERAL ITEMS SHOW UP ON DASH. UPON CUTTING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING, THEY MAY ALL BE CORRECTED. THE NEXT TIME CAR IS STARTED, IT MAY OR MAY NOT RECUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT SIX TIMES RECENTLY AS LATE AS TODAY. OUR FEAR IS WE WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS MANY FUNCTIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERS THAT HAVE A FLAW. BRAKES ALSO LOSE POWER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING WITH THE STEERING ASSIST FAULT - SERVICE REQUIRED WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED NOR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SUN VISOR BAR INTERNALLY CRACKED POSSIBLY FROM SUN AND CAUSES THE VISOR TO DROP DOWN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING, DANGEROUSLY OBSCURING VIEW.

DRIVER DOOR LATCH FAILED TRAVELING 65MPH ON FREEWAY. DOOR SWUNG OPEN ON A TURN AND WOULD NOT RE-LATCH. FORD HAS DENIED THE CLAIM. FORD IS REPLACING THE LATCH AS IT HAS A 'BROKEN PAWL SPRING'. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNTIL ENTIRE LATCH IS REPLACED. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP, THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECTS. AFTER REPLACING THE LATCH, FORD INSISTED THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND GAVE ME THE KEYS BACK. I DID NOT EVEN LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THE LATCH FAILED AGAIN AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AGAIN.

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. NOTHING HAPPENED TO WARRANT IT BREAKING. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH OR LOCK, SO IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. IT WILL JUST OPEN AND ATTEMPT TO CLOSE WITH THE MOTION OF THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THINKING THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE, AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THEY WOULD NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE LATCH STOPPED WORKING. IN A PARKING LOT.

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH PAWL FAILURE, DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE CLOSED POSITION, NOR CAN IT BE LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ON MY FORD 2014 TRANSIT SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T, BUT IT SOMETIMES, ON THE HIGHWAY, IT SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T. ON THE HIGHWAY BENDS, THE THE STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY WORK AND THE CAR WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS A BIT OUT OF CONTROL. IT IS FINE IF IT IS COMPLETELY BROKEN BUT IT SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T. SOMETIMES WHEN I START THE CAR, IT WORKS BUT WHEN YOU GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, IT BREAKS. WE ALSO HAVE NO MONEY TO FIX IT. THIS HAPPENS ON FORD A LOT AND MANY CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT MINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS CEASED TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED, LEAVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DARK. GJOVIK FORD INC. (2600 US-34, SANDWICH, IL 60548, (815) 786-3333) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V406000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

PANORAMIC MOON ROOF (NON-MOVABLE) URETHANE SEAM SEPARATED FROM BODY AND PRESENTS AIR/WATER LEAK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF UNCHECKED, RESEARCH FOUND OTHER TRANSIT CONNECTS WHERE THE ENTIRE MOONROOF BECAME DETACHED AND FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. HAPPENED GRADUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL (20S22) FOR THIS CONDITION, BUT FORD REFUSED COVERAGE FOR MY VEHICLE SPECIFICALLY. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR LATCH NO LONGER LATCHES. THIS PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM CLOSING AND CAN CAUSE IT TO OPEN DURING VEHICLE MOTION. I PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED THE SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IN 2017. THIS FIX SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED THREE YEARS LATER. FORD WILL NOT REPERFORM THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THE ORIGINAL ONE IS STILL FINE.