2013 Ford Transit Connect — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 38 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)7 (18.4%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2013–2021.
• Engine5 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2013–2020.
• Body & structure4 (10.5%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2010–2020.
• Brakes3 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2016.
• Electrical system3 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2014–2015.
• Stability & traction control3 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2016.

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (5.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,138 records, model years 2010–2023) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), brakes and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
• Safety recalls (107 records, model years 2010–2022) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (86 records, model years 2010–2022) are most frequently classified under: body & structure, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and engine.
• Manufacturer communications (1,055 records, model years 2010–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 24reports included a mileage
• 108,797average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2010 65 records for 2010 65
2. 2011 43 records for 2011 43
3. 2012 51 records for 2012 51
4. 2013 70 records for 2013 70
5. 2014 220 records for 2014 220
6. 2015 158 records for 2015 158
7. 2016 222 records for 2016 222
8. 2017 135 records for 2017 135
9. 2018 97 records for 2018 97
10. 2019 174 records for 2019 174
11. 2020 139 records for 2020 139
12. 2021 72 records for 2021 72
13. 2022 40 records for 2022 40
14. 2023 19 records for 2023 19

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 3mention a crash

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 31
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 32

Explore the underlying evidence records