2023 Ford Transit
This year drew an ordinary 318 complaints for a Ford Transit — the model's median is 162. What they were about is the unusual part: 28.3% of them mention manufacturer made, against 10.7% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 318 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 162 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Recalls | 19 |
What the complaints were about
- manufacturer made — 28.3% of this year's complaints, against 10.7% across the model's other years (2.6×).
- made aware — 28.3% of this year's complaints, against 11.3% across the model's other years (2.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V102000 (Power Train); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware…
notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 24V542000 (Steering) and 24V591000 (Steering); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amoun…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V791000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V071000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V122000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 23V499000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V598000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V102000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 24V226000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 24V542000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 19. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Transit was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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