AutoUtility currently tracks 66 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Ford Transit Connect. Body & Structure issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 21 complaints (31.8% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash, 3 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 66 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Body & Structure (21 reports • 31.8% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Powertrain & Transmission (9), Engine & Cooling (8)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 3 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
66
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
3
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Ford Transit Connect

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 31.8% of complaints

Body & Structure

21 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 3 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
🩹 1 injury report entry
#2 Problem Area 13.6% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

9 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#3 Problem Area 12.1% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
🩹 2 injury report entries
#4 Problem Area 7.6% of complaints

Steering System

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 6.1% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Ford Transit Connect

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11750251
Filed: 07/14/2026

"The contact owns a 2015 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V572000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part for the repair was unavailable. The contact stated the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the remedy to be available...."

Incident Date: 09/08/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11716171
Filed: 02/06/2026

"I am submitting this complaint to report an unresolved safety recall and the inability to obtain a timely inspection or repair, which I believe places me and my family at increased risk of a crash. My vehicle is a 2015 Ford Transit Connect. The vehicle is subject to Ford Safety Recall 25S89 and..."

Incident Date: 09/01/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11700725
Filed: 11/21/2025

"No remedy from Ford for this recall since September 8 2025. This is a work vehicle I can not use until recall fixed"

Incident Date: 09/08/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11693357
Filed: 10/14/2025

"The contact owns a 2015 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 20V331000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES), 23V502000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES), and 25V572000 (BACK OVER PREVENTION); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact..."

Incident Date: 10/14/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11663885
Filed: 05/30/2025

"The contact owns a 2015 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated while reversing, the back over prevention camera system failed to function as intended. The contact stated that the back over prevention camera system independently activated and deactivated. In addition, the contact stated that..."

Incident Date: 12/03/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Ford Transit Connect

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2023)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Ford Transit Connect Current Page 66 3 10 Current
2016 Ford Transit Connect 104 1 10 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Ford Transit Connect 28 1 6 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Ford Transit Connect 22 0 6 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Ford Transit Connect 51 2 8 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Ford Transit Connect 31 2 8 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Ford Transit Connect 8 0 4 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Ford Transit Connect 5 0 1 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Ford Transit Connect 1 1 0 View 2023 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Ford Transit Connect

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 25 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 11 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 9 0 0 1 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 7 1 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 6 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 4 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 4 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 2 2 0 1 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 2 0 0 2 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,STRUCTURE,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (66). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (2)

2 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Recall Query (RQ) ODI Action #RQ19005
Opened: 2019-12-19 • Closed: 2022-02-07

Door Latch Failures

Affected Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

In December 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation based on 235 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) alleging doors failed to latch when closed, and/or inadvertently opened while driving, on model year (MY) 2012-2014 Ford Fiesta, and 2013-2014 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ. Some VOQs reported the failure occurred after the latch had been remedied under a prior recall which involved fracture of the latch pawl spring tab...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 20V331000 Official NHTSA File →
CLOSED Preliminary Evaluation (PE) ODI Action #PE16001
Opened: 2016-01-16 • Closed: 2016-10-29

Door Latch Failure

Affected Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

In January, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this Preliminary Evaluation based on consumers' allegations of doors failing to latch and/or inadvertently opening on model year (MY) 2012-2013 Ford Focus vehicles (subject vehicles).ODI has received 464 unique reports related to the alleged problem, with over 200 claiming that the door(s) opened inadvertently while the vehicle was in motion.One consumer alleged an injury that occurred...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 16V643000 Official NHTSA File →

Related Official Reports for 2015 Ford Transit Connect

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.