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Every model year 2016–2023: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

8 Model years 2016–2023

43 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

256 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2023 Safety Signal

2023 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2023 Transit Connect →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Every Ford Transit Connect model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2023	Gas	A	0	1	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2022	Gas	A	1	6	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2021	Gas	C	4	12	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2020	Gas	D	8	32	—	26 mpg
2019	Gas	D	8	51	—	26 mpg
2018	Gas	D	6	22	★★★★★	23 mpg
2017	Gas	D	6	28	★★★★★	23 mpg
2016	Gas	F	10	104	★★★★★	25 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2023

On the filed record so far, the 2023 is the cleanest Transit Connect year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2023	A	0	0
2022	A	0.2	2
2017	D	0.7	3
2018	D	0.8	3
2021	C	0.8	2
2016	F	1	10
2019	D	1.1	7
2020	D	1.3	5

Also on file Beside the Ford Transit Connect

Best year on file The 2023 Transit Connect Recalls Every Ford recall on file Compare The 2023 Transit Connect against anything

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2023: 7 → 2 EPA configurations
2019: best combined mpg 23 → 26; 6 → 7 EPA configurations
2017: best combined mpg 25 → 23; 8 → 6 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Ford Transit Connect

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Ford Transit Connect year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2023 Transit Connect comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 1 owner complaint on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Ford Transit Connect years should I avoid?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 have the weakest recall records in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Transit Connect model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Ford Transit Connect have?

Across model years 2016–2023, NHTSA has posted 43 recall campaigns for the Ford Transit Connect. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.