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Every model year 2016–2027: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

12 Model years 2016–2027

127 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

595 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2027 Safety Signal

2019 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2027 Transit →Which years to avoid Compare it

2027 Ford Transit

Active NHTSA advisory on 2 model years of the Transit — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Ford Transit model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2027		A	1	0	—	—
2026	Electric Gas	A	1	5	—	—
2025	Electric Gas	F	5	4	★★★★☆	—	Park outside
2024		F	11	28	★★★★☆	—	Park outside
2023		F	18	60	★★★★☆	—
2022		F	16	39	★★★★☆	—
2021		D	4	24	★★★★☆	—
2020		F	9	84	★★★★☆	—
2019		D	9	38	—	—
2018		F	14	58	★★★★☆	—
2017		F	18	98	★★★★☆	—
2016		F	21	157	★★★★☆	—

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 2019

On the filed record so far, the 2019 is the cleanest Transit year we hold, and the 2023 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
2019	D	1.3	5
2018	F	1.8	7
2017	F	2	11
2016	F	2.1	16
2021	D	0.8	5	1 critical
2020	F	1.5	14	1 critical
2022	F	4	10	1 critical
2023	F	6	20	4 critical

What owners filed about the Ford Transit, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

transmission and drivetrain problems 156 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2027: dropped electric, gas
2025: added electric, gas

Common questions about the Ford Transit

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Ford Transit year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2019 Transit comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (60/100), 9 recalls and 38 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Ford Transit years should I avoid?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Transit model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Ford Transit have?

Across model years 2016–2027, NHTSA has posted 127 recall campaigns for the Ford Transit. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.