2019 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2019 Ford Transit Connect has 8 recalls, the most serious being a panoramic roof panel that can detach from the vehicle while driving, creating a road hazard, and a shifter cable bushing that can degrade or fall off, causing the vehicle to move in an unintended direction. Several recalls involve engine overheating on vehicles equipped with the 2.5L engine: the powertrain control module software uses higher-than-intended temperature thresholds, which can delay the engine's cooling response when coolant is lost and allow the engine to overheat to the point of catching fire. Prior repair attempts under an earlier recall did not fully resolve this issue for some vehicles, so a second fix is required. On the structural side, some windshields were bonded with inadequate adhesion and can separate from the body in a crash, raising the risk of injury. There is also an airbag concern: certain vehicles are missing a propellant component inside the frontal airbag module, which means the airbag may not deploy properly in a crash.