13 complaints reported

2016 Ford Transit UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
13
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Mar 2026

The rear view camera freezes or distorts or is just blank very often. I see a recall for Transit vans from my year for this problem but mine isn’t included.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2025
Oct 2025

The rear back up camera is very hit and miss….. works sometimes and not other times. Shows blue screen color,black screen color when it does not work.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 1969
Sep 2025

The vehicle back up camera goes out when reversing. Not every time, but intermittently, maybe 50% of the time. The screen goes blue, followed by the message "Rear View Camera Not Available." This makes it incredibly challenging to see pedestrians or cars directly behind the vehicle. It has not had it confirmed by a dealer; the local dealer said there was nothing yet in their system stating a recall on the vehicle. The NHTSA Advance Notice Safety Recall 25S89 specifically calls out the vehicle as being potentially affected, based on assembly plant and build dates. I have not had it inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives, or others. There have been no warning lamps. Just the screen going blue, followed by the message "Rear View Camera Not Available"

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2025
Feb 2025 Fire

I was going up hill and I heard a pop and smoke started to come out form the center console and then the truck burst into flames

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 2025
Aug 2021

2017 FORESTER 239ITS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL 16V-336. CONSUMER STATED THAT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM RECALL RELATED REPAIRS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 2021
May 2021

Engine dies without warning. Stalled in the middle of traffic, luckily this did not result in an accident. This has happened twice in the span of one month. April 25th 2021 and May 14th 2021. Ford dealer (Ford of Montebello) could not figure out why it does this (it has been doing this intermittently since the vehicle was purchased new in 2016. It has done this in the past. I am taking the vehicle back to dealer (again) to see if they can figure it out this time around. Scan tool produces no engine fault codes. Vehicle drives perfectly fine after each incident.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2021
Dec 2020

SYNC 3 SYSTEM FREEZE AND DOES NOT LET YOU UP DATE. THE GPS FREEZE , PHONE CALL ARE DROP, BLUETOOTH DO NOT CONNECT AND SOME TIME WHEN IS CONNECTED DISCONNECT CASE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 2018
Apr 2020

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, IN TRAFFIC ON I95 IN FLORIDA THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. IT DID START AGAIN.NO DASH LIGHTS NO WARNING JUST TURNED OFF.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Apr 2020
Dec 2019

THE OVERALL NOISE LEVEL WHILE DRIVING IS WAY ABOVE NORMAL. HUMMING SOUND WHILE DRIVING AT 40 TO 50 MPH PLUS. THE **DECIBEL** LEVEL IS HIGH. NOISE COMING THROUGH ALL THE DOORS AND DOOR SEALS, THE FLOOR, ETC., NOISE FROM THE TIRES. I MEASURED THE DECIBEL LEVELS ON THE LOCAL EXPRESSWAY DOING 65 TO 70 MPH. THE DECIBEL LEVEL AT THE *DOG HOUSE* WAS RUNNING BETWEEN 75 AND 80 DECIBELS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PUT ADDITIONAL SELF STICKING DOOR SEALS ON ALL DOORS, 100% AROUND, COMPLETE, ETC. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2019
Jul 2019

THE WINDSHIELD ON THE TOP SIDE IS LOOSE. WHEN CLOSE THE DOOR THE AIR PRESSURE PUSHES THE WINDSHIELD OUT. WATER ALSO LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE AS WELL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2018
Jan 2019

HYDRAULIC JACK RAM BROKE AND COLLAPSED DUE TO NUT BEING LEFT LOOSE AT MANUFACTURING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. REPLACEMENT JACK HAS SAME ISSUE OF LOOSE NUT

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2018
Jul 2018

THEY PUT A HITCH AND TRAILER LIGHTING PACKAGE ON AND WE LOSE BRAKE AND SIGNAL LIGHTS ON THE TRAILER. WE WERE ON A TRIP AFTER THEY INSTALLED AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. THEY HAVEN'T FIXED IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2018
Mar 2018

DESIGN OF THE INTERIOR CABINETS INSTALLED BY THE AMBULANCE MANUFACTURER (AEV), BLOCK THE SIDE DOOR HANDLE OF THE SLIDING DOOR, MAKING ESCAPE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF A FIRE OR TRAFFIC CRASH, WHERE THE REAR DOOR IS BLOCKED. THE DOOR OPENING DEVICE IS SO SMALL ON THE INSIDE OF THE PATIENT COMPARTMENT THAT IN LOW OR NO LIGHT CONDITIONS, IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVATED

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 FORD TRANSIT, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 2018

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Quick Summary

The 2016 Ford Transit has 13 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.