2025 Ford Transit
Model year 2025: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
- NHTSA: don’t drive it or park it outside, for one of its recalls
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. NHTSA’s recall lookup is on nhtsa.gov.
The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 27, 2026.
- 4 recalls naming it in NHTSA’s file (needs attention)
- Don’t drive it or park it outside: NHTSA’s advice, for one of its recalls (needs attention)
- 4 owner complaints to NHTSA
- 2of 5 the fewest overall stars NHTSA gave any of its versions
A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.
Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?
No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.
The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.
What recalls name it?
4 recalls for the 2025 Ford Transit in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.
NHTSA advises some owners not to drive it, or to park it outside: see below.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 17, 2026. Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
Dec 17, 2025. Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:
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NHTSA campaign
25V-876
Jun 13, 2025. Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
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NHTSA campaign
25V-344
May 9, 2025. Back over prevention: software
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NHTSA campaign
25V-315
What have owners told NHTSA?
4 complaints to NHTSA, received from Aug 9, 2025 to Sep 25, 2026.
- 1 complaint told of a crash, and none of a fire.
- None reports anyone injured or killed.
- Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How did it do in crash tests?
NHTSA rated 15 versions of the 2025 Ford Transit: from 2 to 4 stars overall.
NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings, in whole stars. NHTSA’s safety concerns are shown beneath the stars they qualify, as NHTSA asks.
NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Version | Overall | Frontal crash | Side crash | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transit High Roof 12 Pass, PV, AWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 1 starA 42.3% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit High Roof 12 Pass, PV, RWD | 2 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 1 starA 51.6% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit High Roof 15 Pass, PV, AWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 35.6% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit High Roof 15 Pass, PV, RWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 1 starA 45.1% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit LOW Roof 12 Pass, PV, AWD | Not rated | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | Not rated |
| Transit LOW Roof 12 Pass, PV, RWD | 4 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 3 starsA 26.7% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit LOW Roof 15 Pass, PV, AWD | Not rated | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | Not rated |
| Transit LOW Roof 15 Pass, PV, RWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 33.8% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit Medium Roof 12 Pass, PV, AWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 33.8% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit Medium Roof 12 Pass, PV, RWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 37.6% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit Medium Roof 15 Pass, PV, AWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 33.8% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit Medium Roof 15 Pass, PV, RWD | 3 stars | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 2 starsA 37.6% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Transit Van BEV, CV, RWD | Not rated | Not rated | Not rated | Not rated |
| Transit Van - Gas, CV, AWD | Not rated | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | Not rated | Not rated |
| Transit Van - Gas, CV, RWD | Not rated | 3 starsDriver 4, passenger 2 | Not rated | Not rated |
NHTSA lists no safety concern for any version rated here.
NHTSA’s notes on these ratings
- These ratings apply to vehicles equipped with optional curtain and torso side air bags.
Safety technology, as NHTSA lists it
- Forward collision warning: standard & optional.
- Lane departure warning: standard.
- Crash imminent braking: standard & optional.
- Dynamic brake support: standard & optional.
What the record doesn’t say
- Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
- Ratings are for the versions NHTSA tested. Other cabs, engines and drives can rate differently.
- How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 27, 2026.