2015 Ford Transit

The 2015 Ford Transit marks a dramatic departure from the 2014 model's modest complaint and recall record, with complaints surging from 3 to 188 and recalls increasing from 3 to 26. The target year's 202 TSBs (compared to just 11 in 2014) and the presence of one federal investigation indicate substantial problems surfaced during this first full model year, with Power Train issues comprising 59 of the 188 complaints—the dominant failure category. The data shows a clear post-launch resolution trend: complaints declined from 188 (2015) to 151 (2016), then to 96 (2017) and 55 (2018), while TSBs actually increased to 232 in 2016 and 216 in 2017, suggesting the manufacturer was actively addressing defects through service bulletins. The 2015 model sits at the apex of the generation's complaint arc, meaning early-production issues were concentrated in this specific year. Given the one crash complaint and one fire complaint alongside the power train dominance, buyers should prioritize verifying all 26 recall campaigns have been completed and scrutinizing the transmission and drivetrain components carefully. While later model years (2017-2018) show meaningfully improved reliability metrics, a well-maintained 2015 with documented recall completion could represent value—though it carries inherently higher risk than the subsequent years in this generation.