2018 Ford TRANSIT LOW ROOF 15 PASS - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2018 Ford Transit Low Roof 15 Pass WAGON RWD has an overall safety rating of 3 out of 5. It achieved excellent scores in side crash tests, with a 5-star rating for both the driver and passenger sides. The vehicle also received a 4-star rating for front crash tests, indicating good protection for both the driver and passenger sides.

In terms of safety features, the Ford Transit comes standard with electronic stability control, which is a great asset for maintaining control during challenging driving conditions. It does not have forward collision warning but offers an optional lane departure warning system to enhance driver awareness on the road.

Despite its decent safety ratings, it's worth noting that there have been 35 complaints reported for this model, along with 13 recalls. This indicates that while the Ford Transit offers good safety performance, there may be some issues that require attention to ensure the vehicle's continued safety and reliability.

Top stats at a glance

Complaint Count

35

Recall Count

13

Investigation Count

0

Safety Rating

3/5

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Safety Features

2018 Ford Transit Low Roof 15 Pass WAGON RWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2018 Ford Transit Low Roof 15 Pass WAGON RWD

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

Standard
Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

No
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

Optional

2018 Ford Transit Low Roof 15 Pass WAGON RWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2018 Ford Transit Low Roof 15 Pass WAGON RWD Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2015 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating 4 4 3
Front Crash Driver Side Rating 4 4 4
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating 3 3 2

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2015 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating 5 5 5
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 5 5 5
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front 5 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear 5 5 5
Overall Side Barrier Rating 5 5 5

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2015 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Rollover Rating Not Rated 2 2
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result No Tip No Tip
Side Pole Crash Rating 5 5 5

Complaints for the 2018 Ford TRANSIT LOW ROOF 15 PASS

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

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Complaint:
"this vehicles are built with two went opening on top of the engine hood. this went openings are for heat system to suck the air in for heating or defrosting. problem with this openings they are getting blocked with snow or ice in snowy weather and aren't allowing enough air to enter in to a vehicle to heat it. you can solve this turning the switch to interior circulation but at that time on this option defrost future going out and there is no way to defrost windows basically if the went outside on top of the hood frozen or blocked with snow. this creates dangerous driving conditions. i realize this in the last big snow storm on northeast where we got lot of snow. company like ford motor should not missed something like that."
Components Involved: STRUCTURE
Date of incident: 2020-07-12

Complaint:
"sliding door sensor indicating door open is malfunctioning i started moving vehicle not knowing door is open"
Components Involved: STRUCTURE
Date of incident: 2020-01-11

Complaint:
"at interstate speeds of 75 mph with a 30 degree crosswind and gusts exceeding 40 mph, the front door on the lee side flexes and the top of the door opens. this deformation of the door indicates a potential for the warping of doors over time or in the worse case, the door completely opening to the detriment of driver and passengers. traveling north with gusty winds from the southwest the passenger front door flexed open and traveling south with a gusty southwest winds the driver door flexed open. (occurred february 2019 on a sunday)"
Components Involved: STRUCTURE
Date of incident: 2019-03-02

Complaint:
"several spots are occurring at joints of door openings and also on the roof where the paint is not adhering properly or is actually being rubbed off when the doors are closed and the vehicle is an operation. the paint job on the ceiling welds is not smooth. it appears that there is some bubbling or chipping going on after only a few months."
Components Involved: STRUCTURE
Date of incident: 2018-01-07

Complaint:
"when the van is stationary and running for 10-15 minutes, half of the cargo floor (behind the passenger and driver seats) reaches a temperature of 125-130 degrees. a temp gun was used to demonstrate this safety hazard. i made mention of this to an autobody shop who suggested having the dealership take a look since that doesn't sound right. when the dealership in west palm beach (al packer, 561-689-6550) looked over this, they stated this is as designed and it matches a few other ford transits they checked. they said nothing can be done to assist me even though this is a clear safety hazard as a temperature of 130 degrees can cause first degree burn if in contact for about 30 seconds (see attached image references). when i spoke to ford motors (800-392-3673), they said it's up to the dealerships to speak with the engineering dept in order to investigate into anything and that they also cant do anything besides add comments to my case number (15138348) which would be supplied to the service delivery manager i already worked with (steven thomas). this is a brand new vehicle (2500 miles so far) and i've never seen or heard of any where it's expected to work with a floor space that gets 130 degrees hot. i'm looking to get ford to agree to a safety recall to address the insufficient heat shielding with the catalytic converter."
Components Involved: STRUCTURE
Date of incident: 2020-04-06

FORD Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

FORD ranks 1 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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