general problems of the 2014 Ford Transit Connect

Vehicle is currently being repaired at a Ford dealer. They have diagnosed the malfunction as a fuel pump failure and have ordered replacement parts. I will ask the service center to save the parts. The vehicle lost power in the fast lane of i5. Traffic was moving at or above the 70 mph posted speed limit including large trucks. I was able to turn on the 4 way flashers, change lanes, and move the vehicle to the shoulder out of traffic, but the situation could have easily resulted in a collision due to the abrupt loss of power. It was towed to the Ford dealer 15 miles from the incident when it would could not be restarted. Because the shoulder was narrow there was insufficient room for me to safely open the drivers side door and deploy my wheelchair lift and transfer seat to exit the vehicle. It took approximately an hour for aaa to arrive in 100 degree weather. I don't believe the dealer has removed the defective pump yet but they were unable to start the vehicle because of the problem. There was no warning anything was wrong, it simply slowed down and did not respond to giving more gas. Attempts to restart the vehicle on the side of the road resulted in the engine misfiring and rapidly dying. The next morning at the dealer the car turned over ok but did not show any signs of starting. No warning lights were present. This vehicle has only 28,000 miles on it and there are reports of both a fuel pump recall on some 2014 Ford Transit Connect vans, and other early failures on vans not in the recall indicating the problem may not be confined within the scope of the original recall.

There was a recall for potential engine fire issues. I took the van to for several time to ask about this and was told the vehicle I had was not part of the recall. I eventually sold the van to a friend of mine with about 106,000 miles on it. I also advised him of the recall info and told him Ford said it was not part of the recall. The vehicle burnt to the ground with in 10,000 miles after I sold it to him. It was traveling down the freeway at about 60 when they notice smoke coming from the cowling and pulled over. The van then burst in to flame forward of the windshield no one was injured but the fire did make it to the front seating area.

As with the existing recall campaign on 2013 - 2014 Ford fusions and 2013 - 2016 Ford escapes, the bushing on the transmission shift cable is deteriorating on the transmission end. It must be the same part as the recall replacement bushing fits perfectly. I was stuck in a parking lot until I figured it out and got a new bushing.

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Transit Connect. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v005000 (fuel system, gasoline). The contact stated that the part needed was not available within a reasonable timeframe to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available and the contact was unable to obtain the vehicle until the repair was performed. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure.

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v005000 (fuel system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.