Bryan9

Aaaaaannnd : I am going to guess that there were 500,00 of the Transits bought in 2015. If half of those sold have the same breakdown issues as mine, which according to other Ford forum posts they are falling apart at 100,000 miles, Lets do some simple math.... 250,000 units with repair costs at $4000, thats ummmmmm, 1BILLION revenue stream to Ford....adios indeed, 5yr 100,000 warranty her I come....

Greetings, To all that read this post, please forward to as many Transit owners as you can. The best thing for Transit owners to do right now is to sell the van. Get rid of the hunk of junk that Ford pushes off as a contractors dream come true. I own a 2015 250 transit with the 3.5 ecoboost engine. At 38,000 miles my right rear brake caliper failed. Yep, right out of warranty. I have had two drive shafts replaced. All under the recall but WTF. These are the problems I've had this year so far : spring of 2019, I change the spark plugs, pick up a miss and ruin the cats at a cost of $3600. The coolant reservoir sprung a leak and cost I think $60 for the part. I did the replacement but had two days of no heat last winter. Just last week I blew an upper radiator hose, which I would have replaced myself, but no parts supplier in the area had it in stock. So I towed it to the dealer and the repair cost me $450. Plus $200 to tow it, and $100 for a rental car. Two days later the weld on the tail pipe breaks separating the tail pipe from the muffler costing another $300, plus now the engine is coding because of the universal muffler I has Midas put on. I think the Ford muffler would have been twice that much. The service shop guy said that Ford makes a muffler for the ecoboost which has a fiberglass insert and is insanely expensive. This 2015 Transit has 112,000 miles on it and is literally falling apart. The brakes are horrible, the van likes to 'nose dive' when i brake too hard. So my last Ford econoline, a 2003, I got 300,00 miles out of with minimal down time and maintenance costs. ( and the same muffler for twelve years ) I believe Ford has engineered these Transits to fail. I've spent close to $5000 since last spring to repair this wreck of a van. They use shoddy sub-standard parts that don't last and I've had enough. I need my van to run every day so I can get my jobs done, and the Transit is a very weak truck. I've read other posts from contractors who hook up their trailers, plug in the wiring harness and blow the fuse panel. I went from a good running van to maintenance costs this year at &5000. Coincidence ???? You bet, the Ford engineers have designed to increase your costs which goes directly into their pockets. No thanks Ford, you can go pound sand. Headed to Nissan for 5 yr 100,000 mile warranty....