My ford transit connect rear lift-gate would not open. Stationary. All door locks worked with the key fob except the rear lift-gate. The lift-gate would not work with the interior door lock electric switches. I was unable to open the lift-gate in any manner. The lift-gate does not have a lock operated by a key, just an electronic switch. I checked the 10amp fuse for the rear lift-gate lock and it was defective. I replaced the fuse and the door worked for about a week before breaking again. I replaced the 10 amp fuse 4 more times, each time immediately blowing the fuse. After reading 2 similar online issues about this, my operational theory was that the electrical wires powering the rear lift-gate switch were "shorting out". The most likely place was the area where the wires passed from the car body to the rear lift-gate. However, since I was unable to open the lift-gate, I was not able to access the wires. I took the transit connect to the closest ford service facility, and they fixed the problem. The service person removed the protective rubber sleeve covering the wires exiting from the right side of the transit chassis to the right side of the lift-gate. One could easily see a number of black wires with insulation missing and exposed copper wire. The wires were contacting each other and/or the metal where the wires exit the chassis. I do not know what the other wires operate, but the rearview camera had been intermittently malfunctioning for months. (car in motion, backing up) I feel this to be a dangerous situation, for the shorting wires are in the approximate vicinity of the gas fill spout inside the chassis. Gas vapors could ignite. This is potentially a dangerous situation.
2014 Ford Transit Connect electrical complaints
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After owning this vehicle the horn quit, at 49865 miles. I checked the internet and found several other people who had this problem on a ford vehicle similar to mine. The repair seems simple but I feel that this is a safety issue without an horn. The horn started not working on and off then quit completely. The horn would not work whether moving or stationary.
Possible bcm issue. The battery drains with the bcm fuse installed. The fuse pulled stops the battery drain issue. The batter was replaced and same issue occurs. Battery drain occurs overnight. Second issue. The transmission shifts rough between first and second gear, and bumps at highway speeds when accelerating. Have taken the vehicle to the dealer five times. Transmission overhauled, but issue continues. Have gotten transmission failure warning sign.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford transit connect. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle seized without warning. The contact attempted to veer to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed to friendly ford (2250 south rd, poughkeepsie, ny 12601, (845) 462-1900) to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The vehicle was also test driven and the failure was not duplicated; however, the ignition switch was replaced. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where a second diagnostic test determined that the body control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v005000 (fuel system, gasoline), but the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000.
Has been blowing the backup camera 5 amp fuse, intermittently for the past few months. Last few days the hill assist light and the ABS light come on also the power steering goes away not a good thing, when I shut the ignition off then back on again most of the time the lights go off and the steering is back, I bought this vehicle new , it was never in an accident . The only repair was done by the local dealer they replaced the fuel pump and sending unit that was a recall..also the sliding door locks that were a recall . I found wires going to the lift gate have had the insulation skinned off because they rub on the inner body panel hole.. As you can see in the pictures I used liquid electrical tape on the wires and put plastic split wire loom tubing over the wires. Also took white rubber tube and split it and put it on the inner panel opening that caused the wire insulation to get rubbed off. This ford transit connect van has 32,000 miles....I thought fixing these wires would cure the problem , after going for a couple rides and lifting the tailgate it still blows the fuse. And the other lights still come on. Obviously the skinned wires I repaired were a problem , there apparently is another issue or two
The rear window wiper was blowing its fuses randomly. Also noticed the tail lights and cargo dome light blinking off and back on as the liftgate was raised or lowered. I removed the vehicle end of the passenger side corrugated rubber wireway from the body and discovered the wire harness severely abraded where it crossed thru the opening in the body. About three quarters of an inch of the harness wrapping and wire coverings on three wires were scraped away exposing bare copper wires which were shorting out to the body as the liftgate was opened or closed. The stamped hole in the metal body has a sharp, ragged inner edge. The same situation exists on the drivers side but owing to the wire harness being smaller and having more slack on that side, the abrasion has only removed the harness covering so far. Having diagnosed the problem from observing the faulty wiper and tail light symptoms, I have repaired the wire harness, lined the rough metal holes with flexible plastic grommet strips and restored functionally before anymore trouble occurred. I feel this could be more serious for others unaware of their pending failure. I've no doubt this condition exists in other transit connects.
Sensors and rearview camera start going off for no reason when in motion on a city street or highway. This has happened several times most recent is 10/18/2016. Note if vehicle is put into park. And you wait 30 seconds it will stop. But starts up again, after 20 seconds.
The ford 2014 interior dashboard lighting is always on, and very often at night due to this condition I forget to turn on my driving lights, making for a hazardous situation. Because the instruments (speedometer, tachometer, fuel and temp gauge) are nested in deep bezels ford had to illuminate them during the day to make them visible in daylight. Ford transit connect without auto-headlights have this unsafe condition that fools the driver into thinking that the headlights are on at night when in fact they are not.
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