Ownership Cost for 2011 Ford Transit Connect (Cargo Van XL)
Estimated: $39357 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2334
$1120
$980
$887
$793
$6114
Insurance
$1762
$1823
$1887
$1953
$2022
$9447
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2434
$1576
$974
$904
$2140
$8028
Repairs
$852
$1023
$1164
$1285
$1484
$5808
Taxes & Fees
$716
$716
$716
$716
$716
$1060
Total Ownership Costs
$9756
$7333
$6878
$6936
$8454
$39357
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Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Van
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 136
Engine KW: 101.4152
Engine Model: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1D: 5,001 - 6,000 lb (2,268 - 2,722 kg)
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD OTOMOTIV SANAYI A.S., TURKEY
Manufacturer Id: 986
Model: Transit Connect
Model Year: 2011
Other Engine Info: Displacement is 2.0L 4V.
Plant City: Kocaeli
Plant Company Name: Otosan Kocaeli Assembly
Plant Country: Turkey
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: XL
Series2: Cargo Conv Van
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS) HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP IN TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING UP STEEP GRADE IN SNOW OR WET/MUDDY ROAD. UNABLE TO RECOVER TRACTION AND NO METHOD TO TURN OFF TCS. VEH MUST BE BACKED OFF HILL IN NEUTRAL. VEH NOW SITTING ON SIDE OF ROAD, WAITING FOR SPRING SUN TO RECOVER. *TR
2011
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
THE ADVANCETRACK RSC, OR TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE, ON THE 2011 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT CAN NOT BE MANUALLY TURNED OFF. THIS HAS RESULTED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WERE THE CAR BECAME INOPERABLE IN TRAFFIC IN INTERSECTIONS, PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, AND DRIVING UP ANY DEGREE OF INCLINE ON MUDDY OR SNOWY SURFACES.THE VEHICLE WOULD OTHERWISE BE CAPABLE OF PROCEEDING SAFELY AND CAPABLY BY SELECTING A MANUAL SHUT OFF OR ELECTING A MINIMUM SPEED CUT OFF FOR THE PROGRAM FROM A MENU SUCH AS 5-10 MPH. I DRIVE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE YEARLY (60,000+ MILES) IN DIVERS CONDITIONS AND MANY KINDS OF VEHICLES. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY FAILURE IN PRODUCT DESIGN. THE FEATURE CREATES DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS THAT OTHER VEHICLES DO NOT ENCOUNTER WITH THAT DESIGN. A MANUAL SHUT OFF SHOULD BE A STANDARD SAFETY FEATURE FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY. THIS FEATURE ALSO MAKES THE VEHICLE UNUSABLE IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES NOT SAFETY RELATED BECAUSE OF ITS DESIGN. THE FUNCTION OF THIS FEATURE HAS PUT ME AND MY BEGINNING DRIVER DAUGHTER IN PERIL IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE DESIGN CREATES A HAZARD FOR. THE ENGINEERS NEED TO TEST THIS DESIGN AT ITS FAIL POINTS AND CONSIDER THE SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY CONSEQUENCES (FAILURE). *TR