Vehicle recall R/2025/524
Ford Transit recall: E-Transit - 12V Battery Venting
DVSA recall R/2025/524 names the Ford Transit. It was launched 2 December 2025. It covers vehicles built 9 December 2021 to 1 October 2025.
Recall data updated
What can go wrong
Affected vehicles could experience venting of the 12 Volt batteries. Customers may experience one or more of acid smell or smell of rotten eggs in the cabin hissing sound the battery visibly venting gas or heat in the front seats.
The fix
Inspect the batteries and replace if necessary. Install a vent tube to the batteries and update the Power Control Module software.
Models and build dates
| Model | Built | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 9 December 2021 to 12 April 2022 | 35 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 9 December 2021 to 7 September 2022 | 915 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 13 December 2021 to 16 December 2021 | 4 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 6 April 2022 to 25 January 2023 | 227 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 17 July 2022 to 27 September 2023 | 1,717 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 30 August 2022 to 29 August 2023 | 573 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 16 November 2022 to 5 May 2023 | 8 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 2 March 2023 to 18 April 2024 | 1,396 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 8 March 2023 to 13 May 2024 | 651 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 31 March 2023 to 1 August 2024 | 100 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 5 April 2023 to 11 September 2024 | 732 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 22 June 2023 to 6 September 2023 | 331 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 23 February 2024 to 30 April 2025 | 304 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 29 May 2024 to 20 March 2025 | 880 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 12 July 2024 to 19 May 2025 | 316 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 19 July 2024 to 26 March 2025 | 46 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 23 October 2024 to 26 August 2025 | 199 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 7 February 2025 to 26 May 2025 | 37 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 7 February 2025 to 14 June 2025 | 393 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 10 February 2025 to 14 July 2025 | 9 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 13 May 2025 to 17 June 2025 | 104 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 12 June 2025 to 1 October 2025 | 116 |
| Ford Transit (E-Transit) | 10 July 2025 to 15 August 2025 | 10 |
Other recalls for these models
- R/2025/429 Transit M2 Bus - Software Update 16 October 2025, Ford Transit
- R/2026/018 25SE6 - Transit and Transit Custom - 12V Battery Venting 30 January 2026, Ford Transit Custom, Ford Transit
- R/2026/048 Transit - Body Control Module Software Update 6 February 2026, Ford Transit
- R/2025/361 Frozen Rearview Camera Screen 24 September 2025, Ford Transit, Ford Focus, Ford Transit Courier and others
- R/2026/024 Transit - Double Chassis Side Marker Lamps Missing 12 February 2026, Ford Transit
- R/2025/359 CrossCar: Sync3 Rear-View Camera Software Update 8 September 2025, Ford Kuga, Ford Transit, Ford Mondeo and others
More on these models
- All Ford Transit recalls
- Ford Transit MOT fail rates by age
- Ford Transit common problems
- 2021 Ford Transit MOT record
- 2020 Ford Transit MOT record
- 2019 Ford Transit MOT record
- Ford Transit brake pipe replacement repair cost
- Ford Transit bulb replacement repair cost
- Ford Transit corrosion welding repair repair cost
- All Ford recalls
- All makes
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Source
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.
Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.
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