I have a Transit 260 SWB purchased new from Lindsay Ford Newtownabbey,N/Ireland,on its third test the MOT Centre advised it had bad underbody surface rust, as we were having the van serviced by Lindsays we took it to them, they advised that as we had not asked for body checks they would not help,this van was never on a building site and washed every week, we took it elsewhere and had it sand blasted and rust treated then sprayed with body wax treatment, it has since had to have welding repairs carried to driver and passenger door area underbody areas also the sills now are needing replaced, the clutch also had to be replaced and mods carried out, this van has only 12000 miles on it,

God stay away from Ford Transit,i bought one because i had a lot of trouble with other makes,wish i hadn,t now! only 27000 miles and Ford have it more than i do,and asd
for Ford themselves what a shower!!

260 swb 110 12000 mls on third gearbox still not right knocking from front suspenion whilst turning left from new local dealer dreadfull ford customer service shocking beware 5 sp gearbox just wished i had checked reviews you been warned . ps focus rs owner wife zetec s owner love the cars vans a disaster

I bought a Ford Transit 260 SWB with 100000 miles on the clock, and a week after the fuel pump went at the cost of £1200. 18 months later and less than 10,000 miles same thing happened again. Seemingly the pump has a guarantee period of 12 months. The pump was fitted at one of Fords main dealers didn't seem to be interested. I phoned Ford customer service, and I found them also not to be very interested. The funny thing is they would have done something about it had the van been younger than 8 years old, but since it wasn't tough luck for me.

Very very very expensive to run. I wouldn't take another Transit even if it was free. £2400 in 18months with the same fault, is more than my business can handle.

Ford Transit 260 75ps Do yourself a favour and stay away from this model! Ford used to make good reliable vans. What happened? They now appear to be, well, a bit troublesome and very badly finished. Its not as if I have just been unfortunate as I know courier drivers whos transits have all suffered from the majority of the aforementioned faults. Well ITS SPRINTER TIME FOR ME.In my opinion If you value your business stay well clear of it.