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Update 12/31/25 - I went to Sheehy Ford in Gaithersburg, MD and when we looked at the top together, they did see the delamination that I showed them. We noticed that all four panels either have the honeycomb issue or are delaminating and need to be replaced. My Bronco is garage kept and the MIC has only been on for less than 12 months and 12k miles. They also showed me photos of replaced MIC top panels that do not match and reiterated that replacement panels might be worse than my current panels. Ford should provide an option for the painted hard tops that don’t appear to have the quality issues. It doesn’t make sense to keep using a product with known issues. I know most MIC tops appear to be fine, at least for now, but we all know there are issues so why continue to use a product with known problems without improving the design and / or manufacturing flaws? The issue with the MIC is frustrating and disappointing as I enjoy the Bronco overall.
Update 12/29/25: The dealer informed me that their technician does not see any delamination, depsite me referencing the figures in the GSB that I feel are virtually identical and providing my photo with the blue circles. They did find the honeycomb issue on the front driver’s side panel and the rear. They will replace the two panels with the honeycomb, but warned me that If I go that route the panels might be different colors and that my current top is actually in better condition than many new and replacement tops they see, so it could be a step (or two) in the wrong direction.
Questions: Is anybody aware of Ford “allowing" a customer to pay the difference in cost, approximately $700 based on the B&P, for a Shadow Black-Painted top vs the MIC as a solution to all of the issues? I do belive there are good reasons that this would be beneficial for Ford as the company makes more money, limits future liability, improves customer satisfaction / reputation, delivers the product orginally promised, etc.)
Has anybody that received replacement panels found issues with the panels being different colors?
Original Post 12/6/25: I just swapped to my MIC top and took a close look at it, primarily to check for cracks, as I'm coming up on my 3/36 warranty for my 2023 Badlands. I didn’t see any cracks, but it does look like there are “bubbles” on the top panels. What’s causing this? Is it delaminating? Has anybody experienced this and what if anything did Ford do about it? I’m taking it to Ford on 12/15 as they were very noncommittal based on the pics. What should I expect from Ford and / or how concerned I should be about it? Thanks for any insights and guidance.
Update 12/29/25: The dealer informed me that their technician does not see any delamination, depsite me referencing the figures in the GSB that I feel are virtually identical and providing my photo with the blue circles. They did find the honeycomb issue on the front driver’s side panel and the rear. They will replace the two panels with the honeycomb, but warned me that If I go that route the panels might be different colors and that my current top is actually in better condition than many new and replacement tops they see, so it could be a step (or two) in the wrong direction.
Questions: Is anybody aware of Ford “allowing" a customer to pay the difference in cost, approximately $700 based on the B&P, for a Shadow Black-Painted top vs the MIC as a solution to all of the issues? I do belive there are good reasons that this would be beneficial for Ford as the company makes more money, limits future liability, improves customer satisfaction / reputation, delivers the product orginally promised, etc.)
Has anybody that received replacement panels found issues with the panels being different colors?
Original Post 12/6/25: I just swapped to my MIC top and took a close look at it, primarily to check for cracks, as I'm coming up on my 3/36 warranty for my 2023 Badlands. I didn’t see any cracks, but it does look like there are “bubbles” on the top panels. What’s causing this? Is it delaminating? Has anybody experienced this and what if anything did Ford do about it? I’m taking it to Ford on 12/15 as they were very noncommittal based on the pics. What should I expect from Ford and / or how concerned I should be about it? Thanks for any insights and guidance.
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