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Hardtop design flaw with window strut

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I was washing the Bronco getting it ready for the weekend. Was just finishing up by drying out my door jams and ran into an issue. While shutting the back window, heard this noise of plastic breaking/crumbling apart. Lifted up the window to inspect and the left strut came off.

Looks like the mounting bracket is glued to the hardtop and the whole thing popped off pulling part of the hard top with it. Only had the FE for 2 months and have used the window <10 times. Top is MIC 2.0. Looks like a trip to the dealership in the morning.

11/20 update: Getting a new top. Dealership definitely didn’t want to mess with it and submitted a claim for a replacement top. Will hear back back from Ford early next week. News spread fast with several of the dealership Bronco owners coming to take a look at it.

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Oh jeez.
 

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That’s embarrassing. Wtf 😂
 

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You should know better than to wax your strut! Sorry, had to go there with the “wax” Seriously though, hate it for ya. Hope they resolve it quickly for ya
Agreed, don’t ever wax anything on the Bronco. Also go OSU!

-signed, you stole my coach and he can go to hell. 😃
 

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I was washing the Bronco getting it ready for the weekend. Was just finishing up by drying out my door jams and ran into an issue. While shutting the back window, heard this noise of plastic breaking/crumbling apart. Lifted up the window to inspect and the left strut came off.

Looks like the mounting bracket is glued to the hardtop and the whole thing popped off pulling part of the hard top with it. Only had the FE for 2 months and have used the window <10 times. Top is MIC 2.0. Looks like a trip to the dealership in the morning.

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What was @Ford Motor Company thinking??? It’s like they’re selling a drawer from IKEA but expect us to win it in a lottery
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