My Bronco sucks off-road! Terrible rock chips after 80 miles on county dirt roads.

[AK SNO RIDER]

OP be like "Mudflaps? Wtf are mudflaps"

I'm waiting for Rokblokz to get their hands on a Bronco. Their flaps are the best.

The tire design is definitely not ideal as far as keeping rocks off the paint, but you're seriously overreacting saying the Bronco sucks offroad because of it

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[tongsun3717]

Would running board help?

 

[Tunagates]

To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!

That sucks man - i noticed this as well and bought myself the ridiculously priced mudflaps…. I lucked out in that living in NJ burbs the spray was just mud/dust… The two $400 pieces of plastic/rubber came today - installing tomorrow. They do seem heavy duty, but still just a kick in the blz.

 

[Tunagates]

To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!

And yeah… several thousands of $$ in damaged dude - that’s unacceptable.

 

[KaneNorth]

As a jeep owner I know the rock chip pain well. I made the mistake on my Jeep of getting painted fenders. Bronco won't have painted fenders and I intend on getting mudflaps and side steps put on ASAP when my Bronco arrives and looking to get a wrap put on as well.

 

[Wolfeman]

I would have never considered getting mud flaps on any vehicle but all of these reports has me considering it.

 

[4avor8ntfair]

Glad I ordered front mud flaps and side steps!

 

[ELKS1]

Curious to know what PPF you went with? I was under the impression PPF is self healing

 

[Ckrrm3]

To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!

Why in hell are you wasting everybody’s time with this foolishness?!!! You should not even be allowed to own an off road vehicle! Most of us are early reservations and just dying to have our rides and we keep getting passed up by people that don’t even have reservations!!! You should sell it and buy a Tesla! Freakin ridiculous!!! Scratches on an off road vehicle! Really?!

 

[dwbronco]

A few paint chips seems to be a pretty liberal use of the phrase "literally rips itself apart."

Also...mud flaps.

 

[PSUTE]

A few paint chips seems to be a pretty liberal use of the phrase "literary rips itself apart."

Also...mud flaps.

Also, a county maintained dirt road is still a road not "off road"... Perhaps it is not "mall worthy"...

 

[usarms]

It's not just Goodyear or a bad design. It's the nature of the beast. I had BFG Mud Terrains and they did the same thing. They picked up rocks, gravel, mud whatever that fell or flied out. On pavement they clicked so much that I would pull over and pry the rocks out. I swapped them out for all terrains and eliminated the majority of the problem and a shit ton of road noise on pavement.

 

[Clearwater native]

Every time I took someone for a ride they where like what is that terrible noise it sounds like rocks hitting under your new Bronco, so I installed Nitto Ridge Grapplers and put 300 miles on so far and ever since I have heard no rocks clunking every time I drive on/off road, I am glad I already planned on switching the tires and wheels anyway but I didn't really want to do it at 400 miles! the Ridge Grapplers look awesome, make little noise and as on my other vehicles work great wet/dry-on/off road , so with all that said anyone want to buy a set of 5 Sasquatch wheels and tires with only 400 miles on them HAHA.

 

[Efthreeoh]

My favorite part of this story is when you took your offroad truck, offroad, then offroad stuff happened and you were shocked.

I think it will be prudent when Bronco owners remove the doors and drive "off road", they wear motorcycle-style leather chaps to protect themselves from rock-chucking Goodyears.

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