Seeing is Believing - How the Ford Bronco Is Made

[timhood]

Also, I think I saw in the video the guy responsible for the seat bolt recall!

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[Desert_Brush]

Entertaining video, but I'm not sure I would call the Bronco "massive."

I would say it's at least "average" sized.

 

[2door]

What color blue is that in the video splash image?

It's called "AI Turquoise Blue"

 

[BroncoChallenger]

I would say it's at least "average" sized.

The Bronco? Average sized? It's a squirt.

I might be biased though, considering I've gone off-roading in 1-ton duallies.

 

[DarthLincoln]

The Bronco? Average sized? It's a squirt.

I might be biased though, considering I've gone off-roading in 1-ton duallies.

how about Excursions?

 

[Hemisfear]

Nice! I like that customized 2-door at the end of the Bronco section!

Nice! I like that customized 2-door at the end of the Bronco section!

I like it too!

 

[Hemisfear]

But this is my absolute fave!

 

[HalfmuleFarmer]

I like it too!

What do you think those mini-pod lights at the roofline are?

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[CalvinT]

I discovered why it's so hard to find G.O.A.T. mode documentation.

 

[mdainsd]

Way too much touch labor. No wonder there are recalls for lose, missing hardware. The one that really shocked me was some line worker individually tightening lug nuts. No one does it that way anymore.

 

[Ducati1098]

The one that really shocked me was some line worker individually tightening lug nuts. No one does it that way anymore.

The person was simply installing the wheels and then the lug nuts, not tightening them.
There’s a calibrated machine shown in the video that torques them after they’re installed.

 

[TPadden72]

The person was simply installing the lug nuts, not tightening them.
There’s a calibrated machine shown in the video that torques them after they’re installed.

The calibrated machine then has to wait for the other 3 union lug nut installers to get back from their 4 hour wellness break to tighten the other 3 wheels. The 5th spare wheel lug nut installer is an assembly line engineer specialist.

Tom

 

[Southsounder]

This is one of the worst how it is made/manufactured videos I have seen claiming to show how a bronco is made.

 

[BroncoChallenger]

how about Excursions?

I haven't gotten to do so in an Excursion, but it is still WAY bigger than a Bronco.

 

[huey]

I’d like to see how it’s made not just the assembly.
Where are the frames and body tubs coming from?
Are we forging the metals and stamping the parts here in the US or ante all the parts coming out of China and Mexico and just being assembled in MI?

Tougher to answer the "where does it all come from" question than it should be. I can speak to the frame portion. The different steel in the frame is sourced from all over, and the steel source is dictated by Ford. Most of the stamped components and the frame assembly happens in one facility in Ontario, then the frames are shipped to to the assembly plant in Michigan

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