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No, you stated that dealers stock very few cars on the lot with manuals and “option them in the crappiest way possible”. I took that to mean they were low equipment level, such as a base Bronco. Many who buy base Broncos do so because they can’t afford a Badlands or Raptor. They don’t want to...

Manuals are on the lower priced inventory units because the customer shopping for an entry level vehicle doesn’t want to pony up for the cost of an automatic. If you stock a loaded $60K Bronco with a 7 speed you have narrowed your customer base way down. You could sit on it for months. If a...

Dealers stock what sells. If everybody came into the showroom looking for a manual transmission, that’s all you would see on the lot. Dealers aren’t trying to shape the market, they are trying to make money selling as many vehicles as they can. You do that by having what buyers are looking...

Much of decline in manual transmission offerings with all manufacturers is the decline in demand. They build what sells. Modern automatic transmissions with lock-up torque converters have pretty much done away with the perceived fuel economy advantages of manuals. And the emergence of paddle...

That is why warranty on clutches is looked at so closely. There is way too much opportunity for people who don’t know how to drive one properly to smoke one while learning how to drive one. And along with the clutches are the transmission behind them.

And, the clutch could have came apart due to shifting to too low of a gear. That could happen on a 5-4 downshift where, instead of 4th, the trans would have pulled into 2nd. That would overspeed the clutch disc and throw the friction facings off. If the driver realized he was in the wrong...

If there wasn’t an over-rev DTC, there’s not any over-rev data stored.

It looks like the lining is gone from one side of the clutch. That is usually caused by accidentally shifting into the wrong gear, going for 5th and hitting 3rd. As soon as you go into the wrong gear the clutch disk spins up to the RPM the engine would be at in that gear at the road speed you...

It is likely a wire that has rubbed on a sharp edge under the dash near where the module is mounted. I had that happen on mine, I thought I was careful with routing the wiring, but harness fell down against a sharp edge on the cross brace where I mounted the module.

Has it ever been in any deep water, up to the frame or more? If so, looking at any connectors that may have been submerged would be a good place to start. If there is any corrosion in the connectors moisture can sometimes cause shorts between terminals.

If its Ford ESP it will

Touching the battery cables together won’t spike and damage modules, if the cables are off, there’s no power source to generate a surge. The reason it is done is to drain any memory-retaining capacitors in modules. This procedure is prescribed by Ford engineering as a hard reset and bring a...

If it’s diff oil, your fingers stink from wiping around on it!:sick:

I’ve seen one of these in person, the only thing I didn’t like is the front end. The overhang is a little too long, it just doesn’t look right. As an unofficial paint and body critic, I was very impressed with the quality of the body panels, they are laser straight and the panel fit was very...

I think there is a 12 Mo./12K mile warranty on that top, even if you go out of warranty. Might be worth checking with your dealer.

No, there aren’t sensors in the steering wheel to sense hand position. The ONLY way the system knows if you have hands on the wheel is by sensing torque applied by the steering wheel to the steering gear. If you get the hands on the wheel message, a very slight movement of the wheel in either...

The only cars that watch you for eyes on the road are self driving, Ford calls it Blue Cruise. It is not available on Bronco. The Cup of Coffee warning comes from wandering in your lane. It doesn’t take much movement in the lane, but certain kinds of steering wheel movements seem to trigger it.

They will have to clear the whole door to fix it. Not worth breaking the factory paint in my opinion. The repair could end up being worse than the smell hardly noticeable defect. A Bronco would be considered popularly priced car today, and not many popularly priced cars are going to have...