Base Bronco, Sasquatch, 4 door, 2.7 -- 1 year, 20,000 mile update / review

[JT58Bronc]

Wow nice to hear you have had no major issues. And your adventures sound fun. We are planning on a major two week trip driving to the Georgia mountains later this summer and are taking the Bronco. We also may tow a small trailer with kayaks on it. Doing some 4 wheeling, hiking and fishing. I only have 3K miles on the 2022 2 door Basesquatch with 2.7. Don't drive it much as my work commute is very long and I use a commuter car. My biggest worry is gassing the thing up so often, that's about the biggest con to me of all. I like driving it to work but it uses 1/4 tank per day so I drive a 50 MPG VW Jetta instead.

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[Ike89]

I ran 18psi on the more difficult trails. Those tires have a weak sidewall. Probably wouldn’t go much lower.
No issues at all during the trip. The front pinion seal started leaking when i got home. Covered under warranty, even with the undercarriage damage and mud present. Lol.

Undercarriage mud and trail damage is expected lol, awesome, thank for the advice.

 

[Broncofly]

One year follow up! I’ve owned my 2021 Base Sasquatch 4 door with a 2.7 for 1 year, to the day, and just rolled 20k miles on Monday. Bought it from Laura Ford in Sullivan, MO. Road tripped to Colorado, Moved to Florida (towed an overloaded enclosed trailer 1,100 miles from MO to FL), driven through a cat 1 hurricane, snow, terrible storms, sub zero temps, over 100* temps, mud, sand, gravel, rocks, cruised at 90+ mph for hours, pretty much anything you can encounter. Even made it out to Bronco Knoll in Johnson Valley, CA from Clearwater, FL.

Dislikes: #1…stereo (it’s trash), overall interior fit and finish, lots of cheap plastic, some of the weather strip/interior trim fitment isn’t great, sync4 is slow to load and won’t connect to CarPlay if i plug my phone in before it loads, key fob didn’t work on 2 separate occasions (unlocked from my phone and the fob started working again), appearance of the soft top, plastic steering wheel.

Likes: I love the way it looks, it makes good power, the 10 speed auto is good (i really hate that i couldn’t get the M7 with the 2.7), trail control, one pedal and the lockers all work well together, sync4, wireless CarPlay, highway manners are great, comfort is fantastic! Even on a 6k mile road trip (2,500 miles in under 48 hours)….drove through 17 states.

Warranty: front pinion seal leak, headlight switch due to lights turning on with the vehicle off, updated mirror caps due to whistle.

Mods:
20% tint on side windows, 35% on full windshield.
ADD front and rear bumpers and front skid plate
ASFIR aluminum skid plates
OEM rock sliders
Warn EVO 10s winch
Diode Dynamics DOT fog lights
Curt Trailer hitch and 4 pin harness
ARB dual compressor with 4x4truckleds mount (front and rear air hose fittings)
Homemade cargo platform so the rear seats fold flat
Hardwired Passport 9500 radar detector (lol).

I’ve been trying to drop a valve, but haven’t had any luck. I’ve also driven through several touch-less car washes without any leaks from the soft top.

The pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons. I still love driving this thing every day. Would recommend! If you’re on the fence, definitely go drive one.

Thanks to the Lethal Performance Inc team, Diode Dynamics, 4x4TruckLEDs.com, ASFIR 4X4, Addictive Desert Designs, etc. for the aftermarket support and manufacturing/selling some great products!

This was taken at a campsite on the Rim Rocker trail that runs from Mon, UT to Ouray, CO.

Emogene Pass

Goosenecks State Park, UT

Joshua Tree, CA

Joshua Tree, CA.

Las Vegas strip

Bronco Knoll, Johnson valley, CA

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Clearwater, FL

Clearwater, FL

Probably Tennessee, lol.

Clearwater, FL

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Moab, UT

Bronco Knoll

Continue to rock sir.

 

[omg_bbq]

I'm dying to know what the hell that plunger thing is stuck to your windshield.

Otherwise you're living the dream! I have nearly 17k miles on my '22 BD Sas. I need to get out to the places you've wheeled though, emogene looks nuts.

FYI for anyone experiencing the issues listed below, they are fully warrantied on my 2022 BD Sas 4 door soft top. It is headed to the Walnut Creek shop for a new hood(buffeting at highway speeds), New left front sas flare(detached from the plastic mounting substructure), all the factory recalls, body/paint work for doors contacting the body and lastly working out the tailgate sag. This isn't an endorsement for WC Ford just letting the community know if y'all are having any of these issues, ask and it might be warrantied.

All of that to say I love this thing and the Pro's outweigh any of the negatives.

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

I'm dying to know what the hell that plunger thing is stuck to your windshield.

Unless there's something really crazy going on that's a simple windshield chip repair kit at work.

 

[Cwill79]

I'm dying to know what the hell that plunger thing is stuck to your windshield.

Otherwise you're living the dream! I have nearly 17k miles on my '22 BD Sas. I need to get out to the places you've wheeled though, emogene looks nuts.

FYI for anyone experiencing the issues listed below, they are fully warrantied on my 2022 BD Sas 4 door soft top. It is headed to the Walnut Creek shop for a new hood(buffeting at highway speeds), New left front sas flare(detached from the plastic mounting substructure), all the factory recalls, body/paint work for doors contacting the body and lastly working out the tailgate sag. This isn't an endorsement for WC Ford just letting the community know if y'all are having any of these issues, ask and it might be warrantied.

All of that to say I love this thing and the Pro's outweigh any of the negatives.

Not sure how long you have had your Bronco, but soon enough you will have one of those plunger thingies stuck to your windshield. ha. It's to repair a chip or a small crack in the glass.

Awesome pictures op! Keep adding the miles and smiles.

 

[omg_bbq]

Unless there's something really crazy going on that's a simple windshield chip repair kit at work.

Oh this totally makes sense. I guess I'm the dude who never repairs his chipped windshield

 

[omg_bbq]

Not sure how long you have had your Bronco, but soon enough you will have one of those plunger thingies stuck to your windshield. ha. It's to repair a chip or a small crack in the glass.

Awesome pictures op! Keep adding the miles and smiles.

It'll be one year in like 3 weeks! I have heard the stories so I know I'm just extremely lucky. Especially since it's been to Colorado and back, and roadtripped from Granger Iowa to California. Plus it's my daily.

 

[Jwall]

Oh this totally makes sense. I guess I'm the dude who never repairs his chipped windshield

I had a chip that was definitely going to spread. I fixed it at my in-laws on a Sunday before the last 1100 mile drive home. Ended up with only 2 rock chips on that 6k miles road trip. Lol.

 

[KT_bronco]

Awesome! great photos and writeup.

 

[Jwall]

I encourage everyone to get out and use their Bronco’s! There is too much cool stuff in this country to just sit at home.
Just a few more pics from my road trip out west.

 

[Robs]

One year follow up! I’ve owned my 2021 Base Sasquatch 4 door with a 2.7 for 1 year, to the day, and just rolled 20k miles on Monday. Bought it from Laura Ford in Sullivan, MO. Road tripped to Colorado, Moved to Florida (towed an overloaded enclosed trailer 1,100 miles from MO to FL), driven through a cat 1 hurricane, snow, terrible storms, sub zero temps, over 100* temps, mud, sand, gravel, rocks, cruised at 90+ mph for hours, pretty much anything you can encounter. Even made it out to Bronco Knoll in Johnson Valley, CA from Clearwater, FL.

Dislikes: #1…stereo (it’s trash), overall interior fit and finish, lots of cheap plastic, some of the weather strip/interior trim fitment isn’t great, sync4 is slow to load and won’t connect to CarPlay if i plug my phone in before it loads, key fob didn’t work on 2 separate occasions (unlocked from my phone and the fob started working again), appearance of the soft top, plastic steering wheel.

Likes: I love the way it looks, it makes good power, the 10 speed auto is good (i really hate that i couldn’t get the M7 with the 2.7), trail control, one pedal and the lockers all work well together, sync4, wireless CarPlay, highway manners are great, comfort is fantastic! Even on a 6k mile road trip (2,500 miles in under 48 hours)….drove through 17 states.

Warranty: front pinion seal leak, headlight switch due to lights turning on with the vehicle off, updated mirror caps due to whistle.

Mods:
20% tint on side windows, 35% on full windshield.
ADD front and rear bumpers and front skid plate
ASFIR aluminum skid plates
OEM rock sliders
Warn EVO 10s winch
Diode Dynamics DOT fog lights
Curt Trailer hitch and 4 pin harness
ARB dual compressor with 4x4truckleds mount (front and rear air hose fittings)
Homemade cargo platform so the rear seats fold flat
Hardwired Passport 9500 radar detector (lol).

I’ve been trying to drop a valve, but haven’t had any luck. I’ve also driven through several touch-less car washes without any leaks from the soft top.

The pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons. I still love driving this thing every day. Would recommend! If you’re on the fence, definitely go drive one.

Thanks to the Lethal Performance Inc team, Diode Dynamics, 4x4TruckLEDs.com, ASFIR 4X4, Addictive Desert Designs, etc. for the aftermarket support and manufacturing/selling some great products!

This was taken at a campsite on the Rim Rocker trail that runs from Mon, UT to Ouray, CO.

Emogene Pass

Goosenecks State Park, UT

Joshua Tree, CA

Joshua Tree, CA.

Las Vegas strip

Bronco Knoll, Johnson valley, CA

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Clearwater, FL

Clearwater, FL

Probably Tennessee, lol.

Clearwater, FL

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Emogene Pass

Moab, UT

Bronco Knoll

Excellent photos! Very inspiring (will be starting my first overland adventure once the bronco is built and set up). Thank you for the honest pros and cons and for sharing your adventure with us

 

[cyclonend]

@Jwall, I dig your stable

 

[Robs]

Mine will be a black diamond hoping to add 34 or 35 inch tires with just a 1- 1.5 inch body lift. would you say this sort of build can handle the trails you took during these adventures?

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

OP you have a great eye, beautiful photos. What are you using to take them, looks too good to be a phone?

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