my build date was December 7th, 2021. Picked it up this morning.
I don't see how the Bronco is more technologically advanced than any other modern vehicle. Even other vehicles in the Ford lineup have had a similar or exactly the same powertrain like the F150 and the Ranger for years.
So you came out of the store and you had no power, no screens or anything and when you put the key fob in the center console section it just restarted and everything else worked fine then? That is very strange.
I am comparing it to my 87 Chevy Squarebody 4 X 4 truck- 5.7L, 4 speed manual, manual windows, no AC. The Bronco is way more complex.
It’s the central module that translates all CAN messages, which is why it’s called a gateway. So if it goes down, so does every other module.
Wait what? Your rig was built in December of 2021 and you didn't get it until late October of 2022?
Yeah this is a known issue. There is that spot, the additional bolts you see in the picture, and there are I believe three connectors under the fuse box that have been known to not be securely attached.Just had the same exact issue with my 2022. No power whatsoever to the vehicle. I went to jump the battery but tested it first and it showed 12.8V so I figured jumping wasn't necessary. Saw elsewhere that people had disconnected the battery, waited a few minutes, then reconnected it. I did that and after some sparks from the fusebox area the Bronco came back to life!
My mechanically inclined daughter then came to check out the sparks and found a nut lying loose in the fusebox. There was a bolt without a nut right there that held some electrical transfer bars together. Seems like the assembly of that area wasn't quite completed. So we installed the nut and no more sparks and the power has been stable ever since.
This Bronco was built on 9/16/22 and also has some interior trim panels not fully installed so maybe it was a bad day for QA.
No. I’ve had it since January 2022
