What's the reasoning behind that comment? The Bronco is designed to be flat towed. This accident had nothing to do with the Bronco's ability to be flat towed.
Pentastars are good engines, they don't destroy themselves from running high RPM. Of course if you redline for hundreds of miles that is crazy stupid. What was the driver thinking?
Have you not seen the amount of threads here with people grenading transmissions and transfer cases flat towing?
that may be true, but having an electronically controlled transfer case is no go. Hence the recommendation to get a vehicle that has 4x4 also have a manual transfer case engagement.
I don't think it would do that when flat towing. Note that the vehicle is off while flat tow is engaged, but I'm not sure.
Ahh, you might be right.
Unless you have the Advanced 4x4 option, the so called electronic control is nothing more than an actuator motor for shifting (2H, 4H, 4L). It's not going to affect flat towing in any way, its just a plane jane transfer case when you're not shifting. The Advanced 4X4 of course is a different animal, but even with it I'm pretty sure when in flat towing mode its neutral and all the electronic stuff is inactive. I have driven Jeeps and I really appreciate the Bronco electric shifting. It seems to be a chore to shift a Jeep, takes a lot of muscle. That said, I'll pass on the extra complexity of Advanced 4x4.
So Ford should warranty something due to the inability of the owner to follow the owners manual?
I have seen two wranglers that locked up and destroyed tires.
X2!!!!!!!
Operator error. No way that’s caused from hiccups from computer. Very hard to make a mistake. Put into park(gear) set transfer case to neutral. Haha release parking brake. I forgot the last part. Got me some purple/blue rotors.
