Ford Service is telling me I need to sell my Bronco

[Aonarch]

Fishy

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[Riderflyer]

Seems kinda shady, either from the dealership or owner?!

 

[noliveaxle]

My local dealer had my 2.3 for misfire for 3.5 weeks. Ended up replacing the injector. Problem fixed. Running well. Be patient. Give them time to fix properly. I had a spare vehicle so I didn’t push.

 

[jon]

My local dealer had my 2.3 for misfire for 3.5 weeks. Ended up replacing the injector. Problem fixed. Running well. Be patient. Give them time to fix properly. I had a spare vehicle so I didn’t push.

I have 2.3 and 2.7. They do not sound great when you first start them but so far they have both worked while I have not pushed them hard yet.

 

[Cmptn845]

So my Bronco has been in the shop the past week. Took a drive from Texas to California and back. No problem whatsoever the whole trip.... no heavy revving or driving crazy or anything like that since I had my family in the car. Had done an oil change not too long ago either.

Took it to Ford because it felt wrong as soon as I got back into my driveway and then the engine check light comes on. Sure enough, Ford tells me it's misfiring. It's been in the shop for a week now and they said they plan to install a new oxygen sensor (not sure how that works?), rerun the tests, and drive it on the road to see how it functions. But he said more than likely, they'll need to replace the engine. I have 20k miles on it and I got this back in July 2022 so yea... a little high when I think the usual is ~12k mi to ~15k mi per year.

The service department is telling me though, if I get this new engine, they are telling me that I seriously need to consider selling this (not to them in particular, just sell it in general). They said they've had so many Bronco owners return their vehicles for engine issues.

So what's the general consensus? With a new engine, should I just hold on to it? Do we have any evidence that the Bronco engines have a high failure rate?

New engine, no problems. If you get the latest engine then you got the one that has all the crap issues worked out.

 

[Bugkillah]

I also have the Ranger with the 2.3, and just a couple days ago the check engine light came on and it was running like crap, sputtering. 46k miles, took to my local mechanic, it was misfire on cylinder 1, replaced the coil pack and she’s as good as new. We had some bad gas at a couple of gas stations in town, it could have also been culprit, but who knows.

Just wondering, is the mechanic asking to buy it from you also a salesman? They’re always asking to buy or trade my vehicles in…

 

[ScottyC]

Your service department is nuts....
SD - Uh, you have a misfire, we'll replace an O2 sensor
Also SD - ya know what? We are going to replace the motor to correct the misfire....but make sure you sell it afterwards.


Maybe they should try changing the front seat headrests while they are at it.

 

[Juiceisloose]

I had a 22 BB 2.3 with similar issue, instead it was 2 cracked injectors. Took Ford about 6-7 weeks to replace due to backorder. That was between Nov 22-Jan 23 less that 5k miles.

 

[BlueBronco]

Lol, Ford is not going to replace the motor because of a misfire.

I see you are in Houston. I would be curious to know which dealer this is that had so many bring their Bronco back due to engine issues.

 

[Gregb2771]

So my Bronco has been in the shop the past week. Took a drive from Texas to California and back. No problem whatsoever the whole trip.... no heavy revving or driving crazy or anything like that since I had my family in the car. Had done an oil change not too long ago either.

Took it to Ford because it felt wrong as soon as I got back into my driveway and then the engine check light comes on. Sure enough, Ford tells me it's misfiring. It's been in the shop for a week now and they said they plan to install a new oxygen sensor (not sure how that works?), rerun the tests, and drive it on the road to see how it functions. But he said more than likely, they'll need to replace the engine. I have 20k miles on it and I got this back in July 2022 so yea... a little high when I think the usual is ~12k mi to ~15k mi per year.

The service department is telling me though, if I get this new engine, they are telling me that I seriously need to consider selling this (not to them in particular, just sell it in general). They said they've had so many Bronco owners return their vehicles for engine issues.

So what's the general consensus? With a new engine, should I just hold on to it? Do we have any evidence that the Bronco engines have a high failure rate?

Keep it and make sure the new engine has a warranty.

 

[1st 75th ranger]

So my Bronco has been in the shop the past week. Took a drive from Texas to California and back. No problem whatsoever the whole trip.... no heavy revving or driving crazy or anything like that since I had my family in the car. Had done an oil change not too long ago either.

Took it to Ford because it felt wrong as soon as I got back into my driveway and then the engine check light comes on. Sure enough, Ford tells me it's misfiring. It's been in the shop for a week now and they said they plan to install a new oxygen sensor (not sure how that works?), rerun the tests, and drive it on the road to see how it functions. But he said more than likely, they'll need to replace the engine. I have 20k miles on it and I got this back in July 2022 so yea... a little high when I think the usual is ~12k mi to ~15k mi per year.

The service department is telling me though, if I get this new engine, they are telling me that I seriously need to consider selling this (not to them in particular, just sell it in general). They said they've had so many Bronco owners return their vehicles for engine issues.

So what's the general consensus? With a new engine, should I just hold on to it? Do we have any evidence that the Bronco engines have a high failure rate?

they are morons take it to another reputable dealer fix it under warranty and rock on

 

[Sherminiator]

Why are they giving you ownership advice at the service department over a repair? That makes zero sense.

 

[Fmuguira]

Why are they giving you ownership advice at the service department over a repair? That makes zero sense.

Maybe they meant to say we ll rotate the tires and see if that does the trick …. Honestly not sure I d want those particular clowns working on my rig… ??

 

[BadlandsA51]

My first reaction was that replacing the O2 sensor(s) is like replacing your toilet paper because you crapped your pants

but, the O2 sensors are what detects a misfire so they might be thinking they should make sure they are working first

Actually the crankshaft position sensor detects misfires. The O2 sensors will detect the unburned oxygen from the misfires.

There really isn’t a connection between a bad O2 and any kind of engine failure. If a miss is detected, the PCM shuts off the injector(s) for that cylinder, so unless a badly leaking injector caused the miss the cylinder won’t get washed down with fuel.

I wouldn’t worry about any engine problems, and even if one were to develop, the engine is covered 6-60.

I’m constantly amazed at some of the crap people hear from dealer service departments, really amazed!

 

[Freebird32]

The 2.7 historically has issues with coils/plugs misfiring. It is used on F150s so there is a lot of history since 2015. 2nd gen came out in 2018, with some fixes. Did you ask what codes were read? Unless you have a bunch of metal in the oil from a spun bearing, or they can get a new engine easier than the needed parts, I would question why the engine needs replacement. They didn’t identify a failure mode/cause? Try another dealer if they can’t answer basic questions.

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