How bad is the back seat space / legroom in a 2dr bronco?

[Blackcat]

Not just creaky bones, even my kid struggled until I added the steps and grab handle. I think both are requirements if you plan to use the back seat with any frequency.

I added the Paracord handles and that has helped significantly with the kids getting in the back.

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[Beach_Bum]

I’m on team 2 seat also. Soon to be team 1 seat.

I look forward to seeing the extended level floor mod. I mentioned it as a possibility for a trip out to Moab in the Spring (if I can make it).

 

[kodiakisland]

It would get old crawling in and out all the time, but it's really not that bad. We did a 4K mile trip in the spring with 3 adults and everyone took turns in the back. It was easy to get comfortable and no one complained, including myself. Yeah, the rear seats in my wife's Genesis are more comfortable, but rear seats aren't luxury items in smaller vehicles like the Bronco.

I only have one rear seat though and it allows you to put your feet where you want and make it however comfortable you need it to be.

 

[Jruta]

Getting in/out is the biggest challenge. It’s no “limo” comfort wise. Honestly I bought my 2-door KNOWING it’d only be occasionally (if ever) used for rear passengers.

 

[Bronco1971]

I spent Sunday wheeling with 3/5ths of the starting offensive line from my son's high school. There's plenty of room. Also plenty of power, that added 850# was barely noticeable.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

The only issue I had was testing it out with the front seat all the way back. At that point it was mostly impossible to remove my (10.5D) feet from under the seat.

I have never felt claustrophobic until that very moment and it kind of freaked me out a little bit. I was very uncomfortable in that moment. That was a new feeling for me.

However, with my 5'-4" wife and about the same height daughter in the front seats, I've ridden in the back a few times and was absolutely fine with the seats in the normal spots for them.

 

[Rusty Sheckelford]

Plenty of room

 

[Sparkherd]

My kids love it, ages 8 and 11. However, I can see them not loving it when they're teenagers. That said, they probably won't want to be seen with me when they are teenagers, so problem solved I guess....

When they're teenagers they'll be jacking it at night and dogging it around town!!!
Don't axe me how I knows this...

 

[broncocoy]

I have looked into this extensively before buying my 2 door. The technical product specifications from Ford are clear the difference in rear seat leg (knee) room is 3/4" less then the 4 door bronco. Hip width and head height are actually greater in the two door chiefly because there is only 2 seats back there. In real world ownership there has never been complaint of space back there from friends as tall as me (6'2") seated BEHIND me while I am in my normal position. I have sat back there myself on occasion when others drive... its more room then either my Audi A5 or A4's I have owned. That said it is a unique challenge to get back to those seats. My girl friends don't have an issue but I know I do... I am not as flexible. If I had a running board it would be less of a problem I think.

 

[KABQ]

I drove a few coworkers to lunch, so of course we stuffed the 6'2" guy in back. He said it was fine other than having to wedge his feet under the seat. It was a little disappointing that he wasn't miserable, but at least we got some entertainment watching him try to figure out how to get out. He got in without issue, though. With some practice I'm sure it would be totally fine.

 

[Rick Astley]

By American standards the expectations of rear seat legroom on every vehicle we buy must not be even a single freedom unit less than this:

The center console must be able to hold no fewer than two of these:

Ground clearance and street presence must be this:

And not a single MPH slower than either of these:

Plus a federally mandated $2.00 per gallon price cap and 30 mpg while also supplying enough storage for your family's picnic lunch at the park with your minimalistic (for America) set of gear like this.

Did I mention that it has to be built entirely of US sourced components, built by well compensated American union workers and not cost more than $30,000?

As much as this may seem like a joke, hang out in the Gen Pop section of B6g and you'll see these sorts of arguments or criticisms for not being built to the above specification quite regularly.

 

[BroncoAZ]

I’m 6’4” and have to run my seat all the way back and a bit reclined, there isn’t room for anyone beyond a double amputee in the seat behind me. I removed both rear seats for a trip to Off Rodeo, they probably don’t ever need to go back in. I forced the issue of using the back seat one time, my 81 year old mother was able to get in and out with minimal assistance and didn’t complain on a 2 hour trip.

 

[Sparkherd]

I drove a few coworkers to lunch, so of course we stuffed the 6'2" guy in back. He said it was fine other than having to wedge his feet under the seat. It was a little disappointing that he wasn't miserable, but at least we got some entertainment watching him try to figure out how to get out. He got in without issue, though. With some practice I'm sure it would be totally fine.

Hey I know this reprobate, Brad Roher, usedta fly/crew chief(?) on that KC10 water bomber on yer profile. You know that bozo?

 

[TheShark]

Oh, are there back seats?

 

[KABQ]

Hey I know this reprobate, Brad Roher, usedta fly/crew chief(?) on that KC10 water bomber on yer profile. You know that bozo?

I work with a couple of Brads (and a few reprobates), but not a Roher. Must have been before my time.

Also, they're mostly converted from Northwest birds, so they're DC10s. But since they're starting to put the KC10 fleet to rest we sure would like their parts to keep our aging fleet in the air!

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