My Bronco arrived damaged. It tried to buck its way out of the train transport last week. 😖

[fallon]

My Bronco was apparently not secured enough in the train last week. Waiting to hear about what the resolution will be. I was on my way back from the New Hampshire Off Roadeo when I got the news. Total buzzkill coming off of such a high from our experience in NH. Looking through other posts, I guess I am not the only one. Please, make it right @Ford Motor Company !

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[Jason]

Man, that’s a bummer. Sorry to hear!

 

[Theherofails]

I'm curious how common this is overall. Did we just not hear about it? Every week seems to be another report of a damaged bronco. Sorry man.

 

[mljohnson1973]

This seems to be happening far more often than I ever imagined it would. Very sad for everyone affected and now that I have a build date , I'm just hopeful I can avoid this mess . I hope Ford makes right by everyone this is happening too.

 

[fallon]

Man, that’s a bummer. Sorry to hear!

Thanks. I could be worse looking at some of the other posts. The dealer did give me a demo to drive for a few days to soften the blow.

 

[ChrisD]

Mine arrived with that same swinggate dent! We're dent siblings!

 

[Spray]

What the? Did they leave it in neutral and no parking brake? I know that they don’t strap them down in the rail cars but that looks like it just kept rolling back and forth as the train accelerated and slowed down. That’s just negligence!

 

[fallon]

Mine arrived with that same swinggate dent! We're dent siblings!

This made me laugh way to hard!! They say misery loves company. Didn’t want you to be lonely.

 

[ChrisD]

This made me laugh way to hard!! They say misery loves company. Didn’t want you to be lonely.

FWIW, since you got it documented at PDI, they'll fix it. You'll just miss it while it's in the body shop getting sorted out. We all missed the swinggate on mine at PDI and we've submitted photos to Ford. I also showed it to Esteban Plaza-Jennings at Super Cel and he took my VIN, so I know it'll get resolved.

It's just annoying. Now that I've seen it, I can't unsee it until it gets fixed.

 

[Desert_6G]

Ouch. If it was one or two panels it would be a easy fix. But that's looks bad. Even if it all get fixed you'll still have a mark on the car fax saying it was in a accident. And that will hurt its resale value in the future. Id ask Ford to discount it or get a lawyer involved.

 

[bytheway]

Good lord. I’d be half tempted to refuse it and get one reordered. Don’t care if they fix it and sell to someone else. Seems like a lot of damage to a brand new car. In my experience stuff like that gets sent to auction by ford and can’t be sold as new. But that’s escapes and super duties, not sure if the same applies to Broncos.

 

[Theherofails]

Ouch. If it was one or two panels it would be a easy fix. But that's looks bad. Even if it all get fixed you'll still have a mark on the car fax saying it was in a accident. And that will hurt its resale value in the future. Id ask Ford to discount it or get a lawyer involved.

If it is delivery related, it'll never show up on the carfax as far as I know. I got suckered into buying a damaged vehicle many years ago under similar circumstances and it was clean.

 

[stampede1]

Clearly this was not preventable. That bronco had to be in the wild. Such things happen when a thoroughbred is confined. Yeah the big bronc got a little scuffed up, but he totaled the train car that he broke out of, it will never ride the tracks again. On a more serious note, I hope those responsible make things right pronto!

 

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[618TRVLWILD]

I’ve decided Mae Pearl comes with any dents…it’s totally taking the pressure off me.

On a more serious note. Sorry to hear about this. I hope it’s all fixable and not goes to a scrap yard. Maybe get a sweet discount.

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