My Bronco Issues

[JonathanDuong]

Hey all,

I have a 4 door First Edition Hard Top. I took my concerns to the Ford service department and of course nothing could be replicated yet it all occurred the moment I drove it.

Some of these are just annoyance or how Ford may have designed it. Anyone else have these issues?

1. Hard top rattle. I fixed this myself by just removing the panels a few time.

2. The recirculating vent button keeps turning off and letting the outside air in.

3. The recirculating vent shall only remain closed on MAX A/C per Ford so I tried that and left everything alone on “LO” temperature and Fan 1. After driving a while on the freeway you can feel a rush of air come in as the vent opens but the light is still on as if the vent is closed. Pressing the recirculation button twice, off and on, closes the vent.

4. The roof rack is made of plastic and the mounting points are cracked before delivery.

5. The front seat roof panels are difficult to remove and may scratch the plastic pieces (as it has on mine) by trying to find a way to get the panels off.

6. The rear seat roof panel cannot be removed with the roof rack on. Why is the rack so short?!

7. The B&O subwoofer makes a lot of weird noises like plastic shatter but nothing is broken back there.

8. The automatic windows either stops randomly, or goes the opposite direction when hitting a bump. This also happens on my F-150. Dealer “retrained” the buttons but happened again within an hour.

9. The double horn feature when you shut the door with the engine on and the key on you.

10. Apple CarPlay doesn’t always connect.

Plenty more…

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[Rootdog]

I’m only 1500 miles in but have had no issues other than the XM radio loses signal constantly. Hope they get yours figured out!

 

[Brockdog12]

7700 miles in my OBX, no roof rattle, a/c works fine, windows work fine, stereo fine, I don’t use the Apple CarPlay and I don’t have the B&O system, I don’t have a roof rack either. Other than a couple of what I would consider petty things I’ll get taken care of, my Bronco is solid.

 

[Erock]

The window thing, I’m pretty sure is a safety measure… like a pressure thing in case a child’s head or whatever is hanging out of the window. Hitting a bump in the road increases the felt resistance to the system and reversed the direction.
Happens to me also, but that’s what I came up with… and have replicated it intentionally.

 

[rayhil67]

"The window thing"

Why is there so many issues with the windows, you would think this would be one of the simplest things to get right. My 22 BD has issue with putting windows up, both doors have to be open in order to put the windows up. If doors are closed the windows just come right back down. I've been trying to hold off till first oil change but it such a PIA. I do not get it its just a simple circuit, click up go up, click down go down. I mean there is so much technology in this thing and they cant get the windows right

 

[gryphon1231]

Hey all,

I have a 4 door First Edition Hard Top. I took my concerns to the Ford service department and of course nothing could be replicated yet it all occurred the moment I drove it.

Some of these are just annoyance or how Ford may have designed it. Anyone else have these issues?

1. Hard top rattle. I fixed this myself by just removing the panels a few time.

2. The recirculating vent button keeps turning off and letting the outside air in.

3. The recirculating vent shall only remain closed on MAX A/C per Ford so I tried that and left everything alone on “LO” temperature and Fan 1. After driving a while on the freeway you can feel a rush of air come in as the vent opens but the light is still on as if the vent is closed. Pressing the recirculation button twice, off and on, closes the vent.

4. The roof rack is made of plastic and the mounting points are cracked before delivery.

5. The front seat roof panels are difficult to remove and may scratch the plastic pieces (as it has on mine) by trying to find a way to get the panels off.

6. The rear seat roof panel cannot be removed with the roof rack on. Why is the rack so short?!

7. The B&O subwoofer makes a lot of weird noises like plastic shatter but nothing is broken back there.

8. The automatic windows either stops randomly, or goes the opposite direction when hitting a bump. This also happens on my F-150. Dealer “retrained” the buttons but happened again within an hour.

9. The double horn feature when you shut the door with the engine on and the key on you.

10. Apple CarPlay doesn’t always connect.

Plenty more…

My Bronco issue. Built but Ford still hasn't delivered it!

 

[Compta38]

 

[JohnnyBronco]

#9, Seriously? Every Bronco has that. The other issues on your list are vehicle specific.

Solution - leave key in vehicle when you get out with engine running

 

[BulldogBear]

The best Bronco "mod" out there is the Forscan double-honk delete.

 

[OtisFE]

6. The rear seat roof panel cannot be removed with the roof rack on. Why is the rack so short?!

You can relocate the forward cross bar to the forward position to make the space between the bars longer. Mounting it at the rear position lessens wind noise. I can't envision any way to design a roof rack that would not have to be removed before taking off the rear cap.

 

[JonathanDuong]

The window thing, I’m pretty sure is a safety measure… like a pressure thing in case a child’s head or whatever is hanging out of the window. Hitting a bump in the road increases the felt resistance to the system and reversed the direction.
Happens to me also, but that’s what I came up with… and have replicated it intentionally.

Funny that’s what I thought as my work truck (F-150) would do that on bumps but my Bronco window does it even when parked at times.

 

[JonathanDuong]

"The window thing"

Why is there so many issues with the windows, you would think this would be one of the simplest things to get right. My 22 BD has issue with putting windows up, both doors have to be open in order to put the windows up. If doors are closed the windows just come right back down. I've been trying to hold off till first oil change but it such a PIA. I do not get it its just a simple circuit, click up go up, click down go down. I mean there is so much technology in this thing and they cant get the windows right

My dealer “retrained” the controls just to have it not do jack. Same issues.

 

[JonathanDuong]

My Bronco issue. Built but Ford still hasn't delivered it!

You might want to follow up on that. Mines wasn’t for deliver until I tracked it down. It was shipping en route. They said it wasn’t claimed but being sent to the dealer. Dealer basically tried to sell it under my nose for profit I assume. I got at sticker still.

 

[JonathanDuong]

#9, Seriously? Every Bronco has that. The other issues on your list are vehicle specific.

Solution - leave key in vehicle when you get out with engine running

It should be a chime. Other vehicles doesn’t use horn feature, more of a subtle chime for the driver to hear and the passengers at most. Not the neighborhood.

 

[JonathanDuong]

The best Bronco "mod" out there is the Forscan double-honk delete.

Unfortunately any programming may void warranty as I experienced building and programming my Silverado before.

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