Power seat vs. manual

[Jackattack]

And what exactly is safety requirements if I may ask since rear seating these days in crossover, SUVs do this?

Without knowing exactly what your talking about, I can't really answer your question. My assumption is latch mechanism failure. The mechanism existing increases/creates potential for the entire seat to hinge up like that in the circumstance of a head on collision. In a front seat would be significantly worse than in a back seat because of the air bags in the front and their direction when activated versus the curtain style in the back seats. Again, this is an assumption. My primary point is there is bound to be a reason they don't to that and we just don't know what that reason is.

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[Wizard1183]

Without knowing exactly what your talking about, I can't really answer your question. My assumption is latch mechanism failure. The mechanism existing increases/creates potential for the entire seat to hinge up like that in the circumstance of a head on collision. In a front seat would be significantly worse than in a back seat because of the air bags in the front and their direction when activated versus the curtain style in the back seats. Again, this is an assumption. My primary point is there is bound to be a reason they don't to that and we just don't know what that reason is.

Yes obviously it’s the latch. But a pull type spring actuated latch would not break similar to this:

 

[JMBGlass]

I'd much prefer to opt for the MGV in my 4 door Badlands build, but went with leather. I could be okay with manual seat adjustment, but I am 100% spoiled at this point by having had many vehicles with heated seats.

 

[2Jeeps&PatriotX1]

Bronco will be my wife’s DD but every road/camping trip I’ll be driving it. We’re both spoiled with memory seats in her grand cherokee and my f150 and a foot difference in height between us. If our first 4dr BL will be MY21, I’ll just go with manual seats and MGV in hopes that MY22 brings us memory seats. In that case, I’ll order the MY22 with power seats.

In the perfect world, she could get the MY22 with MGV, power seats w/ memory function. I could care less about the drain plugs. Have had them in my jeep for 8yrs and never once used them. Actually the drain holes are sealed shut under the tub.

 

[2Jeeps&PatriotX1]

I'd much prefer to opt for the MGV in my 4 door Badlands build, but went with leather. I could be okay with manual seat adjustment, but I am 100% spoiled at this point by having had many vehicles with heated seats.

You can get heated seats with MGV in the badlands.

 

[JesseS]

I hope it's set once and forget. All of my vehicles for years have had memory seat, making it a breeze to get in and out. If I have to struggle and fuss with the seat and steering wheel every time, I'm likely going to pass.

"Struggle & Fuss" with a seat, first world issues for sure

 

[Virtual-Chris]

I wonder if the power seats might have key binding memory positions? ... Where the key used to unlock the vehicle moves the seat to that drivers position. This was a great feature in my German vehicles.

But even with features like that I don’t put much value on power seats. My tiny GF and I share a small commuter car and changing drivers is a simple matter of reaching under the seat and racking it forward or back and twisting the rear view.

 

[JMBGlass]

You can get heated seats with MGV in the badlands.

Here's a screenshot from Build and Price that I was going off of, you can see the heated option mentioned under leather but not under the MGV

 

[Corsair]

Here's a screenshot from Build and Price that I was going off of, you can see the heated option mentioned under leather but not under the MGV

Considering MGV seats aren’t something you can add, I wouldn’t take that too seriously.

Heated seats come with the MGV with mid package.

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

Here's a screenshot from Build and Price that I was going off of, you can see the heated option mentioned under leather but not under the MGV

That's because for the MGV seats it's not standard; it's introduced with the Mid package (and up).

 

[papsblue]

manual seats are 6 way.

power seats are 10 way driver, 8 way passenger.

based on other ford vehicles... the 6 way seat will have fore/aft, recline, and up/down adjustments.

the 8 way power is those 6, the other 4 ways are lumbar and tilt. The passenger seat will only have 1 of those 2 functions, I *think* passenger has lumber, and not tilt... while only the drivers seat would have both. but could be flipped and maybe passenger tilts, but no lumbar.

Driver or passenger memory is always specified in dealer guides, its not common in ford vehicles that arent platinum/king ranch trims, so given that its not mentioned in bronco, and we've never seen a photo showing the "1/2/3" profile selection button, Im 99.9% sure no bronco has that feature.

Lumbar support adjustment for the manual seats was confirmed earlier this month, I believe.

 

[ZackDanger]

Where are you guys finding the option for the power driver seat? I've got a wildtrak 4-door, lux package and leather upgrade and I don't see any mention of having power seats? I'm hoping it has power seats but all I see is manual seats...

In the B&P, when you look at the information for the leather seats, scroll down. The mention of powered seats (4-door) is below the fold. Not obvious if you’re looking at in on a phone screen.

 

[Bronc-O]

"Struggle & Fuss" with a seat, first world issues for sure

There are enough driver distractions these days without adding the seat into the mix. I don't expect that when I'm paying $57k for a vehicle.

 

[ilkhan]

None of the badlands/wildtrack seats have a memory function, correct?

 

[ZackDanger]

None of the badlands/wildtrack seats have a memory function, correct?

Yes. Correct. No memory seat functionality in the Bronco.

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