Hopefully the bronco wont be like my other ford that has frozen tailgate latch & cab doors. Pretty sure its been to the dealership 3-4x now and “fixed” but yet I continue to receive letters from Ford notifying me of issue.
I never looked up what made gorilla Glass special, but it would be odd if the strength is on the inside? I do know that some people have said that the gorilla Glass seems to be chipping just as easy, but I'm sure others have different opinions. I don't have gorilla Glass so I don't know.
The Gorilla Glass windshields have regular glass for the outside ply so there is no additional resistance to chipping. That’s why I was asking and I am wondering why people are blaming Ford/Obama/Marie Callender for rock chips because they didn’t use or offer Gorilla Glass.
I have had that 'feature' on several non Ford vehicles, and never had a problem. Lived in Norhtern NY so snow and ice common in winter. Sometimes the window would be frozen to the gasket, and you would hear the pop when opening the door. Maybe those 'regulators' had better sensors to know when stuck? I agree it is total BS that the Bronco can't handle a normal weather condition. And sand on a highway causing windshield damage?
I'm supposed to do a similar trip in the fall this year. I will def revisit this post if I have the same results.Took our brand new Outer Banks for a trip to Colorado for some snowboarding. We left central Texas and all was well on the trip up. The Bronco run and drove like a champ. While at Vail, it snowed every morning then the sun would melt it during the afternoon. Refreezing would occur nightly. This is where the trouble started. One morning I went to the truck to get something and while opening the driver’s door the window indexes down. It was frozen and made a cracking sound. I figured it was the ice breaking. I closed the door and the window indexed up. All seamed normal. A few days later we drove to Denver and stopped and a drive through. I lowered the window and it sounded like the whole window shattered. Then it wouldn’t go back up. The glass was fine but the regulator was toast. It was snowing and 4 degrees and no window. We had to get back to Texas, so I got some plastic and tape and made a new window. We drove for 14 very loud hours. Upon getting home I noticed three cracks in the windshield. Looking closer, there was hundreds of pits with tiny cracks forming. I am guessing this is from the sand on the interstate. A quick google search revealed that the Bronco Sports and Rangers all have serious windshield problems. Also, some other owners are reporting broken window regulators when the temp gets below 15 degrees. This is totally unacceptable. The vehicle only has 2000 miles and it can’t even be used in the snow. That is what I bought it for. We are heartbroken that Ford would put this kind of crap on the market. This supposed to be a rough and tough vehicle.
I was all-in on Dynoflex this weekend until I read you can get a year or two at best "if you don't use your wipers". Unless you really keep it polished and use silicone wiper blades, you're going to end up with wiper brush marks. Seems it's meant for supercars that don't really see any rain or weather. Also, you shouldn't use your ice brush on it.Or depending on your local shop, Dynoflex. My PPF guys said they've had really good luck with it in their testing. Woulda had it installed but my damn windshield broke during the 150 mile drive to the shop
Another reason I bought the 8/100K extended warranty.
my plan as well worth every penny with all the COO stuff that breaks
