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- Brad
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- Strongsville, OH
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- â22 2.3L Non-Sasquatch Black Diamond
- Your Bronco Model
- Black Diamond
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Hey guys, I have a 2022 Non-Sasquatch Black Diamond with the optional wheels that I purchased in early February. It had only 3012 miles on it, had the mid package with heated seats for my wife, and came with the Ford Gold Certification and warranty, so basically as close to brand new with a longer warranty than new as I could find, and I got it below MSRP. I was really really wanting to get a Bronco with the Sasquatch package, but I just couldnât justify spending the $8,000 at a minimum more that I could find one at (nor could I afford it even if I wanted to, which letâs face it, I wouldâve done if I could). I also settled on getting the 2.3L engine, which worried the hell out of me as I was trading a â21 Ram Rebel with the 395 HP 5.7 on it. Luckily Iâm blown away by the power that this little engine has, and the handling makes this thing a blast to drive. It feels sooo much quicker than the Ram on everything but a straightaway. And it still destroys the speed of my 4Runner I had before that.
Anyways, on to the real reason for this post. A short time after I got the Bronco I noticed that the ride was a little shaky. I didnât think much of it at first, assuming that it was just me getting used to the stiffer Hitachis compared to the squishier Bilsteins that my Rebel had. But then I noticed the shaking on freshly paved roads. My 2.5 year old son even started making sounds in the car so he could hear his voice get shaky. I could even visibly see the shaking when I looked at my car seat mirror through my rear view mirror. I paid more attention to it and noticed that it almost always started at around 35mph and was pretty consistent feeling at all speeds above and at all GOAT modes as well as both 2hi and 4hi (I donât have 4A). It seemed to be worse at some speeds than others, but I havenât pinned down what speeds those are. It is often the worst after I accelerate out of a corner, with what I can best describe as a âwobblyâ feeling that transitions into the less intense vibration and shaking that continues until I slow back down below 35mph.
I plan to upgrade to larger tires, but definitely not until this gets resolved under warranty. I donât want the dealer claiming that as the cause. So I took the Bronco into the dealership closest to my work today, hoping things would get settled. They called me this afternoon and said that the tech checked the front axles and diff and found no issues there, that he suspected a road force balance would solve the issue. So after agreeing to pay the $130 (crazy that I used to get as many road force balances as I wanted for free from Discount Tire, love those guys), I was happy that Iâd soon have a smooth driving Bronco. 2.5 hours later I called them to see what was going on and they conveniently said that they just finished the papers and I was all set to pick it up.
I had to rush out of there to get home to the kids, as my wife was already going to be late for her ER shift. I took a look at the papers as I drove out and saw that the tech stated they were able to get the road force balance on all 4 tires to be âwithin spec around 20 lbs of forceâ. It also stated that a post road test was completed.
As I drove out and began to accelerate to get on the highway I felt that horrible wobbly feeling again, which feels like something Iâd expect on an old beater. I got on the highway and noticed MAYBE a very very slight reduction in the intensity of the shakiness, but that mightâve just been because I wanted to make myself feel better about missing some of my work day, making my wife late, and spending $130 to repair something that a Ford certified gold car should have had taken care of already.
Am I out of line for expecting better than this? Does this shaking feeling sound normal to anyone?
I really donât know what to do, as I donât want to continue missing work and getting rides from people or giving up the little time I have with my kids on weekends to keep taking it in to the dealer. I never experienced wobbling or shaking like this when I had my 4Runner with 5100âs at 3â and 32â KO2âs that became unbalanceable or my 34â Nitto Ridge Grapplers that I had around 50k miles on before I sold it.
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. I really want this to all go away so I can continue my love affair with this truck.
Anyways, on to the real reason for this post. A short time after I got the Bronco I noticed that the ride was a little shaky. I didnât think much of it at first, assuming that it was just me getting used to the stiffer Hitachis compared to the squishier Bilsteins that my Rebel had. But then I noticed the shaking on freshly paved roads. My 2.5 year old son even started making sounds in the car so he could hear his voice get shaky. I could even visibly see the shaking when I looked at my car seat mirror through my rear view mirror. I paid more attention to it and noticed that it almost always started at around 35mph and was pretty consistent feeling at all speeds above and at all GOAT modes as well as both 2hi and 4hi (I donât have 4A). It seemed to be worse at some speeds than others, but I havenât pinned down what speeds those are. It is often the worst after I accelerate out of a corner, with what I can best describe as a âwobblyâ feeling that transitions into the less intense vibration and shaking that continues until I slow back down below 35mph.
I plan to upgrade to larger tires, but definitely not until this gets resolved under warranty. I donât want the dealer claiming that as the cause. So I took the Bronco into the dealership closest to my work today, hoping things would get settled. They called me this afternoon and said that the tech checked the front axles and diff and found no issues there, that he suspected a road force balance would solve the issue. So after agreeing to pay the $130 (crazy that I used to get as many road force balances as I wanted for free from Discount Tire, love those guys), I was happy that Iâd soon have a smooth driving Bronco. 2.5 hours later I called them to see what was going on and they conveniently said that they just finished the papers and I was all set to pick it up.
I had to rush out of there to get home to the kids, as my wife was already going to be late for her ER shift. I took a look at the papers as I drove out and saw that the tech stated they were able to get the road force balance on all 4 tires to be âwithin spec around 20 lbs of forceâ. It also stated that a post road test was completed.
As I drove out and began to accelerate to get on the highway I felt that horrible wobbly feeling again, which feels like something Iâd expect on an old beater. I got on the highway and noticed MAYBE a very very slight reduction in the intensity of the shakiness, but that mightâve just been because I wanted to make myself feel better about missing some of my work day, making my wife late, and spending $130 to repair something that a Ford certified gold car should have had taken care of already.
Am I out of line for expecting better than this? Does this shaking feeling sound normal to anyone?
I really donât know what to do, as I donât want to continue missing work and getting rides from people or giving up the little time I have with my kids on weekends to keep taking it in to the dealer. I never experienced wobbling or shaking like this when I had my 4Runner with 5100âs at 3â and 32â KO2âs that became unbalanceable or my 34â Nitto Ridge Grapplers that I had around 50k miles on before I sold it.
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. I really want this to all go away so I can continue my love affair with this truck.
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