Soft top broken tabs

[BigJack]

I went to the dealer today. The service bulletin posted above is the current fix for the broken clips. The dealer said the rivets to fix the issue are out of stock. They are going to call me when they can get the part in. For now they put crash tape over the gap to keep water out.

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[Jacksonholio]

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN Soft Top Roof - Loose Exterior Fabric On Rear Window	22-2055 21 February 2022​
Model: Ford 2021-2022 Bronco Soft top roof Issue: Some 2021-2022 Bronco vehicles equipped with a soft top roof may exhibit loose exterior fabric on the rear window assembly. This may be due to broken D-pillar clips on the rear window. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to replace the D-pillar clips with rivets. Action: Follow the Service Procedure to repair vehicles that meet all of the following criteria:

How are they going to get rivets in behind the fabric? I am looking at the crappy clips now, not seeing it. Maybe when they're broken and they can lift the material up?

 

[BigJack]

How are they going to get rivets in behind the fabric? I am looking at the crappy clips now, not seeing it. Maybe when they're broken and they can lift the material up?

They showed me the diagram for how it is fixed. There is a piece of fabric that is folded underneath. That is where the clips are located. They drill holes in the fabric and push the rivets through into the plastic.

 

[flip]

For whatever reason the copy and paste function doesn't like the TSBs. This is not the complete procedure so don't get worked up about the proposed fix. That said, we've had one with this problem which was replaced before the TSB came out. Basically, they fold the fabric back and rivet through the seam which is then folded back over hiding the back of the rivet. Cheesy? Maybe but this is how they want them fixed now. If this isn't a durable repair the procedure could be modified or scrapped in favor of a replacement if a new design is made.

 

[HorizonHunter]

The dealer I just went to for this is denying it as a warranty issue, even though I pointed out there's an existing TSB. Said they "can't determine what is happening without taking the whole top off and doing a full teardown of it. My manager recommends taking it to the dealership you bought it from," which is 5 hours each way. @flip hoping you've got some advice.

 

[flip]

The dealer I just went to for this is denying it as a warranty issue, even though I pointed out there's an existing TSB. Said they "can't determine what is happening without taking the whole top off and doing a full teardown of it. My manager recommends taking it to the dealership you bought it from," which is 5 hours each way. @flip hoping you've got some advice.

This is just the rear window, not whole top. That is the standard, "yea, that looks like it could turn bad/doesn't pay enough to do/don't have a tech capable of doing", answer.

The repair is sketchy and the one window we did replace, Ford called back for inspection well before the TSB came out.

Ford has us by the short hairs on this meaning we attempt the repair and it doesn't work or mangle it, it's on the dealer. I wish we had a couple of these sitting around to practice on because this really looks like it could go bad.

My suggestion is to try and find another dealer in your area that will look at it, call around.

 

[flip]

Post a couple pics. I'd like to see how bad it is.

 

[cpmartin1999]

learn to take top off! lol. it was my mistake.

SAME!!

 

[bumyoon]

I almost made the same mistake when taking off the top this past weekend. Luckily I stopped as soon as I heard something resembling a snap. Pretty sure I snapped off part of the clip on the very top on the passenger side. The BNation does not show how to "unhook" the D pillars prior to sliding them out.

It's a failure on engineering part when a part that can be handled on a daily basis be made so weak. They definitely need a fix for this as I don't think they can fault any owner for tearing these up. Even removed properly, I'm sure they'll eventually fall apart.

 

[calgecko]

that dude's glasses!!! HAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I can't bring myself to watch that video with him wearing those things

 

[j50gt]

To those saying "learn to take the top off", mine has two broken tabs and I've never even attempted to take the top off, the weather has been too cold. It's clearly underdesigned.

 

[Lexo52]

I ended up just using glue and it has worked pretty good so far.

 

[Bronco21fan]

Rear Driver side on soft top…broke my plastic tabs. Suggestions? I searched back to March.

Ask your dealers parts department

 

[The Rack Boss]

My broke as well.

 

[BigJack]

I saw some comments about these clips breaking when you take the top off but that wasn't the case for me either. I believe they broke after i propped up the top so i could put something in the trunk. The clips have room to move where they connect to the plastic.

Anyway my dealer is fixing it but apparently cannot get the rivets in to do it. I called today and they can't tell me when they will have them.

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