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Just this week I made a post about about how the 4x4 system died while I was off-roading on an easy trail. Unfortunately things just got worse with this vehicle.
I have a used Bronco Wildtrak I bought 3 months ago with 8K miles which now has 9K miles and it died in the middle of the road. I left home to go get tacos 2 miles from home, there were no error alerts and a full tank of gas. On my way back I got a message about a front camera error, then the big center screen turned off and all the buttons below it were not functioning and the only thing that was lit was the speedometer screen behind the steering wheel. When I got to a red light the car shutdown and turned into a brick! Like a REAL BRICK, it won't start, the external lights went off I hopped out and couldn't open the doors again because of no power. The emergency lights didn't blink when I pressed the remote. I was able to get back in using the physical key. However I couldn't open the trunk to get my tools since it won't open and I never saw a key hole to use the physical key. I was stuck and frustrated with cars hunking behind me and all this was at night.
I popped the hood to check the battery terminals to see if they were lose but as far as I could tell with my hands they were tight. I couldn't take them off and put on again to try to reset the car because as earlier stated my tools were in the locked trunk and the vehicle was now a brick with no electronics working. In my frustration I slammed the hood and the car restarted. I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. SLAMMING THE HOOD IS WHAT GOT IT WORKING AGAIN. Here's a video of the brick on the road after things looked safe for me to film.
May be someone hacked this car and was messing with me or may be this Bronco is the WORST AND MOST EXPENSIVE car I have ever bought. A month ago I had taken this Bronco to the dealership because of a faulty O2 sensor which was replaced and afterwards they inspected the car and everything was OK including the battery.
UPDATE:
Thanks for all the help, finally found the issue was the positive terminal and had it replaced.
The Bronco died again but this time it was infront of my house so I was more patient with it. Instead of slamiing the hood, which "fixed" it last time, I opened it and began randomly tapping various spots untill I hit the positive terminal and it started again. The bolts on it were as tight as they could be but when I pulled it it came right off the battery. Took it to the dealership and they noticed the issue with the positive terminal was that the ring was larger than expected so even when the bolt was its tightest it was still loose. The swapped it out and its been more than a month now without it dying or any other weird errors.
I have a used Bronco Wildtrak I bought 3 months ago with 8K miles which now has 9K miles and it died in the middle of the road. I left home to go get tacos 2 miles from home, there were no error alerts and a full tank of gas. On my way back I got a message about a front camera error, then the big center screen turned off and all the buttons below it were not functioning and the only thing that was lit was the speedometer screen behind the steering wheel. When I got to a red light the car shutdown and turned into a brick! Like a REAL BRICK, it won't start, the external lights went off I hopped out and couldn't open the doors again because of no power. The emergency lights didn't blink when I pressed the remote. I was able to get back in using the physical key. However I couldn't open the trunk to get my tools since it won't open and I never saw a key hole to use the physical key. I was stuck and frustrated with cars hunking behind me and all this was at night.
I popped the hood to check the battery terminals to see if they were lose but as far as I could tell with my hands they were tight. I couldn't take them off and put on again to try to reset the car because as earlier stated my tools were in the locked trunk and the vehicle was now a brick with no electronics working. In my frustration I slammed the hood and the car restarted. I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. SLAMMING THE HOOD IS WHAT GOT IT WORKING AGAIN. Here's a video of the brick on the road after things looked safe for me to film.
May be someone hacked this car and was messing with me or may be this Bronco is the WORST AND MOST EXPENSIVE car I have ever bought. A month ago I had taken this Bronco to the dealership because of a faulty O2 sensor which was replaced and afterwards they inspected the car and everything was OK including the battery.
UPDATE:
Thanks for all the help, finally found the issue was the positive terminal and had it replaced.
The Bronco died again but this time it was infront of my house so I was more patient with it. Instead of slamiing the hood, which "fixed" it last time, I opened it and began randomly tapping various spots untill I hit the positive terminal and it started again. The bolts on it were as tight as they could be but when I pulled it it came right off the battery. Took it to the dealership and they noticed the issue with the positive terminal was that the ring was larger than expected so even when the bolt was its tightest it was still loose. The swapped it out and its been more than a month now without it dying or any other weird errors.
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