2021 Ford Bronco Sport
Complaints about this year name battery far more often than the model's other years — 17% of them, about 6× the usual rate of 2.7%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 671 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 99 |
| Involving a crash | 17 |
| Involving a fire | 16 |
| Recalls | 16 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- electrical — 20% of this year's complaints, against 7.5% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: electrical, train, power train, motive.
- restart — 8.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the model's other years (3.7×).
- neutral — 6.3% of this year's complaints, against 0.8% across the model's other years (7.5×). Owners wrote it as: neutral, put car.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- electrical — 12% of complaints, 5× usual
- brake — 12% of complaints, 4× usual
- needed — 15% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
while approaching a stop light at 45 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle stalled. No warning lights were illuminated, and the contact was forced to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. The local Police Department arrived at directed traffic ar…
The contact had received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V267000 (Electrical System, Power Train); and the vehicle was taken to the dealer to be repaired. The contact stated that 4 months later, while stopped and idling at a stop light, the vehicl…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V074000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V075000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V809000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 21V625000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V011000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 21V922000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 22V191000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V859000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 16. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Bronco Sport was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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