2024 Ford Bronco Sport
This year drew an ordinary 99 complaints for a Ford Bronco Sport — the model's median is 150. What they were about is the unusual part: 9.1% of them mention safety recall, against 2.9% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 99 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 150 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- safety recall — 9.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: safety recall, may 2026, wire, went off.
- looked — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (4.5×). Owners wrote it as: looked, backing out.
- glass — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: glass, consistent, roof.
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.
What owners wrote
The rear quarter panel glass on the vehicle's passenger side cracked. This is consistent with Recall Reference Number: 24S10 in which the adhesion of the glass is known to fail.
Moof roof popped up from the center ripping at all edges, causing loud boom sound. Glass shattered. No drastic change in temperature. No impact of object. Newly purchased. Dropped off at dealership to investigate.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V267000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V683000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 24V594000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 25V158000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V467000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V685000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 26V340000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
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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