2022 Ford Bronco Sport
Complaints about this year name battery far more often than the model's other years — 13% of them, about 5× the usual rate of 2.7%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 343 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 99 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 12 |
| Recalls | 15 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- reverse — 10.8% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: reverse, rear brakes, make loud, brakes make.
- exhaust — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: exhaust, fumes, cabin.
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 system — 9% of complaints, 9× usual
- distribution — 6% of complaints, 15× usual
- reverse — 9% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V267000 (Electrical System, Power Train). The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, there was a loud popping sound coming from the engine compartment with a clicking sound near the fuel tank. The contact’s h…
on several occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was not able to restart and was jump-started after each failure. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and the vehicle was jump-started, and then taken to a d…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V625000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V922000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 22V191000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V686000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V787000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 22V859000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V187000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V267000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 15. 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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