2023 Ford Bronco Sport Reliability Report

Power cuts out at highway speed. The car shuts off without warning or drops into limp mode, sometimes during merges and passing. Some owners describe a low oil pressure warning under acceleration that clears after a restart. Others report a long delay after pressing the accelerator followed by a sudden surge to high rpm, or stalling at busy intersections. Isolated reports include gas in the oil, repeated water pump replacements, and a full engine replacement. One under-hood fire on a nearly new car injured two people, and several owners worry about fire while they wait on fuel injector repair parts.

The car fails to stop under hard braking or the brakes lock up in a turn. Both patterns appear in crash reports. In another crash report, the rubber pad came off the brake pedal and the driver's foot slipped. More often, owners hear grinding while braking or turning, or a moan from the rear brakes in reverse in cold or humid weather. The noise comes back after dealers resurface the rotors and replace the pads. Two owners say they are waiting on a hydraulic brake recall repair that has no parts.

Gasoline fumes come through the air conditioning vents and make the car unpleasant or unsafe to drive. Most of these complaints are about delay: owners say the recall remedy is still not available months later and dealers give no timeline. One owner says the dealer warned against parking in a garage or near the house. Owners also say they get confusing answers about what the repair involves. One separate report describes a stall and limp mode capped at 20 mph, which the dealer traced to a faulty high-pressure fuel pump and sensor.

The windshield cracks with no impact, or a small chip spreads across the glass within about a month. Replacement is costly. On the Badlands, a bright orange dash trim strip reflects onto the windshield at sunrise and sunset and puts a line across the driver's view. One owner links that glare to crashes. The front wipers also fail: one motor quit in rain at 90 miles, and owners say the wipers freeze in place when ice and snow build up around them, even with the defroster running.

Glass breaks with no impact. Windshields develop several cracks and stress lines spreading out from the rearview mirror, and sunroof glass shatters while driving, at both low speed and highway speed. These failures show up early, between 1,000 and 12,000 miles. Dealers usually cannot find a cause, and several cars were left unrepaired. One unrelated report describes a rear passenger window stuck in place.

Rear seat belts do not retract properly and fail to hold a child seat snug. In one report, a child bumped their head on the window during a turn. Other complaints describe a middle belt that does not work at all and a driver's shoulder belt that locks during normal slowing. Owners say that locking belt keeps them from leaning forward to see past the pillar at intersections. Dealers could not confirm these faults, and owners say no repairs were made.

Tire sidewalls fail early. Owners describe sidewalls splitting at low speed and causing sudden flats, and separating to cause a slow leak within the first month. All of this happens on low-mileage cars that do not carry heavy loads. The factory Continental tires come up repeatedly, and dealers have called the damage a road hazard and charged for replacements. One separate report describes a tire pressure warning that turns on and off by itself, along with a horn that honked on its own.