Ford Bronco Complaints (1994)

95 consumer complaints on file.

#766491August 30, 2002
SUSPENSION
IN EARLY JANUARY OF 2000, I NOTICED THE RIGHT FRONT INSULATOR (BUSHING) ON THE RIGHT FRONT RADIUS ARM HAD ALMOST BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. I LOOKED ON WEBSITE WWW.ALLDATA.COM AND FOUND A LISTING FOR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, #95259, ISSUE DATE 12/95, TITLE : PULL OR DRIFT LEFT- RADIUS ARM REPLACEMENT. I TOOK MY BRONCO TO OURISMAN FORD DEALERSHIP IN BETHESDA MARYLAND WHERE I HAD BOUGHT TRUCK AND TOLD THEM THE BUSHING WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT THE TIME THE TRUCK WAS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO INSTED OF TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THEM ABOUT THIS BEING A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED FOR FREE BY FORD, I TOLD THEM THE WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THEY DID, BUT ONLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE DEALERSHIP SERIVCE DEPT TOLD ME BOTH RAIDUS ARMS HAD TO BE REPLACED IN A PAIR AND THEY COULD NOT REPLACE ONE AT AT TIME, SO I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LEFT SIDE WHICH WAS NOT DAMAGED AT ALL. TODAY (8/30/02) WHILE I WAS CHECKING MY TRUCK OVER AGAIN WHILE CHANGING THE OIL AND ONCE AGAIN I FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT RADIUS ARM INSULATOR (BUSHING) HAS ALMOST DISINTEGRATED AGAIN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME IF YOUR STAFF AGREES THAT THIS REPEATED INSULATOR FAILURE IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURERS DESIGN DEFECT AND SINCE IT INVOLVES A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLES SUSPENSION (THE RADIUS ARM), THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED FOR FREE (INCLUDING THE LEFT SIDE AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY DID LAST TIME AROUND? THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK IS 85735 .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013835July 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE DASH WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTUERER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011912June 17, 2002
AIR BAGS
CLOCKSPRING ON VEHICLE FAILED AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. HORN WOULD INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE HORN FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897764October 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
EXHAUST PIPE HIT FUEL TANK WHICH MADE A HOLE IN TANK. HAD FUEL TANK REPLACED, AND EXHAUST PIPE IS RUBBING AGAINST THAT TANK. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894519August 16, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
A FIRE DEVELOPED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR STEERING COLUMN, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT FIRE WAS STARTED BY VEHICLE. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT VEHICLE AS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION PRIOR TO FIRE. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891242June 26, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SINCE THAT TIME, AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING. DEALER STATED THAT WIRES CONNECTING CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY TO PANEL HAVE BROKEN, THIS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889331May 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE WAS PULLING SHARPLY TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744954May 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FULL-SIZE BRONCO PULLS HARD LEFT (INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE) UPON BRAKING. WORSE ON HARD BRAKING BUT OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS. BRAKES WERE JUST REPLACED BY DEALER 6 WEEKS AGO - SAME THING. DEALER SAID THERE IS TSB ADVISING TO SWAP WHEELS AND BRAKE PADS. IT REDUCED PROBLEM, BUT LEFT PULL STILL BAD ENOUGH TO PULL VEHICLE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC UPON HARD BRAKING - UNSAFE. DRIVER MUST STEER RIGHT TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT COURSE UPON ALL TYPES OF BRAKING. FORD AND NHTSA KNOWS ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE - DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE TO GET A REAL FIX? THIS TRUCK IS HUGE AND IT MAY BE INNOCENT VICTIM GETS HIT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. PLEASE REVIEW AND SEE IF THERE IS A REAL FIX, NOT SWAPPING DISK PADS TO MASK THE REAL DESIGN FLAW ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744721April 30, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AT HIGH SPEED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 7B82PUB227 TIRESIZE: 31X10.5R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878643January 22, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BUMPER WAS LOOSE, AND WOULD TIGHTEN IT LATER. RECALL 94 V 018 000 FOR BUMPER HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874310November 3, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
A DEFECT IN STEERING COLUMN CAUSED HORN/AIR BAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873404October 19, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, AND BELIEVED FIRE STARTED FROM A ELECTRICAL SHORT FROM THE DRIVER SIDE UNDER THE HOOD, NEAR THE FIRE WALL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727445August 10, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721792April 22, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY
CRACK AND RUST RAIN GUTTER LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE ABOVE DOORS. THIS IS THE SECOND BRONCO I HAVE OWNED THAT DID THE SAME THING. THE OTHER BRONCO WAS A 1987 (?) OR SO IT WAS FIXED AT LEAST 2 TIMES BY FORD BUT CRACK CAME BACK. THIS BRONCO DID SAME THING FORD SAID THERE IS NO FIX. THERE SHOULD BE ONE OR MONETARY COMPENSATION AS IT IS A KNOWN REOCCURRING PROBLEM. THE RUST IS GETTING BAD NOW AND THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING. THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF IT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY PUT BODY SEALER ON THE CRACKS TO SEAL THEM UNTIL IT PEELED AND FLAKED OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853021November 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WAS MAKING LOUD HUMMING NOISES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND GOING UP HILL, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. APPLIED BRAKES AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND LEFT IT THERE. CONTACTED THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN MARCH 1998, BUT WARRANTY WAS UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710685August 30, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS MELTING THE RADIUS ARM BUSHINGS. FORD HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH FORD EXPLORER AND PROBABLY F150. IF YOU TALK TO THE PARTS FOLKS THIS IS A COMMEN PROBLEM. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED FORD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS. THE RADIUS ARM BUSHINGS HELP HOLD THE FRONT AXLE IN PLACE, WHEN THEY MELT IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STEER AND BRAKE DANGEROUSLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844716August 9, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF MASTER CYLINDER. DEALER NOTIFIED AND MAD E REPAIRS. EPORTING THIS INCIDENT TO NHTSA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837987June 14, 1999
AIR BAGS
THE CLOCK SPRING IS LOOSE WITHIN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY, CAUSING A RATTLING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702160January 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
THIS IS THE MAIN HARNESS THAT REVEALS HEATING AT THE 120 PLUS PIN CONNECTOR AT THE ENGINE WALL AND CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER MODULE UNDER THE HOOD ADJACENT TO THE STEERING COLUMN. CONTACT JOHN AT SUPERIOR INVESTIAGTIONS AT THE ABOVE NUMBERS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701855January 4, 1999
SUSPENSION
BUSHINGS APPEAR TO HAVE MELTED. THE RIGHT BUSHING IS NEAR THE EXHAUST, SO WHEN IT FAILED I ASSUMED IT WAS THE PROXIMITY TO HEAT. THE LEFT IS NO WHERE NEAR ANY HEAT SOURCE. THE REPLACEMENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ALL OTHER SUSPENSION COMPONEMTS SHOW NO SIGNS OF WEAR. ONLY THE ORIGIONAL BUSHINGS HAVE DETERIORATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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