2021 FORD BRONCO Steering Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Steering Issues in the 2021 FORD BRONCO
3 steering complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2021 FORD BRONCO. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Steering Complaints
Car began flashing multiple warnings including power steering, brakes, basically all warnings. Power steering and brakes both failed. Took to dealership. Found wires and wire harnesses burnt and melted. Delaliship says it was due to a pinched wire on an after market winch however the winch was installed in 2022 and never had any issue before. They cited damage underneath on the skid plate which is very minor in nature and should not be able to cause such egregious errors.
Our family was traveling from Lake George New York to Boston MA on Wednesday [XXX]. As we passed another vehicle in the far left lane on [XXX] the vehicle bounced and we lost control of the backend of the vehicle and it "fish tailed" across the highway nearly causing a collision at 65 miles per hour. The anti-lock breaks were activated and we nearly collided with several cars but managed to pull into the emergency lane. The vehicle was not drivable after this incident because any pothole or bump on the highway, at speeds over 50 MPH, made the rear of the vehicle very unstable. It will skid and sway. Our vehicle is now undrivable and Ford says the only available solution is a "buy back" program and a solution will not be available until Q3 of 2025. This leaves us with a 4 year old vehicle with only 24k...
Within days of buying this 2021 Bronco in April 2022, the power steering and drive modes (e.g., Eco, Sport) stopped working and we got the following error message: [See Steering Assist Fault - Service Required] We called the dealership in Georgia, which is far from our home, and they advised us to take it to one closer to us; the problem would be covered under warranty. We made the first available appointment with the dealership in Havana FL and took our vehicle in on July 11th. We showed the photo saying "service required" and explained that every morning the drive modes don't work and the power steering usually does not work right away. We have to re-start the vehicle to get the power steering to work, but the drive modes don't work until later in the day (usually). We get the error messages shown repeatedly below saying "drive mode not...
Other 2021 FORD BRONCO Problem Areas
Engine
67 complaints
Electrical System
23 complaints
Unknown Or Other
22 complaints
Suspension
21 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
16 complaints
Service Brakes
15 complaints
Visibilitywiper
14 complaints
Back Over Prevention Rearview System Braking
10 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
9 complaints
Back Over Prevention
8 complaints
Air Bags
6 complaints
Fuel System Gasoline
5 complaints
Power Train
5 complaints
Structure
5 complaints
Structurebody
5 complaints
Engine And Engine Cooling
4 complaints
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
3 complaints
Service Brakes Hydraulic
3 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
3 complaints
Visibilitywindshield
3 complaints
Exterior Lightingbrake Lights
2 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
2 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
1 complaint
Electrical Systemadasparking Assistsensors
1 complaint
Electrical Systemalternatorgeneratorregulatorintegrated Starterother Than Propulsion
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System
1 complaint
Exterior Lighting
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
1 complaint
Power Trainautomatic Transmission
1 complaint
Power Trainaxle Assemblybanjo Housing
1 complaint
Seat Belts
1 complaint
Suspensionrearshock Absorber
1 complaint