Bronco's unexpected quirks. What'cha got!?

[Perfect-Beast-2]

true, I'm just whining that I can't give it a shove from the driver's seat and have it go all the way back. Even being tall, I just can't get the leverage.

Pretty sure Ford owes me a new truck for this gargantuan engineering oversight.

I understand. For me though, having never owned a convertable and for a short while having a jeep, Ford fixed everything I hated about the Jeep; and the roof is a pleasure to me even when it's 45 degrees out, I can open and close with ease.

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[GritDoc]

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but if you install the wench, it will disable the adaptive cruise, parking sensors, and obviously the front camera and sensors. I think it may undo a little more than that.

 

[HotdogThud]

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but if you install the wench, it will disable the adaptive cruise, parking sensors, and obviously the front camera and sensors. I think it may undo a little more than that.

Yeah...but life is way way better when you uninstall the wench...
*rimshot*

 

[nomnom]

While driving with windows partially open, they’ll rattle a lot over bumps

Hood is very difficult to close, must be dropped from 50 feet up

apple CarPlay works 8/10 times

No one likes Auto stop/start

Storage area under climate control only fits one pencil

brakes are mushy

 

[Ksjrb03]

Tailgate has 3 "detent" positions in it....
Lip on screen? How how up is your seat??? Jeezus.... Lol

I know how the tailgate works. The strut sucks, period.
I think the true question is how short are you. Its been listed several times

 

[Burnz442]

Mine doesn't have a light in the glove box!

That's a MY23 option

 

[BrentC]

Yeah, it is bizarre that they suddenly switched the volume controls to the left hand side of the steering wheel after being on the right for decades. Even the gauge cluster is left handed. It makes no sense.

As a left-hander I don’t see what the problem is…



Honestly, though, once you get used to the Bronco it will all become 2nd nature. I have an F150 and a Jeep Compass, and I can’t switch from one to the other without much fumbling on the controls.

My bigger issue after selling my ST was not stomping the floorboard in the F150 where the clutch pedal should’ve been. That habit will get reestablished very soon, though - my Bronco’s at the train station…and not the Yellowstone train station…

 

[Ksjrb03]

When you realize the Bronco was designed by the Aussies, some of these left/right design quirks make more sense.

 

[akturbo]

1. My volume control gets stuck on "Announcement Volume" or something like that about 1 out of 2 drives. Using wireless Apple CarPlay, finally figured out switching between 2 or three apps on the CarPlay screen give the volume back to what ever is playing music.
2. Why does the horn need to honk twice when I get out while the Bronco is on (getting the mail)? It even did it when the kids got out of the Bronco at school and keys still in the drink holder.
3. Yelling at family members cause they're slamming the doors so hard to make them close. I cringe every time.
4. Wife complains it's too hard to get in/out of and she yells "Yee Haa" every time to make her point...maybe that'll keep her out of my Bronco (its a feature not a quirk!!)? JK, it helped me justify Rockslide Eng. slides that'll be here any day now.

 

[Knownman]

Yeah. FCA has the volume/skip buttons on the back of every steering wheel and it's great. I skip to the next song much more often than change the volume, so having it one quick tap away in a position behind the wheel that I can feel without looking down is much easier. With the bronco I look down to find the button and the skip track is on the right. Less than ideal for a left hand dominant driver

There's a reason for no paddle shifters and no buttons on the rear of the steering wheel. It may not occur to some as it didn't initially to me but then I went to the Off-Roadeo and they taught how to shuffle steer the truck. Never putting your fingers or thumbs through the steering wheel prevents getting one rearranged when wheeling off-road and you hit a good bump.

 

[RyanRallyX]

Just drove home and remembered 2 more....

1. I get some interesting light/sunlight reflection that is sometimes distracting from the raised portion of the driver side of hood towards the fender. I love the design but the sun really bounces off of there. Maybe matte vinyl on the hood will help.

2. Climate control function. I hit the button for the floor/dash/defrost, and then have to make my actual selection on the touchscreen. Am I missing something here? Maybe some honoring of the heritage can go towards more knobs and levers.

 

[Rubisquatch]

Love the Bronco. My eyes are good but driving at night I see double reflections of headlights only in the rear view mirror, not seen in the side view mirrors. Anyone else see this? Annoying.

 

[Balthezor]

Hello all, I just picked up my 2 Door today. This might not be the right thread. But is this enough coolant in the tank? Seems like half of it is gone. I've read the horror stories of the leak and people's engines going down. Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[balucipher]

There's a reason for no paddle shifters and no buttons on the rear of the steering wheel. It may not occur to some as it didn't initially to me but then I went to the Off-Roadeo and they taught how to shuffle steer the truck. Never putting your fingers or thumbs through the steering wheel prevents getting one rearranged when wheeling off-road and you hit a good bump.

You can shuffle steer without hitting the buttons if they placed it like jeep

 

[WuNgUn]

I know how the tailgate works. The strut sucks, period.
I think the true question is how short are you. Its been listed several times

I'm 6'1 dude... I sit back... Rails ALL the way back. See the screen just fine
Maybe you're just all torso. Or sit up close with your chin on the steering wheel like your driving a 500 mile NASCAR race lol

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