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

[604Bronco]

My biggest quirk that actually bugs me is the poor soft top design for the driver/passenger. The lip guides water into the cabin with your windows down. Really sucks going through a drive-thru and you and the door is soaked.

And yes this is a complaint because of the poor engineering.

Not that you should need to, but could you push up on the roof slightly to drain any water built up, before you lower the window? Just curious if that would help.

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[AaronW]

Not that you should need to, but could you push up on the roof slightly to drain any water built up, before you lower the window? Just curious if that would help.

yeah I tried that. That helps from a lot of water gushing in but does not stop the constant stream of water. I will take a video when it rains next time so ppl can understand the problem. I have tried a couple things but it is the lip above the door. Rear windows are fine as the lip does it’s job directing water down the Bronco. The front doors is where the lip reduces itself and in turn the water pours in.

 

[AbsoluteFord]

Window visors are just way too large. I'm 6'6 and when I put those down, half my vision is lost.... Something just a little smaller, would have been a much better choice.

 

[boxwood]

Wonder if that's one of the things that your tactile senses will pick up on once you're accustomed to it?

ITs more about it bumping and scraping every time the seat is moved forward and back

If the seat is in a certain position (nearly always) the seatbelt doesn't retract all the way and hangs on the seat a bit. And bumps/snags when the seat is pushed forward.

 

[Saburke17]

when the windows are half down and you hit a bump the glass bangs up against the frame. pretty annoying, the water draining directly inside the cab, no accent lights in the back seats

 

[Hkak45]

The interior is dark as hell!

Seriously! Half the time my auto headlights think it's night time when its middle of day haha I love how dark it is in the cabin but it's crazy dark.

 

[Hkak45]

This has been a problem on a lot of Ford vehicles that went to the rotary dial to select lights. I still tag the dial in the Navigator with my knee when I get in on a regular basis, and I too get some grief from the wife for messing with her lights.

Strange, when I turned off my auto headlights and then drove the bronco the next time it reverted back to auto headlights. I think the bronco has a setting where it will always start with auto lights enabled.

 

[NotApplicable]

Can't roll all 4 windows up or down at the same time using one-touch feature

 

[Bessiethe67]

The ridiculously large visors… I guess qualifies as a quirk.

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[blackdiamondog]

Yeah, I’m definitely going to be weirded out by this. So what happens when you’re stopped on a hill? Does it auto engage?

if you’re talking about a hill hold feature i don’t think it has one. however, in the crawler gear, i think that the brake might auto engage to hold you. i could be totally wrong through.

 

[vrewald14]

My 2 door so far is perfect. Took me a day or so but I finally figured out how ro adjust the ambient footwell lighting.

What kind of adjustments can you do? Just brightness level?

 

[Itchysquatch]

if you’re talking about a hill hold feature i don’t think it has one. however, in the crawler gear, i think that the brake might auto engage to hold you. i could be totally wrong through.

Oh I thought it did have hill hold?

 

[Big Foot]

Me... Badlands washout flooring. Has a channel along the door sill that doesn't lead to the drain! Literally fills with standing water.
I drove with the drain hole open and that water went somewhere...
Hopefully thru the floor!

I ran into this very thing this weekend. I couldn't tell where it went either. So, I used a rag to absorb as much as I could. Not sure why Ford would do this. Was this on bring your kid to work day? Probably not because the kids would catch it. LOL

 

[Big Foot]

Another one... The cowl vent for the HVAC. It's awfully susceptible to wind gusts. Whenever I hit a gust of wind, I hear it straight thru the inside vents

I noticed on our first trip... It was really windy and heading into the wind the air speed through the vents was not affected by the fan speed at all.

 

[Raskew]

Window visors are just way too large. I'm 6'6 and when I put those down, half my vision is lost.... Something just a little smaller, would have been a much better choice.

Ever think of just pushing them a little more forward towards the window?

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