UPDATE/ Ford IS Warranting MIC top v2 developing hairline cracks

[DUSTYcazOREGON]

I do think it's worth everyone submitting a warranty claim for the tops cracking. Ford needs to be hammered for this from all angles. The more garbage tops that pile up in their boneyard the better the chance we actually get some improvement here. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the conversations between Ford and Webasto.

Exactly.
Ford....you need to stand by these MIC tops with an extended life time warranty to the original purchaser!!!!!! I love my Bronco but worry about this top.
@Ford Motor Company Please come up with a resolution to these tops. Thank you.

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[AZSky]

How is the glass side window attached?

I am still playing with the idea of putting a Wimbledon White Line-x on the top, but ideally, the windows would be removed for the application.
And of course, no warranty for the MIC afterwards...

 

[Dude1967]

I am waiting on Ford to say when they are going to replace mine....

 

[Ducati1098]

How is the glass side window attached?

I am still playing with the idea of putting a Wimbledon White Line-x on the top, but ideally, the windows would be removed for the application.
And of course, no warranty for the MIC afterwards...

Urethane, same as a windshield.

 

[Someshoes]

I’m glad I found this thread. My top is awful. I am giving it a once over and getting too frustrated. I’m going to watch this for progress but this top is too fragile for anything they intend it to be used for. I could see hail going right through it.

 

[DUSTYcazOREGON]

I’m glad I found this thread. My top is awful. I am giving it a once over and getting too frustrated. I’m going to watch this for progress but this top is too fragile for anything they intend it to be used for. I could see hail going right through it.

Yeah....I cannot see carrying anything on top. I would be curious if those with racks and gear or roof top tents (+human weight) are seeing any issues.

 

[pd1340]

Purchased our new Bronco (22 Badlands 2 door) on January 7. At 400 miles the top already has cracks. Took it to the dealer today and they ordered a completely new top. No idea when it will come in but hopefully it will be improved.

 

[Boreal]

ANOTHA ONE

 

[StoicAF]

brand new on the lot of a dealership.

 

[DUSTYcazOREGON]

Purchased our new Bronco (22 Badlands 2 door) on January 7. At 400 miles the top already has cracks. Took it to the dealer today and they ordered a completely new top. No idea when it will come in but hopefully it will be improved.

That is the big question. Will the replacement top be any better.? Will it also crack, crack down the road...maybe after the warranty is up???? Why are they cracking? Is it happening to all MICs? What is Ford's solution? Is the replacement top a different mix of plastics, design change....what? Will Ford stand by and replace these MICs even after the warranty is up (there is an obvious design flaw here or a manufacturing defect)?
@Ford Motor Company; How about a press release so we as owners know what is going on here! Thank you.

 

[NVCowboy]

Is this how come Ford canceled the Hard Top for MY 2023? (Bad English intended).

 

[John Auer]

brand new on the lot of a dealership.

Ford should have to replace every single hardtop. I smell a lawsuit cooking.

 

[Roger123]

While washing ours on our 1 year anniversary I noticed our top is also developing this issue on the drivers side below the rear window. Vehicle was built in Jan of '22 and has 9,000 miles. Top has never been removed. Sort of a "fish scale" look and one hairline crack all the way from the wind to the bottom of the top.

 

[Mountain Mike]

That is the big question. Will the replacement top be any better.? Will it also crack, crack down the road...maybe after the warranty is up???? Why are they cracking? Is it happening to all MICs? What is Ford's solution? Is the replacement top a different mix of plastics, design change....what? Will Ford stand by and replace these MICs even after the warranty is up (there is an obvious design flaw here or a manufacturing defect)?
@Ford Motor Company; How about a press release so we as owners know what is going on here! Thank you.

This really has me worried. My replacement top looks way more sketchy on the inside than the original. Especially right under the windows. I love my Bronco but if it cracks again even under warranty I will trade it.

 

[MnLakeBum]

You would think with the continuous MIC top issues; Ford would turn their engineers loose and stamp them out of aluminum like the doors and fenders on the Bronco.

I'm going to take delivery soon(currently waiting for an auto transport at a rail yard 25 miles from my dealer for two weeks) of a MIC top Bronco, and I want to sell it before cracking, or other issues show up. I wish the power soft top from MyTop were available as I really have no use for a hard top now that my Bronco won't see many miles at highway speeds and will rarely see high temps below 70º F.

When I ordered it over two years ago, I thought it would have to survive a winter or two in Minnesota.

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