Then I guess you have a defective top. Around here it seems like cracking tops are normal.
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My hardtop outer surface has a few small cracks. As a 2-door owner a concern is the lack of aftermarket options, in case down the road a replacement is needed. I think only an aluminum top maker (can't recall name at the moment) offers a 2-door hardtop at this point?
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This reads like it’s written by AI.
Mine's fine. Have you all tried not waxing it?
I'm sure some tops have issues... but is it really that many.
My '21 2dr base hard top is just fine. I can't be the only one without issues, I know for a fact I'm not that lucky.
My '21 2dr base hard top is just fine. I can't be the only one without issues, I know for a fact I'm not that lucky.
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Hard to say. Only Ford knows lol
There are already a bunch of posts on this forum about MIC tops, but I figured pulling as many of them together in one place might help shed more light on the issue. What really gets me, personally, is that it's the damn roof! And not just some small (inexpensive!) part you can swap out and move on from.
Thanks for putting the site together. I will fully admit saying I was in the "my top is fine" camp. Note the past tense. No vehicle is perfect, nor do I expect that they will be. I do, however, think a hard top shouldn't be considered a consumable and should have an expectation of long term durability.
I expect failure rates to increase at time goes on. Me personally, I fully expect my warranty replacement top to also fail. I don't have any confidence in the construction. I'll get the warranty replacement, slap on a TrekTop and be done with it.
Even if the number is small, there have been enough failures that a customer satisfaction/original owner warranty extension, SOMETHING should be done.
I expect failure rates to increase at time goes on. Me personally, I fully expect my warranty replacement top to also fail. I don't have any confidence in the construction. I'll get the warranty replacement, slap on a TrekTop and be done with it.
Even if the number is small, there have been enough failures that a customer satisfaction/original owner warranty extension, SOMETHING should be done.
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I don't have a MIC top but good job getting all this together. Who knows if it'll provoke Ford into actually fixing the issue but keep advertising your work on the Bronco sites to get some good numbers reported and who knows. Heck, promote the site on Jeep and Toyota forums and let your competition shame Ford until they actually provide a permanent fix.
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My top was fine, but now I've noticed a lattice of small cracks.
So if you're in the "my top is fine" camp, BOLO as you might have to pull up your stakes and move.
So if you're in the "my top is fine" camp, BOLO as you might have to pull up your stakes and move.
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Yeah I think that's going to be pretty common as these vehicles age.
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Man that's crazy. I had a Mazaspeed3 and modded it to no end and beat the hell out of it with weekend trips to the dragon, cesars head loop, etc and it just kept on going.
I never had an issue with my Speed6. Ran perfect till the day I traded her in. But it was nice of Mazda to extend my power train warranty out an additional few years. Great if Ford did the same for our MIC tops.
Nah, it falls very neatly into a certain category of people who "contribute" to MIC top problem threads.
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I only wish I could get credit toward the purchase of a painted top, like I originally reserved.
Wouldn't mind coming up with extra cash to avoid replacing the MIC with another one that in all likelihood will fail too. Just hit one year and 10K miles, replacement MIC has been on order since January. Have no idea of lead times?
Wouldn't mind coming up with extra cash to avoid replacing the MIC with another one that in all likelihood will fail too. Just hit one year and 10K miles, replacement MIC has been on order since January. Have no idea of lead times?
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I had two Speed6's and two Speed3's, all of them were a blast to drive, the Speed6's were much more refined. Had the timing chain clatter at startup on one of the 6's, but other than that no issues after lots of abuse.
Velocity Red Mica was a phenomenal color, never shows well in pictures.
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