Test drove a 2026 Badlands - do all Broncos have this much tire noise?

[11811]

It's not the tires, it's the fake "Varoom Varoom" noise from the stereo

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/fake-engine-sound-disable.106035/

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[xmod]

I just turn up the radio.

 

[Benjamin Green]

Guys,
I want a Bronco so bad. I've been test driving several different Badlands (non Sasquatch) and I'm not sure I can live with the tire noise on this vehicle. Do all full size 4 door Broncos make this much tire noise?

TIA

I’ve got a 2025 badlands and I hardly notice it at all on the highway

 

[KreeHBronco]

My 2026 4-dr Badlands hardtop 2.3L manual has the 33" Goodyear Goodyear RTs. I noticed that they seemed to be louder (maybe more noticeable as a whine) at 40-50mph than at lower or higher speeds. At higher, freeway speeds (70-80mph), maybe the wind noise hides it or this speed is out outside of the tire/treadpattern's resonance rotational speed. I thought about change tires, but then I got cheap and decided it's really not that bad.

 

[Desmolicious]

.. have a 2 door with a hard top on the rear and a beststop half convertible on the front, lifted, with 37 inch nitro terra grapplers (mud tires) and while I hear the road noise, I can still talk on the phone just fine or have a conversation with passengers at highway speeds. I think you just expect too much.

I put a Besttop Sunrider half top on my Wrangler. Great around town but absolutely miserable at highway speeds. Was ridiculously loud - and I had the premium material version.
I know the Bronco is a different ride, but that experienced scared me away from doing that again.

 

[NotElwaysBronco]

I drove home 6 hours after picking up my Badlands non SAS. And noise wasn't a problem. If you want a quiet offroader, get a Lexus 550.

 

[crzyhawk]

I don't hear tire noise on my Big Bend with the stock duelers. I grew up with tire noise though, so maybe I just tune it out. It's just a truck sound to me.

 

[23OBX2.7]

Theres always Cullinen at 10X the priceand get memory seats plus fart evac

 

[BroncMan]

I bought a Bronco because I like it better than a Jeep. People ask me all the time, “How do you like the Bronco?” I love it. It brings me right back to my youth.

But I always tell them: if you’re not a Jeep person or someone who loves 4x4s and off-road vehicles, don’t buy a Bronco just because you like the way it looks. It’s a different kind of vehicle, and if that lifestyle isn’t your thing, it’s probably not for you.

 

[battering ram]

Off road tires are Noisy

might want to look at a crv or outback for car tires and a quiet ride.

 

[TPadden72]

But I always tell them: if you’re not a Jeep person or someone who loves 4x4s and off-road vehicles, don’t buy a Bronco just because you like the way it looks. It’s a different kind of vehicle, and if that lifestyle isn’t your thing, it’s probably not for you.

Probably, but not necessarily true. Many, like me, just want a vehicle that goes where I want, does what I want like a truck, but I don't want or need a bed, or a panel van. I love camping but know I will never go rock crawling.

My 2 door Base is the perfect vehicle for me, with 16 inch road tires it is quiet, rides comfortably on and off road, and for 17,000 miles has averaged 24-26 mpg.

Tom

 

[5GENIDN]

I guess everything is relative.... I have the MOD top and a really really think mine is rather quiet for what it is....

Turn up your volume and tell me if this is obnoxiously loud.... I am curious what other think.

and yes I spelled acceleration with an "e" This is with some rather aggressive MTs. - I was testing out my new exhaust.

 

[Nanook]

You heard tire noise over the wind noise?
Sorry to say, but that’s the quietest Badlands you’re going to find.

 

[5GENIDN]

You heard tire noise over the wind noise?
Sorry to say, but that’s the quietest Badlands you’re going to find.

You talking to me or the OP?

 

[HalfmuleFarmer]

You talking to me or the OP?

OP is long gone — after several people told him to buy a Toyota.

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