Bronco isn’t a fleet vehicle. It isn’t for utilitarian needs, despite what the 1st gen ones may have been.
It is a status symbol “cool” vehicle for mall crawling and tossing some beach gear in the back. And that will sell a lot of vehicles if marketed correctly.
If you want a real truck for...
Devil’s advocate: isn’t this true of any pickup truck? Why do trucks sell so well?
Let’s be honest, a small percent of buyers will be camping with these trucks. Instead they want something that looks cool and can drive over the curb at Starbucks. I joke, but that’s really the truth.
Dealer couldn’t find any issue so that didn’t help. I wound up taking it off road and giving it a good workout using 4L and that seemed to cure the issue. It stopped happening shortly after that. I’ve put on ~20k since then and no problems. In hindsight it seems the issue was inside the transfer...