Offroad tires plus dumb levels of torque equals loss of grip in the rain, even with traction control on.
Happens to me all the time, I do it on purpose, lol.
Mostly rural rural country and suburb roads with lots of hills and some freeway travel at 65 mph or so.
I consistently get 18 to 19 mpg
2.7 2door badlands non-sasquatch.
Thanks to everyone who suggested to check on the wheel. It had some gnarly damage. I uploaded the pics on the opening post.
Dealer will be ordering a new one and replacing it.
Man that sucks! Glad you survived.
The dealer is right by the freeway. I was three turns away from it. I'm so fortunate to have caught it before I took off!
I had some fordpass points left over and took my Bronco in for its third oil change. Previous two were at the same dealer using the same fordpass points. I was getting a simple oil change + tire rotation. Should have been fine, right?
Wrong.
The tech at the dealer forgot to tighten the lug...
1. Mud flaps, pretty much use them all the time
2. Touch screen protector, use it on every drive
3. Bck seat cover protectors, use it whenever I put things in the back.
When mine got rained on, (for over 24 hours of Washington drizzle with windows down) it did get under the rubberized flooring, which is why I took mine apart and lifted the flooring to get the water out from underneath.
I second lifting the cover of the jack area. Even though i took my whole bronco apart to dry out (see pic above) the gloves in that area still got moldy from the moisture.
So definitely take it off and keep it off for a while.