Manny tranny owners, would you do it again?

[351W-Bronco]

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[AZ_Liberty]

No Manual, no Bronco.

If I couldn't get a manual, I would have bought something else.

 

[RoLyMa27]

It was a joke. Like I thought your use of that cringey phrase was. Sorry if you were serious and thought I was too.

In my 43 years of driving I have never heard a MT referred to that way. Yes, cringey fits!

 

[Blackcat]

Wait, they make Bronco's with A/T? That's not fun!

 

[RoLyMa27]

23k on my 2dr 7MT Badlands. Love it. Zero problems so far.

 

[ex_nyer]

wouldn't of bought a Bronco, heck I would of probably bought a sport before full body due to cost, if it came with a manual, but knowing what I know now I love the full Bronco

Love that Shifter ball, did you install yourself, was it difficult?

 

[jsoa]

Love that Shifter ball, did you install yourself, was it difficult?

yup, real easy https://www.twistedshifterz.com/col...speed-shifter-custom-shift-knobs-and-adapters

 

[FloridaBurgBronco]

I have a 2022 base 4-cyl with the manny tranny. Other than the occasional grinding on cold mornings and notchy shifting, I'm still glad I got it. I'm wondering what other owners think (besides those who have had the grinding issues that are well documented)?

It's great, it's the thing I will miss the most when I sell it and get a 4Runner, which doesn't come with one. But I had the grinding issue as well, got it taken care of, but was out for 3+ weeks and then had several other issue with it, Ford just doesn't really care about quality, especially since the Pandemic, which is a shame, because the Bronco was engineered pretty nicely, the execution sucks though. Just my $.02

 

[86Isuzu]

Love my stick. Its the reason I bought it over a Maverick.
Glad I waited for a Manual Sasquatch.

 

[MaxBadland]

Yes, but during the first month of owning it I would have said no. I had the grinding noise, which drove me crazy. I also thought it was a little underpowered until I added sport mode. I now have a new transmission with no noise and I installed a pedal commander and it's fantastic! Slightly off topic, but I was bummed about the lack of a manual hand brake (e-brake)...those are fun too

 

[Ozark]

I would say make sure you get 4A to wring all the potential fun out of it on the street.

My Bronco was a ‘22 4 door Black Diamond non-Sas with the 4A and 2.7. I was going for the awd turbo spec as well haha. I really wish the 4A was still available without the Sas package. I supposed it is as long as you get the Badlands trim. But hopefully Ford brings back the 4A a la carte option in the future for the other trims as I don’t really need the sway disconnect. One reason I let the Bronco go was because my 10 speed auto trans didn’t like being hustled on a back road even at a 7/10ths pace (to be clear I never turned on 4A when doing this, I actually only used it once on snowy roads but I liked having the option available if needed). Oh how I wish I would’ve opted for the manual. I miss my Bronco.

 

[thesocalexplorer]

21k miles in, almost exclusively in sport mode. It's an absolute hoot. Has its quirks, but all great things do. Would definitely do it again.

 

[ASUBronco]

Love my 23 badlands manual, currently have 13K miles. I did have the grind noise, dealership replaced the transmission at about 7K, no cost to me. Luckily no grind thus far (since sept 23').

 

[Lil Red Broncette]

@Lil Red Broncette What you describe is real. It is intentional part of programming, entirely because of emissions. I can refer you to YouTube videos explaining the engineering reasons if you like.
I noticed it on my test drive, and it bothered me so much that it nudged me to the automatic.

Yep quite aware of the emission factor as well, while you say strictly emissions there are some benefits. I just decided to stay away from the emissions in my description since mashing the pedal under load is not good fo performance as well as emissions. I really do need to get one of those modules that lets one tailor the algorithm to one's liking. I hope that makes it nicer.

 

[FJCruiser]

Agreed - no MT no Bronco 6g. My '24 BD 2 Dr 2.3 MT is almost exactly what I wanted; I missed getting a Base. MT functions flawlessly. Reminds me of my 68 VW in a lot of ways.
The '66 Bronco I had the pleasure of driving on private land years ago was my yardstick. As were the WW2 Jeeps we staff guys used at Scout camp in early 70s.

I went to Scout Camp then. Adirondacks. Too far back to remember Jeeps but do remember metal coffee cans filled with peanut butter

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