Whew! If it was a 2-dr, then it would be worth saving at all costs. No one is going to miss Yet Another Moar Door being sent to the crusher.
You'd be amazed the good money thrown after bad money. I remember one time there was an Expedition that needed a cat converter, truck was at 79,XXX miles (8/80 on converters). Converter was on backorder, $~1200 part at the time but aftermarket was available. Ford would not put the aftermarket on, I had the customer in a rental for 6 months. Customer was happy, they were driving a new car and not putting miles on theirs. Part came in, put it on, rental bill was almost $7K, that was back in 2009ish dollars. Crazy or stupid? Both. It still happens today only more frequent post covid with all the junk that came out of the factories (and still is).
I totally agree and your dealer/Fords response makes no sense. Let me be clear, I in no way think any part of this situation is ok.
I agree to a point. I think it's more consumers that are just ignorant and don't know any better. I have owned many Fords over the years and have never had a problem that didn't get resolved to my satisfaction. My current dealer (small town) has been awesome, except for them not knowing very much about the Bronco in the beginning. Just last week I took it in to get the defroster wire soldered back on. They didn't charge me a penny. So, based on my experience with Ford as a whole, although not blindly, I will defend them and my dealer.
No it's not reasonable. You got lucky (and/or rarely used it) and everyone who has every had a cell phone or computer or child's toy or fill_in_the_blank (which is everyone reading this forum) knows that cheap cheap cheap usb only lasts a short time before it craps out, and it is what it is and we put up with it because we all want cheap cheap cheap throw away goods from China.
but I would say you should not get another Bronco because it is not the product for you 
Tech has plenty of issues from cheap china goods you are correct, but I can’t think of a single other USB port on any other device I have had going bad. It is almost always battery or slower performance issues with tech.. not broken USB. And if that is the case that all tech is just bound to fail, it sounds pretty logical that I would want to have the USB connected to the entertainment working so I have it as a backup if the Bluetooth starts to failNo it's not reasonable. You got lucky (and/or rarely used it) and everyone who has every had a cell phone or computer or child's toy or fill_in_the_blank (which is everyone reading this forum) knows that cheap cheap cheap usb only lasts a short time before it craps out, and it is what it is and we put up with it because we all want cheap cheap cheap throw away goods from China.
Right, this is par for the course. As @HOSSMAN examples clearly illustrate, the $incentives$ between the consumer and the dealer, and the dealer and Ford, are really messed up, and this is understood by anyone paying attention to the car industry. Your average dealer, average service manager, average service tech has no idea how to even begin troubleshooting a usb connection, and the dysfunctional incentives between consumer/dealer/Ford are not close to getting them there or "reforming the system" anytime soon.
You know what to do as your diagnosis is probably correct: pull the dash and rewire a 2 cent female usb port into it (say, six inches from the existing port), or pay your local mechanic (or even batter, local computer repair tech) a very modest sum to do it for you.
You also have already admitted all this really ain't about the usb port. Rather the usb is just the proverbial straw - you have lost confidence in your Bronco and are making a "principled stand" to force Ford/dealer to work with you on a trade-in.
Ok, well good luck to you. I won't be joining you at the 'O.K. Corral'
You keep saying something to this effect despite the absurdity of it and seemingly wanting to make it personal.
I did see that Farley brought in new executive leadership for Quality about a month ago despite already calling out quality as a major problem about a year ago.
I dont know what kind of trash can cars you’ve owned but I’ve never had a usb port die in any of my cars.
I would guess…….. Fords.
I really don’t understand this logic! We had this issue with our Mach E. Took it in for an hour they diagnosed the issue. Ordered the parts ( the Dealer did say there could be a wait) 3 weeks later it was in I took the car in and it was done in a day. Everyone is different but to pay for a rental for months on a drivable issue sounds a bit off. Did you really like you rental.
I already tried that multiple times, this is past that point. Two different dealers ordered parts and the parts didn’t fix it. And then after months without any updates is when I started pursuing the buyback, and at that time I was required to leave my car at the dealership so I needed the rental which is covered by warranty. I didn’t have the option to just keep driving my car while they were reviewing the buyback request.
