1996 Ford Bronco — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 108 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Speed control & accelerator22 (20.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995–1996.
• Brakes18 (16.7%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2021–2025.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)11 (10.2%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 2021–2026.
• Electrical system10 (9.3%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)8 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2021–2025.
• Tires & wheels6 (5.6%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2023.

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (1.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (2,238 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), engine and brakes.
• Safety recalls (159 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, suspension and engine.
• Transport Canada recalls (137 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), engine and body & structure.
• Manufacturer communications (1,830 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 27reports included a mileage
• 128,598average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 199 records for 1995 199
2. 1996 174 records for 1996 174
3. 2021 587 records for 2021 587
4. 2022 686 records for 2022 686
5. 2023 459 records for 2023 459
6. 2024 231 records for 2024 231
7. 2025 177 records for 2025 177
8. 2026 48 records for 2026 48

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 6mention a crash
• 23mention a fire
• 6mention an injury
• 2mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 89
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 81

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