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What 143 owners told NHTSA about the 2023 Ford Bronco Sport Later Release

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (143)Crash / fire / injury (14)Fuel system (52)Electrical system (37)Engine (32)Transmission & drivetrain (18)Brakes (10)Visibility & wipers (9)Backup camera & sensors (5)Equipment (5)Airbags (3)Driver assistance (3)

1 of 143 complaints match · Visibility & wipers · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Apr 9, 2025Visibility & wipersCrash

The bronco sport badlands has a purely cosmetic strip on the dash that is a reflective bright orange. Its like a thin ribbon that travels around the drivers area, when the sun is raising or setting that strip reflects back onto the inside of the windshield blocking vision. It changes depth perception massively and creates a line straight across the drivers field of vision. When the sun is up and clear it just normal reflects and can be blocked with sun glasses or such but the reflection periods absolutely can not. I am not alone in this, reddit, ford forums etc have multiple mentions of this. I have already been hit twice (both accidents other driver at fault) but I believe I could have avoided them with clear field of visions.

NHTSA ODI 11653594

Working with the data? Download all 143 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2023 Ford Bronco Sport Later Release verdict →