2022 Ford Bronco Sport Collision Avoidance Problems

Which parts fail

• Warnings
  8
• Adaptive cruise control
  7
• Automatic emergency braking
  4
• Assist
  3
• Blind spot detection
  3
• Warning
  2

Components named in complaints (automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise, lane keeping, backup camera).

Mileage when the problem started

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2022 Ford Bronco Sport owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

At approximately 7:00 p.m., it was already dark, and I relied on my vehicle's rear parking-aid sensor to assist me while backing out of my driveway. However, the rear collision/parking-aid sensor did not activate and provided no audible or visual warnings. Because the sensor failed to operate, I continued reversing and unintentionally collided with a vehicle parked across the street. The malfunctioning sensor is still installed on the vehicle and is available for inspection upon request. The absence of any warning put my safety and the safety of others at risk, as I had no indication that another vehicle was behind me. There were no warning lamps, messages, or symptoms before the incident, and the failure was first noticed when the expected alert did not occur. After the accident, I contacted a Ford dealership and confirmed that the sensor had not activated at the time of the incident. …

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Bronco Sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V467000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). The contact stated that while driving around the neighborhood at slow speeds, the "Forward Collision Warning" system failed to function as intended. The contact stated that the alarm sounded while there were vehicles parked on the street. Occasionally, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The contact stated that on a separate occasion, while driving on the freeway at an undisclosed speed, the "Forward Collision Warning" alarm sounded, even though no vehicles were nearby. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

We have a video of the incident from our ring camera: [redacted] My daughter pulled our 2022 Bronco Sport out of our driveway onto [redacted] and then made a right turn onto [redacted] After completing the turn, my daughter said the car pulled to the right like the lane assist kicked in and locked and would not allow her to turn the wheel. My daughter does not remember if any warning lights or messages lit up on her dashboard because the whole thing happened within a few seconds. She crashed into our next door neighbors concrete and cinderblock mailbox at low speed and then the Bronco immediately flipped over. The vehicle is at a local tow yard and available for inspection.

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Bronco Sport. The contact stated that the pre-collision assist, cruise control, active lane change assist, and the ABS warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the vehicle experienced a loss of power of steering assist. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where unknown software were reprogrammed twice; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000.

The rear warning system stops working intermittently especially when the rear hatch thinks it's open. So I ended up backing into another vehicle because I have neck issues and depend on the safety systems of my car.

We have, since buying the vehicle new in 2022, experienced sporadic severe lane keeping assist OVER Correction or dangerously aggressive correction both when there is not an actual lane crossing and no correction is needed and when slightly drifting over lines on the outer right side of roadways. The severe jerking /over correction has caused the vehicle to go OFF of the shoulder of the road in many incidents OR to go into oncoming traffic lane. When we had the recall performed that was meant to reprogram the pcm we were told that "hopefully your issues with that will be resolved" . They were not and have continued for as long as we've had the vehicle. This phenomenon is not able to be reproduced under any specific circumstances nor does an error display when this happens, therefore cannot get diagnosed by dealer service Dept. …

In 2022 I bought my bronco and took it in for the transmission going into the wrong gear and coming out of park. They said yes that's happening and did something with the programming. It continued to run funny and have occasional issues with shifting which I assumed was in my head. Yesterday however I found out it wasn't. I turned my bronco on and put it in reverse but it just started reviving and didn't move so I tried drive same thing so I turned it off then back on all of a sudden it made a bang and lunged into reverse in front of a car and I almost got hit. I also when to pull out a few weeks prior and my car didn't go and I almost got hit. Today my bronco stalled on the highway I was able to coast off the road but it then sounded like a chainsaw and wouldn't go into any gear so I had it towed. …

I was trying to park my vehicle and it started blinking and saying park is not available, vehicle is not in park. Place the park brake before exiting the vehicle. I was on a downward slope, so I found an area where it was flat and tried to restart my vehicle, but it was doing the same thing. I had to go to work, so I parked my car and placed the brake on. Later I went out on lunch and the car wouldn't start. I had to call a tow truck because Ford refused to come tow my 2022 Ford Bronco Sport or give me a loaner. The next day after Ford replaced my battery, they told me my car now had transmission issues that were not there before I had a dead battery. I know there is a recall on the 12v battery, but a remedy has not yet been issued and many customers are suffering. I asked about the recall or my warranty and I was basically laughed at because I have too many miles on my car. …

While driving my 2022 Ford Bronco Sport several alerts flashed in the dash area including lane assist, front end collision and even just a wrench in a box. All audio was lost. Then the entire dash went dark. All information in the instrument panel disappeared. The tachometer and speedometer both dropped to 0. I had no turn signals and could not determine which gear the vehicle was in. The engine continued to run and I could accelerate and slow down. Eventually everything came back on. This has happened several times and the Ford dealership has had the vehicle 3 times and have not been able to recreate the problem or resolve the issue. Most recently I started the vehicle and the instrument panel immediately went dark. I drove the car for approximately 10 minutes without knowing how fast I was going, what gear I was in, or if I even had working brake lights. …

The electrical components in my dashboard and computer system are shutting off while I am driving. "Charging System Service Soon" alert pops up but I have had my battery checked multiple times. The glitches are inconsistent and can happen 1-20 times during a 30 minute drive. When it glitches, I can not see my speedometer or anything else on my dash. It occasionally turns off my slippery mode, it almost stalled once and occasionally my steering wheel locks up. I reached out to 10-15 dealerships near the Detroit Metro areas and none of them have rental cars to provide me to assist with diagnosis. They all tell me if it's part of the 12V battery degradation recall they can't do anything until the remedy comes out. But that is reported as Q2 at the earliest. This is my only mode of transportation and it is a huge safety risk.

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