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Ford Bronco Sport

Every Ford Bronco Sport model year on file, 2021 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,37098 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62021 to 2026
Recall campaigns32Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins633Summed across model years
By model year

The 2021 model year drew the most complaints, 699, 51% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0200400600800202169920222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Ford Bronco Sport complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
355
Engine and cooling
340
Fuel system
305
Powertrain
298
Brakes
197
Driver assistance
54
Visibility and wipers
52
Suspension
41
Steering
36
Speed control
29
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Ford Bronco Sport model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford Bronco Sport by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026SUV70.01176023
2025SUV3815.82927070
2024SUV10911.95458188
2023SUV1589.5790143113
2022SUV3598.11,561153151
2021SUV6995.02,330162188
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford Bronco Sport

  • 26V-550 Aug 25, 2026
    Certain vehicle joints may be improperly tightened
    Structure · 23 vehicles
  • 26V-548 Aug 25, 2026
    Engine piston domes may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in piston dome failure and lead to a loss of drive power
    Engine and cooling · 10k vehicles
  • 26V-340 May 27, 2026
    Front lower control arm ball joints may have been incorrectly installed or incorrectly repaired at the vehicle assembly plant, allowing the…
    Suspension · 4,653 vehicles
  • 26V-239 Apr 14, 2026
    Engine block heater may overheat when the vehicle is parked with the block heater plugged in
    Electrical system · 55 vehicles
  • 26V-201 Mar 31, 2026
    Occupant Classification Sensor (OCS) unit may fail to correctly detect the presence of an adult or child in the front passenger seat
    Airbags · 3,170 vehicles
  • 26V-122 Mar 3, 2026
    Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve may fail, resulting in an unexpected loss of drive power
    Engine and cooling · 48k vehicles
  • 25V-788 Nov 14, 2025
    Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) may fail at startup
    Electrical system · 230k vehicles
  • 25V-685 Oct 10, 2025
    Engine block heater may crack and develop a coolant leak, causing it to short circuit when the block heater is plugged in
    Equipment · 59k vehicles
  • 25V-467 Jul 11, 2025
    Fuel injector may crack and leak fuel inside the engine compartment
    Fuel system · 694k vehicles
  • 25V-442 Jun 27, 2025
    Software error may cause the rearview camera to display a blank image, or the image may remain on the display after the backing event has ended
    Back-over prevention · 200k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.