VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH FRONTAL IMPACT AT 60 MPH , NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN CHEST AND HEAD INJURY. MJS
1996 Ford Bronco complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
WHILE DRIVING THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL LUG NUT SHEARED OFF, ALMOST CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
FRONT BUCKET SEAT FRAME FRACTURED NEXT TO RECLINER ATTACHING BOLT, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPE BACKWARDS SUDDENY.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON WET PAVEMENT AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE. *AK
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE, PUT GEAR INTO DRIVE AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES HARDER, BREAKING THE BRAKE LINE. DRIVER UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE, RESULTED IN CRASH. *AK
REAR GLASS SHATTERED DURING USE OF DEFROSTER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. HAD TIRES BALANCED AND REPLACED ALL SHOCK ABSORBERS.
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN RAINING WEATHER, REAR DEFOGGER ON, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED AND GLASS FELL INTO INSIDE OF VEHICLE. SIMILAR INCIDENTS OCCURRED 11/97 AND 04/98, DEALER NOTIFIED, VEHICLE HAS NO WARRANTY. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IMPLODED INTO VEHICLE, GLASS PROPELLED THROUGHOUT PASSENGER AREA. *AK
COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE. TOOK TO DEALER & TOLD ROTORS OUT OF ROUND. HAD THEM RESURFACED. PROBLEM REAPPEARED. TOOK BACK TO DEALER & WAS TOLD PADS WERE WORN. BRAKES REPLACED ONCE MORE. HAPPENED 5 OTHER TIMES. WAS TOLD ALL & ALL IT WAS NORMAL WEAR. *AK
REAR SLIDING WINDOW IMPLODES INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
ABS FAILURE. AT TIME VEHICLE HAS NO BRAKES OTHER TIMES ABS WILL LOCK UP.
REAR WINDOW EXPLODED TWICE.
TRANSMISSION E40D MODEL WITH OVERDRIVE FAILED. ONGOING PROBLEM. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD E40 TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *AK
BRAKE BEARINGS CORRODED. TRANSMISSION SLIPS UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION AND SOMETIMES SURGES AT STOP LIGHTS.
BRAKE PADS AND LINING WORN.
BRAKES FAILED.
STEERING TIE ROD FAILED.
LEFT TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, TURNED ON DEFROSTER, HEARD NOISE, REAR TAILGATE GLASS WINDOW SHATTERED INTO REAR OF VEHICLE; THREE OCCURRENCES; ACCORDING TO DEALER, COULD BE A REACTION TO GASKETS OR SEALING AROUND WINDOW, REPLACED GLASS. *AK
WHIILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TURNED ON THE DEFROSTER AND THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *AK
REAR WINDOW EXPLODED 4 TIMES DUE TO USE WITH REAR DEFROSTER CIRCUITRY. *AK
WHILE PARKED, WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER ON, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH SURFACE, BRAKES HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
AIR BAG: DRIVING HOME APPROXIMATELY 45MPH HAD AN ACCIDENT, RAN INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT OR WHY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *DH
BRAKES PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN STOPPING. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, TRUCK PULLS TO THE SIDE. *AK THE VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENTLY PULLED LEFT AND RIGHT DURING BRAKING SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE.*JB
REAT WHEELS LOCK UP UNDER HARD BRAKING. *AK
REAR WINDOW EXPLODED UNDER ORDINARY DRIVING CONDITIONS; NO APPARENT REASON; TOLD BY DEALER, DEFECTIVE GLASS; SPEED 55 MPH. TT
BRAKES FAIL TO RESPOND TO PEDAL APPLICATION, ALLOWING TRUCK TO ROLL. BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY AREN'T RESPONDING. *AK
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