MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Bronco Sport

1,720 complaints across 1 scored model years and 29 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Bronco Sport Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 178
Engine 121
Brakes 119
Weakest

2021

Best

2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2021
1.00× 802 C
2022 P
0.61× 504 C
2023 P
0.27× 216 B
2024 P
0.18× 154 B
2025 P
0.06× 44 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25
City / Highway23 / 28.5
Engine1.75L, 3.5 cyl
DrivePart-time 4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,475

Recalls

29 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V467000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM 2021–2024 694,271
22V859000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM 2021–2023 521,746
24V267000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM 2021–2024 456,565
22V191000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION 2021, 2022 345,451
25V019000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY 2021–2023 272,817
25V788000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2025 229,609
25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 200,237
21V922000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2021, 2022 114,666

+ 21 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Bronco Sport
Complaints in window
802
Severity-weighted
1,233
Model median (weighted)
1,233
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
18
Open investigations
0
Score 60 C