MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Bronco

1,155 complaints across 1 scored model years and 47 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Bronco Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Engine 68
Driver Assist 26
Electrical 20
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× 234 C
2022 P
1.89× 486 F
2023 P
0.94× 258 C
2024 P
0.45× 106 B
2025 P
0.33× 71 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 MPG18.5
City / Highway17.5 / 19.5
Engine2.5L, 5 cyl
DrivePart-time 4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,325

Recalls

47 campaigns on record, 3 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 1,076,138
25V455000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2021–2023 850,318
26V124000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2025 849,310
26V468000 ENGINE 2021–2025 565,691
25V488000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2025 312,120
25V788000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2025 229,609
26V268000 SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS 2024, 2025 179,698
23V598000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2021 177,402

+ 39 further campaigns

Others in Midsize 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
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

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
Complaints in window
234
Severity-weighted
350
Model median (weighted)
350
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
20
Open investigations
0
Score 60 C