FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Bronco Sport

Owners have filed 1,977 complaints about the Ford Bronco Sport with NHTSA across model years 2021 to 2026. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2021 Ford Bronco Sport

1,031 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2024 Ford Bronco Sport

160 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Bronco Sport year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 5 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2025 C 44 6 0 11,000 Engine & Cooling
2024 C 160 7 10 15,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2023 C 221 13 9 25,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2022 D 516 25 20 32,000 Engine & Cooling
2021 D 1,031 33 34 40,500 Electrical System

What breaks on a Ford Bronco Sport

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 351 17.8%

Worst in 2021

Engine & Cooling 318 16.1%

Worst in 2021

Fuel & Propulsion 291 14.7%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2021

Brakes 197 10.0%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2022

Worst in 2021

Suspension 35 1.8%

Worst in 2021

Steering 33 1.7%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2021

Airbags 24 1.2%

Worst in 2022

Body & Structure 23 1.2%

Worst in 2021

Seat Belts 19 1.0%

Worst in 2022

Exactly what failed on a Ford Bronco Sport

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 20 19.0%
Body 14 13.3%
Warnings 13 12.4%
Adaptive Cruise Control 12 11.4%
Windshield 10 9.5%
12V/24V/48V Battery 9 8.6%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 8 7.6%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 8 7.6%
Assist 6 5.7%
Rearview System Braking 5 4.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Bronco Sport, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2021 peak 91 Aug 2026

Ford Bronco Sport problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Bronco Sport

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.