2021 FORD BRONCO SPORT — Complaint #1882339
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE filed March 23, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1882339 (ODI reference 11513390) concerns a 2021 FORD BRONCO SPORT and was filed on March 23, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 20, 2023. The vehicle had 85,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD BRONCO SPORT cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 FORD BRONCO SPORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph and making a left turn, there was an abnormal rattling noise. There were no warning indicator lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed the oil was not changed, and that the flex plate behind the engine had locked up. The flex flywheel broke and shattered. The pin broke and locked up the engine. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted but no additional assistance was provided. The approximate failure was 85,000. The VIN was not available.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1882339 |
| ODI Number | 11513390 |
| Date Filed | March 23, 2023 |
| Failure Date | January 20, 2023 |
| VIN | 3FMCR9B62MR |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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