2023 FORD BRONCO — Complaint #1883326
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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR filed March 27, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1883326 (ODI reference 11514056) concerns a 2023 FORD BRONCO and was filed on March 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 24, 2023. The vehicle had 200 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor, 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 cohort independently describe similar visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor 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 2023 FORD BRONCO shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Ford Bronco. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the windshield wipers stopped functioning. The contact disengaged and reengaged the windshield wipers; however, the failure persisted. An unknown dealer was contacted and informed the contact that they were unsure of the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 200. The contact stated the vehicle is equipped with protection features to prevent damage to the wiper motor. The contact was not in control of the wiper motor as the sensors and computer were in control.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1883326 |
| ODI Number | 11514056 |
| Date Filed | March 27, 2023 |
| Failure Date | March 24, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FMDE5AP6PL |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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