2023 FORD BRONCO SPORT — Complaint #1964575
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:TV/RADIO/SPEAKERS filed February 5, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1964575 (ODI reference 11569967) concerns a 2023 FORD BRONCO SPORT and was filed on February 5, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 29, 2024. The vehicle had 6,030 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:appliance:tv/radio/speakers, 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 equipment:appliance:tv/radio/speakers 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 SPORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Ford Bronco Sport. The contact was informed by his wife that when the start button was depressed, there was a loud boom coming from the vehicle. There was an odor of smoke coming into the cabin of the vehicle, but there was no smoke present. There was also a sizzling sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case regarding the failure. The contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 6,030.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1964575 |
| ODI Number | 11569967 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2024 |
| Failure Date | January 29, 2024 |
| VIN | 3FMCR9C60PR |
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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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