2023 FORD BRONCO SPORT — Complaint #2121473
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN filed August 18, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2121473 (ODI reference 11681265) concerns a 2023 FORD BRONCO SPORT and was filed on August 18, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 18, 2025. The vehicle had 62,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:horn, 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 electrical system:horn 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 stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the TPMS warning light illuminated. The contact stated that after driving for a while, the TPMS warning light turned off independently. Additionally, while the vehicle was parked and running, the horn started honking unintendedly and failed to turn off. The vehicle was driven for a while, and the horn became disabled and was inoperable. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic; however, it was not officially diagnosed. The dealer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by the independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The contact was informed that there were no active recalls on the VIN for the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2121473 |
| ODI Number | 11681265 |
| Date Filed | August 18, 2025 |
| Failure Date | May 18, 2025 |
| VIN | 3FMCR9B62PR |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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