Total Complaints
5 filings
FORD BRONCO · model year
5 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1999FORDBRONCO carries 5 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1999 BRONCO is electrical system:wiring with 1 filings, followed by power train:automatic transmission (1) and equipment:appliance:air conditioner (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 4 investigation files overlapping the 1999 BRONCO. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page, a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
5 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | 1 |
THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE IS OFF, THE AIR CONTINUING CONTROLS ITSELF, THE CD CHANGER IS DEFECTIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. *NM
Mileage: 105,000
THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE IS OFF, THE AIR CONTINUING CONTROLS ITSELF, THE CD CHANGER IS DEFECTIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. *NM
Mileage: 105,000
THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE IS OFF, THE AIR CONTINUING CONTROLS ITSELF, THE CD CHANGER IS DEFECTIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. *NM
Mileage: 105,000
THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE IS OFF, THE AIR CONTINUING CONTROLS ITSELF, THE CD CHANGER IS DEFECTIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. *NM
Mileage: 105,000
CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE FOR ONLY A FEW MINUTES, WHEN THE NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO INFORM THEM THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK
Mileage: 80,000
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.