I have no idea. I do know that I enjoy buying gizmos and gadgets for my BS and this was just another excuse.
Check ebay.
That connector looks a heck of a lot stronger than what's on the Sport.Here are pictures of my 2006 Escape and 2022 Bronco. The design is basically identical. These are standard Faston style connectors that have been used for years. Like I said before, my Escape has endured plenty over the past 17 years and these has been the least of my worries.
There are plenty of cases of people putting decals and do-dads land such on their Bronco’s. There’s no reason anyone has to justify their decisions to people.
My main concern and why I appreciate this forum is for learning of issues that help this community. But as an old fart with a few million miles under my butt and many with hatchback and SUV vehicles, this I don’t think is really a failure waiting to happen.
They are both basically identical. 3m’s Faston’s or some equivalent. The Escape’s solder job is definitely nicer but that was before the lead free solders. Certainly if someone catches it with taking cargo out it could be damaged. My point I was trying to make was this is the same design used for as long as I can remember and I’ve never had one fail. I’d be more concerned with catching the cable than necessarily hitting the connector but then I golf like crap so hitting things precisely isn’t my strong suit.
I can't look at the connector on my sport now with the covers on, but your 2nd photo of the Escape connector shows a "gusset" and it looks somewhat thicker metal compared to the sport. No coil of wire to cause issues on the escape either.
