Geez this guy is a pile of negative...

[Bronco Blue]

So sorry to hear about you not being happy with the Bronco Sport. I think among most vehicles across the board there are certainly going to be some that just don't measure up - maybe due to
Push to get production through with some badly manufactured parts, human error and end up on some of the models. With the plethora of sensors and connections there are surely going to be some vehicles within their model line and trim levels that will suffer.

We have 2 of these and so far very good luck.
I think at the end of the day the thing that concerns me most is the lack of mechanics that are going to be able to diagnose and fix issues as they arise and having the parts available when needed.

We've owned many brands over the years and really keep up on maintenance - but believe me all cars have issues. Just hope when ours arise on our Bronco Sports we will have good luck with the repairs we can't do ourselves.

I apologize in advance for the long rant since I’m running on zero hours of sleep and I’m a little crabby.

Thank you for apologizing but I don’t blame anyone but Ford, and that’s Ford Motor Company themselves, not my dealership/service department. My dealership didn’t build my car. They didn’t pay for the parts that were used to build it, they’re just there to help try to remedy a problem for me that I have and I greatly appreciate that from them and if they didn’t sell just new Fords, I’d buy something different from them because they’re a really great dealership and helped me out a lot. I also don’t blame the factory either because as I said, they weren’t the ones buying the parts to build it.

I also partially blame the pandemic since it completely messed up a lot of car production with part shortages and auto makers cutting corners just to get the product out the door so they weren’t delaying and losing money which I somewhat understand, but still there should be some quality control going on, and if there is a problem, they should relay it to their service departments on how to remedy it, and there seems to be none of that atm sadly and it makes the dealerships look bad which isn’t fair to them.

I know there’s some dealerships out there that are bad so I’m not excusing them, but there are others like mine that are trying, but nothing seems to work so their hands are tied until Ford themselves admits “hey, we got an issue, here’s a solution” instead of trying to sweep it under the rug by saying it’s either just normal and it’s working as intended or we did all that we can do when in reality, Ford Motor Company knows they can look into it more. They have the resources and obviously the money. I mean their customers are finding the remedies that fixes some of the problems and it shouldn’t have to be the customer’s job to fix something a company should be looking into and doing something about. That’s what factory warranties are for.

Idk, I’m not trying to go on and on about it because it doesn’t do any good and it just gets people upset. All I can do is just say I’m not happy and leave it at that. I know there are users who go and make entire threads on here where they list every single issue they have, but I don’t plan on doing that. If someone posts about having the same issue I have, then I’ll talk about it, but until then, my mouth is staying shut.

I will say Ford can message me personally since I know they lurk on here and I’ll gladly tell them everything that’s wrong because I have a list, but I’m not gonna drag everyone else down with my problems that are just trying to enjoy their cars.

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[Bronco Blue]

Don't even listen to this guy. He's just wrong, just by the things he said you can tell he's an idiot who's probably just googling a few things on Google and making a video to make some easy money. He has no idea he compared a Toyota Tacoma to a bronco sport. Those are nowhere near in the same class. Also, he's calling it a minivan. What planet is he living on that this would ever be considered a minivan and he's not bringing up the differences in engines. Yes, the 1.5 has had some engine issues but the 2.0 is proven and doesn't and the broncos sport, depending on which trim you get and its options, they both start about the same price and the bronco sport can go a little higher just because it has a few extra options that cost more than some of the options on the escape. But the escape ends at 41kish and the broncos sport ends at 46kish and that's for a heritage limited which has every option imaginable. If you just do a fully loaded badlands, I think it ends at like 43kish.

So I would say, and keep in mind this is the only video I've ever seen on this guy, disregard this guy and listen to someone like TFL who actually knows what they're talking about and drives cars before they review them and is much more enjoyable to watch.

I like TFL. I also like watching KBB and that guy from KBB also does his own separate reviews with his wife and kid and they’re a joy to watch.

 

[CrashBend]

Yes and even about the Bronco Sport
Let's face it - I've never owned a car that didn't have some issues. But you have to drive it and no one wants
to drive and pay for something they don't like.
Having said that I think there is some generalization here
but he does hit some concerns about each vehicle.
He doesn't like he Bronco Sport much either. He may not have even driven one or had a chance to go off road.
But I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion even if it is only going by statistics or harping on the negative feedback of some owners.
For me, I love both our Bronco Sports and the wife has been really happy with hers.

Seems like he is trying to drive more views and comments to boost his own channel.

 

[CrashBend]

We are going on 30K miles on our Outer Banks. The only thing I have done is take it in for a couple of the reprograming recalls. Oh, and the window switches on the driver and front passenger side are delaminating a little. Soon to be replaced under warranty coverage. I know we did not get the only BS that is trouble free and fun to drive.

 

[The_Jimmer]

I left this idiot a "nice" comment. He sure likes to cherry-pick his topics to discuss.

 

[hellb0y]

There’s gotta be a little bit of truth here - CR wouldn’t put the BS with a tiny 32 score out of 100 score for reliability without a reason.

 

[Bucko]

This is one of the down sides of reading forums like this. A reader hears about a dealership that provides EXCEPTIONAL service and feels Ford should guarantee everyone gets that level of service. Ford doesn't own the dealerships that provide service for its vehicles, and until that's the case there will always be variations in service quality from one dealership to the next. I'm not sure I like the idea of Ford owning all of its service providers.

I agree with Mark, as monopolies are not a good thing for consumers.

 

[petegee77]

Yes and even about the Bronco Sport
Let's face it - I've never owned a car that didn't have some issues. But you have to drive it and no one wants
to drive and pay for something they don't like.
Having said that I think there is some generalization here
but he does hit some concerns about each vehicle.
He doesn't like he Bronco Sport much either. He may not have even driven one or had a chance to go off road.
But I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion even if it is only going by statistics or harping on the negative feedback of some owners.
For me, I love both our Bronco Sports and the wife has been really happy with hers.

He's Canadian so I wasn't surprised my his video. Pure garbage.

 

[coopny]

There’s gotta be a little bit of truth here - CR wouldn’t put the BS with a tiny 32 score out of 100 score for reliability without a reason.

To be honest, the way he's describing the car strikes me as somebody who barely knows anything about it (he knew that there were I3 1.5L and I4 2.0L engines, he called it out as a "four banger"), but then read a list of talking points. He calls out fit and finish issues, the engine not sounding great at certain RPMs (which is a part of CR's road test), and then calling out fuel injector issues (which the summaries of reliability issues point out, but don't point out the recall or SSMs/TSBs).

Low effort clickbait videos to rapidly produce YouTube videos that garner views (=ad revenue = money) is unfortunately very common, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

One potentially controversial take is, IMO, that CR should be allowing subcategories of reliability by engine option for areas that may be impacted by it, but that's a separate topic.

 

[Arcee]

I watch a ton of YouTube automotive content; it helps pass the time while working out. Over the past several months, the quality of the automotive content has really declined. Inaccuracies in reviews, inaccuracies in host dialogue, and generally just really bad content. In some cases, the content is just downright toxic and almost emotionally depressing to watch. Some channels I have just stopped watching altogether, or drastically reduced my viewing. All of these "content creators" are going for views and will do whatever they can to get them. If they notice a spike in views for posting "dislike" videos, they will post more of those. If they notice a spike when posting sarcastic reviews or critical content, they focus on that. Most of these creators are just regular folks who found some sort of audience and niche on YT and try to monetize that in the hopes of becoming the next viral sensation. It's kind of sad, in a way, and really detracts from the people posting useful, accurate, and beneficial content.

Giving a video a thumbs down does nothing other than tell the creator they got a dislike. It's up to the creator to go in to their dashboard and see if and how many thumbs down votes they got on a video. Then it is up to them to either figure out why, or just ignore the thumbs down votes and keep creating what they do. It may feel cathartic to smash that thumbs down button, but it ultimately doesn't do anything.

 

[Mark S.]

If they notice a spike in views for posting "dislike" videos, they will post more of those. If they notice a spike when posting sarcastic reviews or critical content, they focus on that.

This is the primary cause of the decline in our news media. If it bleeds, it leads. The more hate and vitriol you can vomit up, the more clicks you get--especially if you can make a headline saying you're gonna make someone your audience hates look bad (i.e. Fox News, MSNBC, etc.). I'm not at all surprised to see the same thing happening with YouTube. The "professionals" broke that code long ago, the amateurs on YouTube are starting to catch on.

 

[DahliaDarlin']

I watch a ton of YouTube automotive content; it helps pass the time while working out. Over the past several months, the quality of the automotive content has really declined. Inaccuracies in reviews, inaccuracies in host dialogue, and generally just really bad content. In some cases, the content is just downright toxic and almost emotionally depressing to watch. Some channels I have just stopped watching altogether, or drastically reduced my viewing. All of these "content creators" are going for views and will do whatever they can to get them. If they notice a spike in views for posting "dislike" videos, they will post more of those. If they notice a spike when posting sarcastic reviews or critical content, they focus on that. Most of these creators are just regular folks who found some sort of audience and niche on YT and try to monetize that in the hopes of becoming the next viral sensation. It's kind of sad, in a way, and really detracts from the people posting useful, accurate, and beneficial content.

Giving a video a thumbs down does nothing other than tell the creator they got a dislike. It's up to the creator to go in to their dashboard and see if and how many thumbs down votes they got on a video. Then it is up to them to either figure out why, or just ignore the thumbs down votes and keep creating what they do. It may feel cathartic to smash that thumbs down button, but it ultimately doesn't do anything.

Alex on Autos all the way if you really want to know something. I will admit A on A Bronco Sport vid was disappointing. For fun, CarWow. He's very witty, although he and the autos are in the UK. Often there are North American counterparts though. It can get hard when you notice on certain vehicle reviews that all the reviewers are driving the same car around the same track at a presentation given by the manufacturer.

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