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We had 2016 Fusion with the older 4-cylinder 1.5 and it was fine. No strange noises and zero mechanical issues after 40,000 miles. Before we test drove a Big Bend with the 3-cylinder 1.5, we had one of the last Fusions with the older 1.5 as a rental from our dealership (our Escape Titanium AWD...

My assumption is that they’re either not scratches and can be removed by cleaning or someone decided to be a malicious POS. Think of all the crap that gets stuck on the rear wiper blade. If the glass was delicate we’d all have scratches just from that.

They are more than adequate for general driving. I haven’t experienced any issues with the set on my Badlands so far (8,000 miles). I do use Bridgestone Blizzak DMV2s in winter, though. There’s no substitution for a real winter tire.

Paint chips caused by driving are annoying and disappointing but ultimately unavoidable. It’s going to happen at some point somewhere. Like many people say the first one is the most painful. Most paint chips I have experienced in the past have been on the leading edge of the hood. That’s why we...

I won’t remove the Badlands badges on my BS because it shows I’m part of the Badlands Master Race. People with lower trims need to see it, feel inferior and yield to it’s glory.

Someone told me their car was considered to be a total loss by their insurance company due to airbag deployment. The damage to the car itself was repairable.

I’m calling BS on this one. There’s no way it didn’t suffer some serious damage.

I don’t believe I posted a picture of my BS after getting it a few months ago. Anyway, it’s a Badlands edition in Area 51 with the carbonized gray roof. These pictures were taken when I still had my winter tires and rims on. Yes, it’s outside Piggly Wiggly!

My windshield is still original but we sometimes get a kind of flapping sound coming from the same area on the driver side and to a lesser extent the passenger side. It typically happens at highway speeds when the wind is stronger It isn’t normal wind noise. We did have the dealership take a...

Our 2019 Escape Titanium had a panoramic moonroof. It looked nice and never gave us any problems. Other than that it was completely pointless. I think we used it once or twice just to test it out.

I will put things in the hidden rear seat storage compartment when I remember it’s there and then forget it exists again. Weeks later I’ll find something I had been looking for!

Aeroskin II. Not only does it offer protection against rock chips, especially on the leading edge of the hood, it will make your BS look much cooler! The Bronco Sports I’ve seen in real life without one look like they’re missing something.

There is no need to lock the door before exiting the vehicle. You should lock the vehicle by using the key fob, touching the door handle or SecuriCode pad on the door pillar after you have exited and closed to door. I have had three Fords with the same lock system as my Bronco Sport and never...

EVs will not be fully viable until it’s possible to charge them in the time it takes to fill a tank with gas. The government will impose taxes on charging stations at some point. They are not going to simply lose the revenue from gas stations.

I found slippery mode with winter tires to be worse than normal. Not impressed. 2019 Escape AWD with 2.0 performed better.

I posted a thread some time ago about my experience with Bridgestone Blizzak DMV2 winter tires on my Badlands compared to my 2019 Escape Titanium AWD (2.0 Ecoboost). The Escape was excellent with the Blizzak DMV2s. They inspired confidence in all situations. My experience with the Badlands...

I live in Wisconsin as well. The roads are getting quite bad in some places and the recent weather has revealed some quite large potholes. It sucks that my Bronco Sport has to be exposed to so much road salt and whatever else they use. Sometimes it’s not possible to wash it off for a couple of...

Some of the people posting in that thread seem to be suffering from some kind of vehicular insecurity. Basing their self-worth on owning Bronco is not healthy and it clearly is not making them happy. If the existence of the Bronco Sport is causing them mental distress because, God forbid, some...

Did a lot of people pay over MSRP for their Sports? We got our 22 Badlands last year for $1,000 under MSRP, plus the $1,000 from Ford and the dealer gave us around $4,500 for our lease.

I would hope that when the dealership did the TSB on the rear brakes a couple of weeks ago they would have noticed something like that.