Upset over missing engine cover!

[ZeroCool]

Unless you got a badlands, you don’t get recovery points common on normal cars. Don’t slide into the ditch in the snow.
The best reason to get a trailer hitch is to have a way to yank the thing out of a ditch if you oops during winter.
I never bothered looking under that door because mine didn’t come with a screw in hook anyway - or it is really well hidden ?

I was wondering if it was trim package related, I couldn’t find anything to support this on the Internet though.

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[Central Jersey]

I watch this thread for fun but people are always talking about other things that are missing. So I have had mine since March and never mentioned it before cause I wanted to see someone say it first, but here it isn't...

The missing rear recovery point

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do you have the factory tow package?
I just checked mine the recovery point is missing.
I do have the tow package that has a spot for hooks to go on the trailer hitch . Tow packag comes with a different bumper. Maybe they don’t include it with the tow package ? Or could the trailer hitch support be blocking it ?

 

[Rgill]

Did u know the PT cruiser was a doge neon chassis with the PT body dropped on top ?
Weill it was :,P
You buy a Jeep you get a Fiat engine and Dodge electronics.
Subaru, Porsche engine, no thanks as all that tells me is those companies lost the ability to make good complete cars.
At least when I buy a Ford I get a FORD !
No. In all reality I have nothing to complain about at all.
I’m gonna stick with Ford from now on.

Yeah. The BMW engine now sits in a Toyota.

 

[R. Bird]

Yeah. The BMW engine now sits in a Toyota.

Here is something totally unrelated to this thread...

From Consumer Reports:

Who Owns Which Car Brands?
A road map to auto industry ownership and partnerships
By Jeff S. Bartlett
Published July 28, 2018 | Updated October 7, 2021

Guide to Car Brands
Here we list each major car brand and its parent corporation, including some retired brands whose products are still readily available as used cars.
Brand: Parent Company
Acura: Honda Motor Company
Alfa Romeo: Stellantis
Audi: Volkswagen Group
BMW: BMW Group
Bentley: Volkswagen Group
Buick: General Motors
Cadillac: General Motors
Chevrolet: General Motors
Chrysler: Stellantis
Dodge: Stellantis
Fiat: Stellantis
Ford: Ford Motor Co.
GMC: General Motors
Genesis: Hyundai Motor Group
Honda: Honda Motor Co.
Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Group
Infiniti: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Jaguar: Tata Motors
Jeep: Stellantis
Kia: Hyundai Motor Group
Land Rover: Tata Motors
Lexus: Toyota Motor Corp.
Lincoln: Ford Motor Co.
Lotus: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Lucid: Lucid Motors
Maserati: Stellantis
Mazda: Mazda Motor Corp.
Mercedes-Benz: Daimler AG
Mercury*: Ford Motor Co.
Mini: BMW Group
Mitsubishi: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Nissan: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Polestar: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Pontiac*: General Motors
Porsche: Volkswagen Group
Ram: Stellantis
Rivian: Rivian Automotive, with investments from Amazon and Ford, among others.
Rolls-Royce: BMW Group
Saab*: brand owned by Saab AB; assets owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden
Saturn*: General Motors
Scion*: Toyota Motor Corp.
Smart: Daimler AG
Subaru: Subaru Corp.
Suzuki*: Suzuki Motor Corp. Owns a small stake in Toyota.
Tesla: Tesla Inc.
Toyota: Toyota Motor Corp.
Volkswagen: Volkswagen AG.
Volvo: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group

*Retired brand, but many are still sold as used cars.


Guide to Car Corporations
Here’s a list the major car corporations that sell in the U.S. and the brands they currently offer here.
Parent Company owns Brand

BMW Group owns BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce.
Daimler AG owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart.
Ford Motor Co. owns Ford and Lincoln.
General Motors owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. Hummer has returned as a GMC sub-brand.
Honda Motor Co. owns Acura and Honda.
Hyundai Motor Group owns Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia.
Mazda Motor Corp. owns Mazda.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance owns Infiniti, Mitsubishi, and Nissan.
Stellantis is the new corporation formed from the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot S.A. merger. The name is explained as being rooted in the Latin verb “stello” meaning “to brighten with stars.” The FCA brands sold in the U.S. are now under Stellantis: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram. Overseas, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall are among the other Stellantis car brands.
Subaru Corp. owns Subaru.
Tata Motors owns Jaguar and Land Rover.
Tesla owns Tesla.
Toyota Motor Corp. owns Lexus and Toyota. And it has a stake in Subaru and Suzuki.
Volkswagen AG owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen.
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) owns Lotus, Polestar, and Volvo.

 

[Benanza]

do you have the factory tow package?
I just checked mine the recovery point is missing.
I do have the tow package that has a spot for hooks to go on the trailer hitch . Tow packag comes with a different bumper. Maybe they don’t include it with the tow package ? Or could the trailer hitch support be blocking it ?

Yup I do have a tow pkg and yes I have a recovery hitch but its crazy for an off-road to not include 1 recovery point!

 

[fourthgear]

I have the tow package & have the threaded port for the recovery eyelet , that I will never use , the Hitch is a better point & not those hook up points for the safety chains on it .

 

[Glamdring70]

Did u know the PT cruiser was a doge neon chassis with the PT body dropped on top ?
Weill it was :,P
You buy a Jeep you get a Fiat engine and Dodge electronics.
Subaru, Porsche engine, no thanks as all that tells me is those companies lost the ability to make good complete cars.
At least when I buy a Ford I get a FORD !
No. In all reality I have nothing to complain about at all.
I’m gonna stick with Ford from now on.

I did. Used to have a PT and they share a lot of Neon parts throughout the car.

I have some very bad, terrible, awful news to tell you though about your belief that a Ford is a Ford. Ignoring that for years Mazda = Ford, the Bronco Sport in particular shares an important mechanical part with the Jeep Cherokee.

 

[Osco]

• Mazdas we’re just as reliable and long lived as Ford, motors, chassis, body and all. Not fall apart buckets like the dodge neon.

Dodge knowingly repurposed a crappy car chassis and engine for the PT cruiser.​

It was a cheap move that persuaded customers into buying a new cool looking body. At least when Ford shared parts with Jeep that was back when Jeep’s were Jeep’s.​

IMO there is a big diff in sharing proven reliable parts parts and purchasing fiat and Porsche motors because a company can no longer develope and produce a reliable EPA compliant efficient engine.​

,​

I do remember the Ford Escort.​

It was a charmer that many hated but it was all Ford if I remember correctly. The Escort was one sorry vehicle but it was cheap and often managed to get passed 100,000 miles before it detonated.​

FWIW I was raised in a Chevy and Mopar family.​

I had three Cuda’s, three Duster’s, three Camaro’s​

My dad had several Impala’s​

Two El’camino’s, a fairlane.​

I did not name them all.​

As far as I’m concerned the only American car companies are Ford and GM. Dodge still makes pick up trucks that feel American made but that’s about it.​

Everything else looks like everything else. Jeep’s still look like Jeep’s:,P​

 

[BSutton]

Yes mine is missing!
I have several calls and texts into my dealership. So far the only information they have given me is that they have other BS's with missing covers...If i don't get answers soon I'm going to call Ford. When I ordered my BS they were shipping with engine covers...

My engine cover is missing also. I have just read one post about hood insulation missing. I was surprised to see mine has no insulation. Personally I think the engine is noisy, but my dealer says my Bronco didn’t come with a cover, and they could order me one. Don’t think I should have to pay for the cover and install. I’m going to call Ford today.

 

[Benanza]

My engine cover is missing also. I have just read one post about hood insulation missing. I was surprised to see mine has no insulation. Personally I think the engine is noisy, but my dealer says my Bronco didn’t come with a cover, and they could order me one. Don’t think I should have to pay for the cover and install. I’m going to call Ford today.

Read the whole thread and you'll learn that Ford removed the engine cover as a standard feature. I believe somewhere around the March-may build dates.
They really need to change this the thread name since the engine cover isn't missing if it's not supposed to be there anymore. You are confusing people who don't want to read 30 pages of BS BS when they are new here.

 

[KodiakMomCrawler]

Read the whole thread and you'll learn that Ford removed the engine cover as a standard feature. I believe somewhere around the March-may build dates.
They really need to change this the thread name since the engine cover isn't missing if it's not supposed to be there anymore. You are confusing people who don't want to read 30 pages of BS BS when they are new here.

There’s also some good quality entertainment in this thread. One day I’ll take the time to re-read all 30 pages to re-live it ?

 

[ZeroCool]

@KodiakMomCrawler

 

[Weston52]

Perhaps it would be fun now to discover the last known engine cover! My BB bought April 30 is covered.

 

[The Shark]

I sold my OB and bought a BL, was surprised to see that not only did it have the engine cover but the hood insulation as well.

 

[KodiakMomCrawler]

Perhaps it would be fun now to discover the last known engine cover! My BB bought April 30 is covered.

I bought my OB May 19th and I have an engine cover.

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