SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
14 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 3 defect investigations, 216 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
1 campaign covering the 2023 FORD BRONCO SPORT carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A detached control arm can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.
A rearview camera that displays a blank image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle. A rearview image that continues to be displayed after the vehicle is shifted out of reverse may distract the driver. Both of these situations can increase the risk of a crash.
An undetected low battery charge can result in a loss of electrical accessories such as hazard lights, or cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.
Two 2023 FORD BRONCO SPORTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.