1990 Ford Bronco problems
The 1990 Ford Bronco has 77 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (27%) concerns electrical system. Next are brakes (18%) and seats (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 77 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 15
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 140,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 140,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 15 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Ford Bronco with enough data (26 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving the vehicle at 10MPH, the vehicle suffered sudden acceleration, and had a front collision with a garage door. Mr the dealer stated that this was caused by the throttle body injection being dirty. Scc
While driving noticed smoke coming out of the right hand dash. Turned the engine off and on the passenger's side there were flames over the windshield.
Twelve hours after the vehicle was parked the electrial harness caught on fire underneath the rear tail, causing the chrome bumper and rubber step to melt.
1990 ford bronco destroyed in fire. Spontaneous fire orginated in engine compartment or under dash inside vehicle while parked on street. Vehicle was not running at the time. Vehicle is a total loss.
The seat pan under the seat tracks has cracked in my 1990 bronco with captain chairs. The vehicle was in motion when this happened on a public paved street, and coming to a normal stop. Back in october 1990, I received safety program number (b(93) about this potential problem. I immediately brought the vehicle to the dealership of purchase, john foster ford, upon receipt of the notification. I do not let any safety issues go. They looked at the vehicle and did not make the repair.