1994 Ford Bronco problems
The 1994 Ford Bronco has 114 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (43%) concerns brakes. Next are electrical system (9%) and air bags (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 114 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 119,000 miles 18 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 | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 119,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 14 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Ford Bronco with enough data (62 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Failure of the driver's side air bag, the consumer was involved in a head-on collision and the driver's side air bag did not deploy.
Head light switch assembly failed, causing all lights to fail while driving, resulting in a collision due to poor visibility.
This risk was parked in an enclosed garage for approx. Twoo hours before catching fire doing damage to this plus another vehicle plus smoke and heat damage throughout the structure. This loss is an electrical component failure over the drivers side front fender in the area of the primary fuse panel.
The vehicle was parked outside our home at 3:50 am the horn started to blow, I looked outside and flames were coming from under the hood. We drove the car earlier that day around noon for a couple of hours.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 ford bronco. The contact is able to start the engine with or without the key in the ignition. He simply grabs and turns the metal piece where the key is placed. He is concerned that anyone can start and steal the vehicle. He has a friend with the same vehicle who also experiences this failure. The contact has not taken the vehicle to a shop or mechanic. It has never been diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 107,000 and current mileage was 180,000. Updated 01/21/09.