AutoUtility currently tracks 347 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2022 Ford Bronco Sport. Fuel & Propulsion System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 87 complaints (25.1% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 13 filings cite a crash, 12 cite a fire, 14 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 347 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Fuel & Propulsion System (87 reports • 25.1% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (73), Powertrain & Transmission (62)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 13 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 12 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 14 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
347
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
13
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
12
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
14
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2022 Ford Bronco Sport

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 25.1% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

87 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 3 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 6 fire reports 🩹 3 injury report entries
#2 Problem Area 21% of complaints

Electrical System

73 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 3 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
🔥 3 fire reports
#3 Problem Area 17.9% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

62 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 1 fire report
#4 Problem Area 17.9% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

62 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
🔥 4 fire reports 🩹 2 injury report entries
#5 Problem Area 14.1% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

49 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🔥 1 fire report 🩹 2 injury report entries
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 Ford Bronco Sport

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Powertrain & Transmission 4.9% of complaints

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

17 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Engine & Cooling 2% of complaints

Engine Coolant Intrusion / Oil Leak

7 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 Ford Bronco Sport

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11757998
Filed: 08/19/2026

"My vehicle is subject to NHTSA Recall 25V467 / Ford Recall 25S76 for a fuel injector that may crack and leak fuel into the engine compartment, creating a risk of fire. The recall was issued in July 2025 and remains open more than a year later. Ford has provided an interim PCM software update..."

Incident Date: 08/19/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11757631
Filed: 08/18/2026

"The contact owns a 2022 Ford Bronco. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V467000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the contact was informed that the part to do the recall repair was..."

Incident Date: 08/18/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11757551
Filed: 08/17/2026

"Locking device to secure car seat to the base broke, on this REPLACEMENT infant car seat. Graco Case #49771285, 10/19/25 (I no longer have pictures or videos of defective car seat, Graco should have them on file. The infant seat was returned to Graco QA, the Graco replaced it with current defective..."

Incident Date: 08/04/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: CARRY HANDLE, SHELL, BASE
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11757469
Filed: 08/17/2026

"Both the valve included in Ford's TSB 24-2185 and the clutch pack included in TSB 26-2328 both defaulted in the vehicle, causing debris and metal shavings to accumulate in the RDU which resulted in pitting of the gears and parts. This has resulted in a complete RDU replacement. The vehicle has only..."

Incident Date: 07/22/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11756393
Filed: 08/12/2026

"Oil pump solenoid has been replaced 3 times and the vehicle is under 100,000 miles. There is a low oil light illuminates on dash board in addition to acceleration lose and a white smoke coming from under the hood and the back end of the vehicle. The 6th or 7th time this happened the Bronco had to..."

Incident Date: 03/14/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Ford Bronco Sport

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2021–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2021 Ford Bronco Sport 677 18 16 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Ford Bronco Sport Current Page 347 13 15 Current
2023 Ford Bronco Sport 151 9 14 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Ford Bronco Sport 101 5 8 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Ford Bronco Sport 34 5 7 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Ford Bronco Sport 0 0 4 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2022 Ford Bronco Sport

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 85 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 38 0 2 1 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 30 0 0 1 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 29 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 26 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 25 0 2 1 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 25 1 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 14 0 1 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 12 0 1 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 10 0 2 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 9 0 1 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 5 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 5 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 5 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 4 3 0 4 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 4 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 4 0 1 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 4 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 3 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 3 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 3 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 3 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 2 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 1 0 1 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
CARRY HANDLE, SHELL, BASE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 1 0
ENGINE,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FIRERELATED 1 1 1 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL 1 0 0 1 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SEAT BELTS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 1 1 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,AIR BAGS,SEATS 1 1 0 2 0
STEERING,AIR BAGS,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 1 0 2 0
STEERING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,LANE DEPARTURE 1 1 0 1 0
SUSPENSION,AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 1 0 1 0
SUSPENSION,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (347). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (3)

3 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Recall Query (RQ) ODI Action #RQ24014
Opened: 2024-11-15 • Closed: 2025-10-10

Loss of Motive Power

Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

On January 31, 2024, The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24002) to investigate loss of motive power allegations in model year (MY) 2021 Ford Bronco Sport vehicles. Consumers reported a loss of engine power accompanied by complete electrical system failure either while driving or after stopping at a traffic light or stop sign. The vehicles generally could not be restarted, and the incidents were commonly di...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 25V019 Official NHTSA File →
CLOSED Recall Query (RQ) ODI Action #RQ24008
Opened: 2024-04-11 • Closed: 2025-10-30

Underhood fires caused by fuel leak

Affected Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS

On April 11, 2024, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) opened this Recall Query (“RQ”) to investigate the adequacy of, including various safety concerns associated with, the remedy program in recalls 22V-859 (filed Nov. 18, 2022) and 24V-187 (filed Mar. 8, 2024). The vehicle population associated with these recalls includes certain MY 2020-2022 Ford Escape vehicles and MY 2021-2023 Ford Bronco Sport vehicles equipped with 1....

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 25V467 Official NHTSA File →
CLOSED Preliminary Evaluation (PE) ODI Action #PE24002
Opened: 2024-01-31 • Closed: 2024-08-19

Loss of Motive Power

Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

On January 31, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE24002 to investigate allegations of loss of motive power in model year (MY) 2021 Ford Bronco Sport vehicles. At that time, ODI had received 31 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs), with consumers commonly reporting a loss of engine power accompanied by complete electrical system failure which occurred either while driving, or after coming to a stop. The investigation revealed...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 24V590 Official NHTSA File →

Related Official Reports for 2022 Ford Bronco Sport

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.