AutoUtility currently tracks 34 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Ford Bronco Sport. Engine & Cooling issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 8 complaints (23.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 5 filings cite a crash, 4 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 34 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Engine & Cooling (8 reports • 23.5% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (7), Powertrain & Transmission (6)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 5 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 4 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
34
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
5
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
4
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2025 Ford Bronco Sport

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

#1 Problem Area 23.5% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

8 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.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 20.6% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

7 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.
⚠️ 3 crash reports 🩹 3 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 17.6% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 8.8% of complaints

Steering System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
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%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Ford Bronco Sport

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

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11754307
Filed: 08/02/2026

"1. The Electronic Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) module and/or the front passenger-side suspension components failed, causing a complete loss of steering control and an un-commanded, continuous violent pull to the right. Yes, the vehicle and all malfunctioning components are completely intact and..."

Incident Date: 08/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11754269
Filed: 08/02/2026

"The car breaks without warning until it’s already hit them when no one is behind us as we’re backing up it just hits the breaks."

Incident Date: 08/02/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11753571
Crash Cited 1 Injury Entry Filed: 07/29/2026

"The contact owned a 2025 Ford Bronco Sport. While the contact’s brother-in-law was driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle, causing the vehicle to flip over and slide between 50 and 75 yards. During the crash, the Forward Collision Avoidance system failed..."

Incident Date: 07/21/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11752473
Filed: 07/23/2026

"This is a fourth occurrence related to NHTSA complaints 11749893, 11750183, and 11751201. The vehicle was previously diagnosed and repaired under warranty for the same 'Shift System Fault: Service Required' condition (transmission main control valve body replacement, RO #609213, completed July 21,..."

Incident Date: 07/22/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11752013
Filed: 07/22/2026

"The contact owns a 2025 Ford Bronco Sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V122000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the..."

Incident Date: 06/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
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 347 13 15 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Ford Bronco Sport 151 9 14 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Ford Bronco Sport 101 5 8 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Ford Bronco Sport Current Page 34 5 7 Current
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 2025 Ford Bronco Sport

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 22 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 4 2 0 2 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 4 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 2 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 2 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 2 1 0 1 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 2 1 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 1 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 1 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 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 (34). 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 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.