Recall Register

1990 Ford Bronco: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1990 Ford Bronco. The campaign is 96V071000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Apr 1996. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Ignition. NHTSA has 53 complaints on file for this model year. 6 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 96V071000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the ignition switch.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 7,900,000 units in total.

  1. 96V071000Received . 7,900,000 units.

    Electrical System / Ignition

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The ignition switch could experience an internal short circuit.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause overheating, smoke, and possibly fire in the steering column area of the vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the ignition switch.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

53 complaints, 72 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1990 Ford Bronco
  • All 1990 vehicles
1990 Ford Bronco: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1990 BroncoAll 1990 vehiclesBronco, all yearsMentions
Electrical System291.799.620721
Service Brakes, Hydraulic194.4161.5186.714
Seats97.222.127.17
Fuel System, Gasoline83.358.458.86
Structure69.465.349.85
Suspension55.628.129.44
Power Train55.686.164.54
Tires55.629.758.84
Engine and Engine Cooling41.7105.884.83
Vehicle Speed Control41.743.662.23

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 11.

Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
13
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
7 Nov 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1990 Ford Bronco, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 11 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1990 Ford Bronco
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA93001Engineering analysisFUEL EXPULSIONVehicle Speed Control / Linkages7 Jan 199320 Aug 199393V125000
PE92077Preliminary evaluationFUEL EXPULSIONVehicle Speed Control / Linkages9 Sep 19927 Jan 1993
EA92029Engineering analysisFRONT SEAT BACK FAILURESeats27 Aug 199229 Oct 1993
PE92042Preliminary evaluationFNT RECLNING SEAT BCK FAILSeats / Front Assembly / Recliner17 Apr 199227 Aug 1992
PE91017Preliminary evaluationFORD TRUCK INCONSISTENT VEHICLE CONTROL.Service Brakes, Hydraulic27 Nov 199017 Apr 1991
PE90036Preliminary evaluationFLOORBOARD FRACTUREStructure23 Jan 199026 Jul 1990

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19672
  2. 19690
  3. 19701
  4. 19711
  5. 19721
  6. 19751
  7. 19761
  8. 19771
  9. 19785
  10. 19795
  11. 19802
  12. 19810
  13. 19820
  14. 19831
  15. 19843
  16. 19851
  17. 19861
  18. 19871
  19. 19881
  20. 19892
  21. 19901
  22. 19911
  23. 19922
  24. 19935
  25. 19943
  26. 19951
  27. 19961
  28. 19970
  29. 19980
  30. 19990
  31. 202120
  32. 202223
  33. 202318
  34. 202416
  35. 202519
  36. 20269

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1990 Ford Bronco: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/bronco/1990/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1990 Ford Bronco?
7,900,000 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Bronco have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 83 recall campaigns for the Ford Bronco, model years 1967 to 2026. 1 of them names the 1990 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1990 Ford Bronco name most often?
Electrical System: 21 of 72 component mentions, or 291.7 per 1,000. For all 1990 vehicles the figure is 99.6 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1990 Ford Bronco open?
No. Each of the 6 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.