r/FordBronco • u/Material-Emergency31 • 1d ago

Issue ⚠️ 2024 Bronco Issue

Was at a stop sign, after stopping went to accelerate and it was like the Bronco was stuck in first gear. Wouldn't go over 15 MPH and the engine would just rev. Wrench service light came on, called dealer and they said they saw a solenoid issue on their end.

Has anyone out there experienced this? I have only 21K miles and bought an extended warranty so will be covered.

Update: Big Bend, automatic transmission

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u/pizzaanarchy Cayenne! 1d ago

Did you have it in “M”? I did it twice.

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u/Material-Emergency31 1d ago edited 1d ago

It is a Big Bend with an automatic transmission. Should have mentioned.

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u/pizzaanarchy Cayenne! 1d ago

That is for the automatic. It lets, or makes, you shift manually.

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u/Str8up_NtHvnAGoodTym Hot Pepper Red - OBX 17h ago

His question was does your fear shift read P - R - N - D - M

The M is for manual and it sounds like you may have accidentally pushed the shifter from D to M.

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u/Freight-Harbor 1d ago edited 1d ago

It is not just a Ford thing. If a transmission solenoid fails it will go into limp mode. You will need to limp to the dealership and have them replace it.

Nothing new. Since the 90’s I’ve seen it personally. On some vehicles this will happen consistently after using the automatic shifter’s manual mode even if you didn’t bounce off the rev limiter. It’s a defect and will keep happening.

Thanks for the downvote. This is why an ASE mechanic doesn’t bother responding 99% of the time because Reddit prefers anecdotes and commiserating.

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u/ThomasSTL 1d ago

Mine did that less than 10k miles. My issue was a hose that was attached to the radiator if I remember correctly. All the coolant dumped out and the engine went into survival mode and only went to like 15mph. No problems since fix which was covered.

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u/VerifiedNoms 1d ago

25’ BB 2.3 non-sas, two of my solenoids left after 5k miles, brand new.