Charging system fault

Mikey Smith

This is all basic stuff you can do yourself. https://www.wheelsjoint.com/ford-bronco-battery-light-is-on-causes-and-how-to-reset/

Msell71

Couple of weeks after I got the Bronco home (June 1-2), the battery light came on and I got a charging system fault on FP. Had the local dealer look into it and everything checked out, but kept throwing the code. They had it a week and had Ford engineers give them a few things to test that came up empty. They sent the Bronco home with me while they waited on more ideas from Ford. Two weeks ago I took it back in and they have run multitudes of tests, all coming back ok. They thought they had it figured out with a bad BCM and just finished that instal this morning. Fault code still there! Waiting on more ideas from the engineers next week now. Next Thursday will be 4 weeks it's been in the shop since June.
Not blaming the local guys here in Ames. They seem to have tried everything and now it's on the engineers at Ford. Weird thing is you'd never know there's a problem. Everything runs fine. Battery stays charged. Alt is charging properly. All the electronics work fine.

Anyone else out there had this happen?

Msell71

Couple of weeks after I got the Bronco home (June 1-2), the battery light came on and I got a charging system fault on FP. Had the local dealer look into it and everything checked out, but kept throwing the code. They had it a week and had Ford engineers give them a few things to test that came up empty. They sent the Bronco home with me while they waited on more ideas from Ford. Two weeks ago I took it back in and they have run multitudes of tests, all coming back ok. They thought they had it figured out with a bad BCM and just finished that instal this morning. Fault code still there! Waiting on more ideas from the engineers next week now. Next Thursday will be 4 weeks it's been in the shop since June.
Not blaming the local guys here in Ames. They seem to have tried everything and now it's on the engineers at Ford. Weird thing is you'd never know there's a problem. Everything runs fine. Battery stays charged. Alt is charging properly. All the electronics work fine.

Anyone else out there had this happen?

Msell71

Couple of weeks after I got the Bronco home (June 1-2), the battery light came on and I got a charging system fault on FP. Had the local dealer look into it and everything checked out, but kept throwing the code. They had it a week and had Ford engineers give them a few things to test that came up empty. They sent the Bronco home with me while they waited on more ideas from Ford. Two weeks ago I took it back in and they have run multitudes of tests, all coming back ok. They thought they had it figured out with a bad BCM and just finished that instal this morning. Fault code still there! Waiting on more ideas from the engineers next week now. Next Thursday will be 4 weeks it's been in the shop since June.
Not blaming the local guys here in Ames. They seem to have tried everything and now it's on the engineers at Ford. Weird thing is you'd never know there's a problem. Everything runs fine. Battery stays charged. Alt is charging properly. All the electronics work fine.

Anyone else out there had this happen?

Msell71

Couple of weeks after I got the Bronco home (June 1-2), the battery light came on and I got a charging system fault on FP. Had the local dealer look into it and everything checked out, but kept throwing the code. They had it a week and had Ford engineers give them a few things to test that came up empty. They sent the Bronco home with me while they waited on more ideas from Ford. Two weeks ago I took it back in and they have run multitudes of tests, all coming back ok. They thought they had it figured out with a bad BCM and just finished that instal this morning. Fault code still there! Waiting on more ideas from the engineers next week now. Next Thursday will be 4 weeks it's been in the shop since June.
Not blaming the local guys here in Ames. They seem to have tried everything and now it's on the engineers at Ford. Weird thing is you'd never know there's a problem. Everything runs fine. Battery stays charged. Alt is charging properly. All the electronics work fine.

Anyone else out there had this happen?

CarlG500ci

I have the same issue.it started 2 weeks ago ,I received delivery October 9th 23 .I would really appreciate if you could find out what the fix is.my bronco currently has a charge between 13.5 and 13.8.

TK1215

Did you look at posts #22 and 24

CarlG500ci

Yup I saw it.now I have to convince the lead mechanic where to start.that usally goes in one ear out the other due to being a customer. He plans on calling the engineers and pulling the alternator to test as he spent a couple hrs. Chasing possible causes grounds ect.

CarlG500ci

Yup I saw it.now I have to convince the lead mechanic where to start.that usally goes in one ear out the other due to being a customer. He plans on calling the engineers and pulling the alternator to test as he spent a couple hrs. Chasing possible causes grounds ect.

Msell71

Couple of weeks after I got the Bronco home (June 1-2), the battery light came on and I got a charging system fault on FP. Had the local dealer look into it and everything checked out, but kept throwing the code. They had it a week and had Ford engineers give them a few things to test that came up empty. They sent the Bronco home with me while they waited on more ideas from Ford. Two weeks ago I took it back in and they have run multitudes of tests, all coming back ok. They thought they had it figured out with a bad BCM and just finished that instal this morning. Fault code still there! Waiting on more ideas from the engineers next week now. Next Thursday will be 4 weeks it's been in the shop since June.
Not blaming the local guys here in Ames. They seem to have tried everything and now it's on the engineers at Ford. Weird thing is you'd never know there's a problem. Everything runs fine. Battery stays charged. Alt is charging properly. All the electronics work fine.

Anyone else out there had this happen?

MIGeezer

What does Auto S/S have to do with the battery code??

LBZ

I purchased a 2024 Bronco a few days ago and this same problem started for me the next morning after purchase. They replaced the battery and they seem to be at a loss as to the root cause now. Has it stayed “fixed” since your last update?