Another one bites the dust... my Maverick burned down in 30 car pileup

[MXGOLF]

WOW that's crazy. Glad you made it out of that safety Curtis.

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[Thunderbruce]

I loved my 23 Ecoboost. Best vehicle I have ever owned. I felt like sharing some pictures of the unfortunate end of my truck.

I hit a severe whiteout, couldn’t see much of anything until I was in a 30 car pile up. I took a few big hits, proud to say the airbags did their job well. I walked away with only a sprained finger and some bruising from the seatbelt and airbag.

The most unfortunate part of the crash the fire that followed. As I collected my thoughts and crawled out the passenger side door I noticed fire under the hood of my ecoboost. Myself and a few truck drivers tried to extinguish the flames with fire extinguishers and failed. It appeared to be an electrical short fire that we couldn’t extinguish.

it was sad, but I have dealt with insurance and my replacement maverick should be here within a few days. Too bad Cactus Grey is no longer an option.

Absolutely horrible.....but more importantly glad you're okay. I've been very fond of many vehicles I've owned in the past, but my Maverick is the first one that I'd absolutely replace with another Maverick. Since you can no longer get the cactus gray, I'd go with the azure gray...

 

[TedTX]

Mercy, that truck took a beating. How many times was it hit? Decades ago, We hit black ice north Wichita, day after Chistmas and skidded down an exit ramp of I35. My siblings and I where in sleeping bags in Dads work van oblivious to the happenings. Multiple Semi trucks hit the black ice and took the same route slamming into each other beside us. Just missing our van. My Dad didn’t shout out so we would die instantly in peace.
That why we stayed in TX and not move family back to Nebraska after his time in the Air Force

 

[notfast]

The truck is designed to fold like an accordion on both ends, so that the cab does not. Engineers want the doors to stay closed during the crash and still open after the crash.

I think unibodies are generally safer than body-on-frame for certain collisions partly for the accordion folding. Body-on-frame pickups in moderate to severe rear-end collisions tends to have the bed bend up and smash the back of the cab.

 

[gypsy]

I loved my 23 Ecoboost. Best vehicle I have ever owned. I felt like sharing some pictures of the unfortunate end of my truck.

I hit a severe whiteout, couldn’t see much of anything until I was in a 30 car pile up. I took a few big hits, proud to say the airbags did their job well. I walked away with only a sprained finger and some bruising from the seatbelt and airbag.

The most unfortunate part of the crash the fire that followed. As I collected my thoughts and crawled out the passenger side door I noticed fire under the hood of my ecoboost. Myself and a few truck drivers tried to extinguish the flames with fire extinguishers and failed. It appeared to be an electrical short fire that we couldn’t extinguish.

it was sad, but I have dealt with insurance and my replacement maverick should be here within a few days. Too bad Cactus Grey is no longer an option.

 

[MaverickDragon]

it was sad, but I have dealt with insurance and my replacement maverick should be here within a few days. Too bad Cactus Grey is no longer an option.

What would have been truly sad, would be your relatives attending your funeral.
Vehicles can be replaced easily, but not the people who drive them.
It looks like your Maverick did a good job keeping you from serious harm.
Consider yourself fortunate.
As far as colors, I like the carbonized gray metallic.

 

[MaverickDragon]

Check out my coffee cup…… this was something I found great. I sent photos of the coffee cup to Yeti to make a warranty claim. Yeti is amazing, best customer service. Harris, the customer service rep from Yeti I dealt with was amazing. Who knew they would actually replace it?!

So your photo wasn't the replacement then....

 

[OGMix376]

I loved my 23 Ecoboost. Best vehicle I have ever owned. I felt like sharing some pictures of the unfortunate end of my truck.

I hit a severe whiteout, couldn’t see much of anything until I was in a 30 car pile up. I took a few big hits, proud to say the airbags did their job well. I walked away with only a sprained finger and some bruising from the seatbelt and airbag.

The most unfortunate part of the crash the fire that followed. As I collected my thoughts and crawled out the passenger side door I noticed fire under the hood of my ecoboost. Myself and a few truck drivers tried to extinguish the flames with fire extinguishers and failed. It appeared to be an electrical short fire that we couldn’t extinguish.

it was sad, but I have dealt with insurance and my replacement maverick should be here within a few days. Too bad Cactus Grey is no longer an option.

Thankfully you’re still here with us and the safety equipment did its job well enough.
You can always get another truck, you however aren’t replaceable..(well unless they’ve figured out cloning , but then would it still be you or a version of you? Anyway that’s not the point.)..
Hopefully you’re insurance does right by you and you’ll be in a new vehicle sooner than later.. cactus grey is really sweet.. sucks it’s gone but there are other good colors to choose from if you decide to get back into a maverick..
Happy you made it out of that mess.

 

[OGMix376]

That is one way to keep your coffee warm! Kidding aside, I am glad you are okay and the Mav did its job in protecting you. Share pics of the new ride when you get it.

And with the new yeti cup

 

[OGMix376]

It looks like a John Candy/Steve Martin rental! glad you're ok!

Planes, trains, and automobiles is a great movie.

 

[jsus]

Ah, I thought those were XL rims. You're making me check my insurance coverage.

OP is in Ontario, Canada. Looks like they have a set of winter tires on dedicated steel wheels, potentially keeping the factory XLT wheels/tires for summer use. They look like black wheels in the picture, unless that's from the fire - XL wheels are silver. Something like Bridgestone Blizzak for the winter tires, @Wanted?

 

[Ryom]

I think unibodies are generally safer than body-on-frame for certain collisions partly for the accordion folding. Body-on-frame pickups in moderate to severe rear-end collisions tends to have the bed bend up and smash the back of the cab.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...i-could-make-my-first-post.69377/post-1148607


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24821629/

Background: In crashes between cars and SUVs, car occupants are more likely to be killed than if they crashed with another car. An increasing proportion of SUVs are built with unibody, rather than truck-like body-on-frame construction. Unibody SUVs are generally lighter, less stiff, and less likely to roll over than body-on-frame SUVs, but whether unibody structure affects risk of death in crashes is unknown.

Objective: To determine whether unibody SUVs differ from body-on-frame SUVs in the danger they pose to occupants of other vehicles and in the self-protection they offer to their own occupants.

Methods: Case-control study of crashes between one compact SUV and one other passenger vehicle in the US during 1995-2008, in which the SUV was model year 1996-2006. Cases were all decedents in fatal crashes, one control was selected from each non-fatal crash.

Findings: Occupants of passenger vehicles that crashed with compact unibody SUVs were at 18% lower risk of death compared to those that crashed with compact body-on-frame SUVs (adjusted odds ratio 0.82 (95% confidence interval 0.73-0.94)). Occupants of compact unibody SUVs were also at lower risk of death compared to occupants of body-on-frame SUVs (0.86 (0.72-1.02)).

Conclusions: In two-vehicle collisions involving compact SUVs, unibody structure was associated with lower risk of death both in occupants of other vehicles in the crash, and in SUVs' own occupants.

 

[First Sergeant]

It looks like a John Candy/Steve Martin rental! glad you're ok!

One of the best scenes in the movie, can't remember the gal who plays the rental agent. Another good scene is (just before the car fire) when John Candy plays the imaginary keyboards on the front dash while listening to Ray Charles "Mess Around". Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a classic! My wife and I watch it every Thanksgiving! Kids and grandkids like it also.

 

[Escapologist]

IIRC that was usually caused by SUV riding up over other vehicle, kinda skipping the lower front and back crash structures. Therefore on a lower body on frame vehicle, like a Crown Vic or something, I bet the occupants would get just as crushed.

 

[Wanted]

OP is in Ontario, Canada. Looks like they have a set of winter tires on dedicated steel wheels, potentially keeping the factory XLT wheels/tires for summer use. They look like black wheels in the picture, unless that's from the fire - XL wheels are silver. Something like Bridgestone Blizzak for the winter tires, @Wanted?

Yes, I had dedicated snow tires mounted on black steel rims. Not sure what the actual tires were. They might have been Nitto. On the bright side, I still have my stock rims from the ‘23 that I can mount new winter tires on for my ‘26.

While making my insurance claim I was going to try to recoup the cost of the winter tires. My claims advisor told me they might get picky and require my original tires and rims if I made that claim including the additional tires and rims.

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