New Maverick Recall: 2.5 Hybrid Engine Fire Hazard [Updated w/ Safety Recall Notice to Dealers]

[ScorpioST]

Maverick gonna be much faster now with all these speed holes

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[Nw_adventure]

Maverick gonna be much faster now with all these speed holes

Hell yeah- Also need speed holes in the engine block as well -

 

[DryHeat]

I don't authorize Ford nor any Ford dealers to remove my shutters, however they can add the holes. This is formal warning. Witnesses please like/dislike this post.

Interesting. Let us know how that works out.

I've never heard of someone ordering the dealer to do "half a recall" before.

 

[CoryDallas8123]

Maverick gonna be much faster now with all these speed holes

 

[chilito]

It’s a cascade failure. When the deposits on the valve make their way to the rings and clog them up, oil can no longer move past the rings and it burns in the combustion chamber. Oil consumption begins to accelerate and often goes unnoticed until the rod bearings, and sometimes the main bearings, are no longer getting proper lubrication. Friction increases leading to catastrophic engine damage. I’ve been in the automotive industry for over 35 years and still counting, and yes, I really know engines.

You’ve just described my wife’s Hyundai Tucson perfectly. 1 qt/1000 miles is within specs to Hyundai. They were just hit with a major class action for oil consumption.

 

[Plowboy]

Earlier a member posted where the holes needed to be cut. i'm sharing screenshots regarding the shutters to be removed and the one showing where holes will be cut.

From the above video.

Still does not fix the cause of the problem which is crankshaft machining which can lead to engine failure.

 

[Darnon]

Still does not fix the cause of the problem which is crankshaft machining which can lead to engine failure.

Which was an Escape recall.

 

[Plowboy]

Check Ford Authority on this issue. Drilling holes and removing vents will not fix the initial cause of this problem

 

[jtpc2021]

Gone are any regrets I had in choosing the ecoboost over the hybrid.

sounds like a matter of drilling a few holes and removing a few blinds from the active air shutters. Not too difficult for a dealer service tech.

 

[Darnon]

Check Ford Authority on this issue. Drilling holes and removing vents will not fix the initial cause of this problem

Yes, because a Maverick isn't one of the 155 Escapes that had the bad batch of crankshafts.

 

[tonyinsd]

Interesting. Let us know how that works out.

I've never heard of someone ordering the dealer to do "half a recall" before.

What they'll do is simply refuse to do the work and note in their documentation that the customer did not allow them to do the prep needed to complete the repair.

The post you're replying to is like that Bourne Convention garbage that was going around on Facebook a while ago. Sad that people fall for it or think it has any value, but they do.

Edited to add: okay, it's Berne Convention but the Bourne Convention would kick its ass and blow up the apartment afterwards.

 

[DryHeat]

What they'll do [if the owner tells them to only do part of the recall] is simply refuse to do the work and note in their documentation that the customer did not allow them to do the prep needed to complete the repair.

That's pretty much what I would expect. Which is why I asked @MaverickHybrid to get back to us and tell us how it worked out.

I often see posts where people say they are going to do this or that with the dealer, and other posts predicting how it will turn out. But I seldom see posts after the fact reporting how it actually went down.

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Deleted member 7089]

I don't authorize Ford nor any Ford dealers to remove my shutters, however they can add the holes.

I do have to say, if removing those shutters is been done solely for ventilation, it does seem like a brute corrective measure. I mean, the shutters do serve a purpose as designed after all. Maybe I'm missing something.

 

[MtcARK]

This recall is nothing. I will be glad to get the fix next time I get my oil changed... I suspect that there is nothing wrong at all with the hybrid engine and that Ford is simply correcting a cooling design issue that they should have thought about in the early design phase. I am much more concerned about windshield adhesive, and battery cable issues. (PS: I love my MPGs and had no desire for a turbo-charged GDI engine that will definitely have problems if kept long enough.)

 

[Bobinmi]

Because some of us didn't know a TRUCK would not come standard with a hitch.

When I found out 3 weeks after I ordered I had already been scheduled and even though there was 11 weeks until being built Ford did not allow any changes to the scheduled order.

That is why.

I am correcting the error by ordering a MY23 Maverick XLT Hybrid with the hitch and selling my current MY22 Maverick.

In REALITY...when you were GOING THROUGH your OPTIONS...it showed a hitch with wiring for 100 bucks...did you not order the maverick...?

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