They do not have to replace it but could have to buy it back which helps no one that waited a year for the truck sadly. Ive never seen a situation where Ford would be compelled to give you another vehicle unless voluntary and that wont happen.
This is the frustrating part with these automakers and dealers. The Maverick hybrid uses the exact same system as the Escape hybrid, so anyone with half a brain would automatically look for any similar issues/fixes that exist for the Escape, but no one seems to ever do that.
Once you start reading posts on the Escape forum I think you will have a "lightbulb moment" realizing the "marbles in the engine" is exactly what you are describing.
I thank you very much! I’m passing along this info to my dealers service manager and will have them look into it and how it could relate to me. This could be a huge time saver and save me time going back and forth while they scratch their head. I will be updating this thread with info.
I know right ? Hopefully the dealer will be on the right track if he / she reads the Escape TSB. If you hire parts changers - that's what you get. Finding talented Technicians that actually can use common sense and think of solutions is getting really hard - and when all of us old guys die ..... yall are on your own hahahahaha
That's awesome , my hope is you can get your truck repaired and not have to have them buy it back !!!!!! You see sometimes having a redneck around IS useful hahahahahaha
Is there a TSB # associated with this that I could have them reference?So far the fix was first reprogramming then if that didn't work remove and replace the flex plate on the transmission. - this TSB came out in 2022- Pretty sure its exactly what you are dealing with.
Well .... there will be folks that buy a Maverick and their motor craps out. Transmission failures, hose busts, coolant leakage, windshield rattle, the list goes on and on however its really no different with any manufacturer. I was doing some work at my Lexus dealer the other day and one of their techs was replacing the motor in a 21 GX460 under warranty - some weird casting flaw. A 65K vehicle. The owner was screaming - THIS IS NOT A WELL BUILT TRUCK!!!! .... no not really.
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My Hybrid is a same day build (2/22/21). I've had no such problem as you describe. My Maverick is parked in the garage each night, outside temp did get to below zero a few nights but just below 32 in garage.
WILD GUESSING! My hybrid lariat did this ONCE has not repeated. I was out of truck (not sure but believe in park ice came on to cycle charge hvb and did it). Just guessing but I believe park holds the planet gear and could this happen if chip is asking for creep mode when it should not be and be causing the damper to "chatter"? Try to put selector into neutral AND SET PARKING BRAKE ON as neutral should disengage creep mode and see if this happens. I neutral and park brake when I get out of truck still but I am sure not all of time. I did also drive my hybrid in ALL drive modes and in each with LOW ON at about 2500 miles to give data to computer. Seemed to help with things but who can tell for certain. Do not forget to turn off parking brake before putting into drive (of course). Further consideration at least one has reported that his dealer replaced his motor mounts due to a defective roll restrictor which caused them to fail. If I remember his complaint was "clunk when braking". May search for his post and see what you think.
I understood that the electric drive motor and the generator/starter motor were redesigned and are smaller and lighter and turn at higher rpms for the maverick. Is this true and if so was the newer models also put into the escape and if so when?
