I Hate the Stupid Dial Shifter: Now With Poll

[Steve Urquell]

Then why did you buy the truck.

It's my wife's vehicle. I only drive it on weekends and on vacation.

It's not the end of the world though, just a feature I don't like. Overall I like the vehicle and the mileage is great. It's more comfortable to drive than my Tacoma.

Just because I don't like the shifter doesn't make me a hater who needs to be destroyed or banned from posting or forced to sell the truck.

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[Montana]

lol 5 pages in 4 hours.

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[Steve Urquell]

lol 5 pages in 4 hours.

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Weird innit?

 

[SLINGSHOT]

I have a RAV4, a 5 speed manual shift Slingshot, and the Maverick. I learned to drive on a stick shift. I have driven lawn mowers, trucks, fork lifts, tractors, motorcycles, column shift, floor shift, foot shift, "typewriter" shifters, etc, etc, etc.

You need to SHIFT YOUR BRAIN as well the car.

 

[numike]

Don't like the dial in the Ford Maverick? Don't buy the Ford Maverick

 

[PNWMaverick]

I guess we know what subject to bring up to get the forum all spun out.

While I can't say I have had OP's issue in the 55,000 miles I have on my truck, I would like to point out that there is a PRNDL on the dash. You don't have to look down at the dial to know what gear you are in. Fairly standard for an automatic, regardless of shift handle or knob.

 

[Toy Truck]

I love the Dial Shifter! As someone who has driven Standard all my like the dial prevents me from making any stupid mistakes like I have with rental cars.

 

[Red Pepper Maverick]

I never have to look at it. I like the extra console room. I have push buttons an my Lincoln MKZ so I never have to deal with a big shifter in the middle of the console. I've also never accidently shifted to another gear.

 

[NeedForSteve]

What year is your Maverick? Did the shifter change?

My dial may turn clockwise or counter clockwise to infinity and beyond. No solid detents on mine.

Mine is a ‘23. The dial doesn’t have a hard stop at either end of travel, but each position has a noticeable detect. I can feel the clicks without looking at the indicator and with wet hands I’ve actually had to grip it slightly harder to get it to spin.

I just got used to flicking it a few clicks right for D, two clicks left for R, and back and forth. the worse that happens is occasionally I’ll go for R and land in P or N, and get a little rev. One click and I’m moving. I’m just used to it at this point so it doesn’t frustrate me any more

 

[OneAlienBoi]

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object. I love the dial, fight me.

 

[My new truck]

I feel like I've given the dial a fair shake and have determined I frikken hate the stupid thing. It is just not intuitive to being able to grab it and put it where you need it to go without deliberately looking down at it.

The Mav is my wife's DD and I drive a manual trans Tacoma or MT Miata and am used to knowing by the feel what gear I'm in. I'm lost in the Maverick with the dial. I have had many, many episodes of going the wrong way with it when trying to turn quickly when turning around.

Today sealed the deal for me and the stupid thing.

Wife and I were driving an old 55 mph 2 lane backroad in Podunk, OK. Idiot 2 cars ahead was running 60mph for most of the time but would drift into a coma (or on the phone) and slow down randomly for no reason to 45mph.

I was getting frustrated being 2 cars back and after about the 15th time flopped my arms down at my sides like "Why, why?". As the lead car sped up I was not accelerating while pushing the gas pedal down.

I looked down and the tach was at 4,000rpms and we were slowing down. I immediately started thinking about reports in here of people's trucks doing this and being stranded with an electronic glitch.

Looked down again and the dial was in "N" neutral. Flipped it to "D" and all was well. Just a random flop of the hands and the truck was inoperable. No locking detent or button to push to make the shift, no click or tactile feel, just a flick and it's in neutral.

I really hate this dial.

Accidentally turned mine to neutral Monday on I 65 in Kentucky. It’s just a bad design… period!!

 

[Guv]

I feel like I've given the dial a fair shake and have determined I frikken hate the stupid thing. It is just not intuitive to being able to grab it and put it where you need it to go without deliberately looking down at it.

The Mav is my wife's DD and I drive a manual trans Tacoma or MT Miata and am used to knowing by the feel what gear I'm in. I'm lost in the Maverick with the dial. I have had many, many episodes of going the wrong way with it when trying to turn quickly when turning around.

Today sealed the deal for me and the stupid thing.

Wife and I were driving an old 55 mph 2 lane backroad in Podunk, OK. Idiot 2 cars ahead was running 60mph for most of the time but would drift into a coma (or on the phone) and slow down randomly for no reason to 45mph.

I was getting frustrated being 2 cars back and after about the 15th time flopped my arms down at my sides like "Why, why?". As the lead car sped up I was not accelerating while pushing the gas pedal down.

I looked down and the tach was at 4,000rpms and we were slowing down. I immediately started thinking about reports in here of people's trucks doing this and being stranded with an electronic glitch.

Looked down again and the dial was in "N" neutral. Flipped it to "D" and all was well. Just a random flop of the hands and the truck was inoperable. No locking detent or button to push to make the shift, no click or tactile feel, just a flick and it's in neutral.

I really hate this dial.

I’m with you Steve!
I’ve had many different vehicles, both man and auto but cannot get used to having a tuner knob for a shifter.
Had to be the cheapest option for gear selectors.
I guess a joystick is next to replace the steering wheel and the go pedal

 

[HeyBales]

Drive, spin to the right. Park, spin to the left. Reverse from drive, two clicks to the left. Reverse from park, one click to the right. No looking required. Enough said. I do however enjoy it going into park by itself if I am feeling lazy and just turn the ignition off.

What clicks?

 

[HeyBales]

https://fordauthority.com/2023/12/ford-maverick-owner-replaces-rotary-dial-with-f-150-shifter/amp/

I didn't read thru the whole thread, if the truck can auto-shift it to park as needed on safety aspect, or merely changes the indicator.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/f-150-shifter-installed-in-maverick.40708/

 

[Steve Urquell]

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object. I love the dial, fight me.

The only useful dial I have is the one on my watch

Accidentally turned mine to neutral Monday on I 65 in Kentucky. It’s just a bad design… period!!

Uh-Oh! Now you're a bad person like me.

I’m with you Steve!
I’ve had many different vehicles, both man and auto but cannot get used to having a tuner knob for a shifter.
Had to be the cheapest option for gear selectors.
I guess a joystick is next to replace the steering wheel and the go pedal

I think if it simply rotated the other direction and had end stops it'd be fine. I like the idea of it being unobtrusive but the execution is poor.

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