One Year Review @ 34,705 miles

[PSchiefelbein]

I have just finished a year with my 2023 Maverick Hybrid XLT. I put on 34,705.4 mostly trouble-free miles. Observations:

1) Utility: after 20 years of F-150's I have no doubt this was the right move for me. My primary reason for driving them was not for towing or space concerns but that the seats were good for my back. The Maverick seats are equally as good, it rides like the F-150s, it is very nimble in traffic, it does everything i need it to, and it fits into my garage!

2). Mileage: I kept careful track of how many gallons it consumed over the course of the year. My average mpg was 40.8 with a low of 27.7 and a high of 53.8 (what a tailwind that was!). 2/3rds of the miles are highway driving. At 74 I'm not in a rush so do most of my driving on back roads where I can do 55 (rural ND is great for this). The land here is very flat so there gets to be a lot of variation depending on whether the wind is with or against you. When I have driven at full highway speed it does drop into the 30's but still better than EPA estimates. The Maverick is happiest when it is 50°F or above; below that mileage tends to run in the upper 30's (my lowest reading came on January 15th).

3) Issues: The only problem I have had is with a low rumble/buzz that occasionally shows up in the left subwoofer. Resetting the radio resolves the issue but is a minor nuisance. I listen to a lot of classical music and find the factory sound system quite good and evenly balanced.

4). AWD versus 2WD: In ND we deal with virtually every driving challenge out there: snow, rain, ice, dirt roads, even gumbo. 2WD has been sufficient to pull me through it all (even the gumbo, where thick clay mud wraps itself around the wheels and fills the wheel wells--thank you, google, for sending me down a minimum maintenance road). I am old enough to remember the shift from rear- to front-wheel-drive, which was amazing. But the transition from FWD to 4WD was not nearly as impressive, so I'm not planning to trade off my current Maverick any time soon.

Hope this helps someone, and happy motoring!

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[Tim d]

I have just finished a year with my 2023 Maverick Hybrid XLT. I put on 34,705.4 mostly trouble-free miles. Observations:

1) Utility: after 20 years of F-150's I have no doubt this was the right move for me. My primary reason for driving them was not for towing or space concerns but that the seats were good for my back. The Maverick seats are equally as good, it rides like the F-150s, it is very nimble in traffic, it does everything i need it to, and it fits into my garage!

2). Mileage: I kept careful track of how many gallons it consumed over the course of the year. My average mpg was 40.8 with a low of 27.7 and a high of 53.8 (what a tailwind that was!). 2/3rds of the miles are highway driving. At 74 I'm not in a rush so do most of my driving on back roads where I can do 55 (rural ND is great for this). The land here is very flat so there gets to be a lot of variation depending on whether the wind is with or against you. When I have driven at full highway speed it does drop into the 30's but still better than EPA estimates. The Maverick is happiest when it is 50°F or above; below that mileage tends to run in the upper 30's (my lowest reading came on January 15th).

3) Issues: The only problem I have had is with a low rumble/buzz that occasionally shows up in the left subwoofer. Resetting the radio resolves the issue but is a minor nuisance. I listen to a lot of classical music and find the factory sound system quite good and evenly balanced.

4). AWD versus 2WD: In ND we deal with virtually every driving challenge out there: snow, rain, ice, dirt roads, even gumbo. 2WD has been sufficient to pull me through it all (even the gumbo, where thick clay mud wraps itself around the wheels and fills the wheel wells--thank you, google, for sending me down a minimum maintenance road). I am old enough to remember the shift from rear- to front-wheel-drive, which was amazing. But the transition from FWD to 4WD was not nearly as impressive, so I'm not planning to trade off my current Maverick any time soon.

Hope this helps someone, and happy motoring!

35 thousand miles in one year? I don't have that many miles on my 15 year old ram lol. We do have 4 vehicles though. 21,000 trouble free miles on our 23 ecoboost and at less than 2 years old it better be trouble free!

 

[James K]

I have just finished a year with my 2023 Maverick Hybrid XLT. I put on 34,705.4 mostly trouble-free miles. Observations:

1) Utility: after 20 years of F-150's I have no doubt this was the right move for me. My primary reason for driving them was not for towing or space concerns but that the seats were good for my back. The Maverick seats are equally as good, it rides like the F-150s, it is very nimble in traffic, it does everything i need it to, and it fits into my garage!

2). Mileage: I kept careful track of how many gallons it consumed over the course of the year. My average mpg was 40.8 with a low of 27.7 and a high of 53.8 (what a tailwind that was!). 2/3rds of the miles are highway driving. At 74 I'm not in a rush so do most of my driving on back roads where I can do 55 (rural ND is great for this). The land here is very flat so there gets to be a lot of variation depending on whether the wind is with or against you. When I have driven at full highway speed it does drop into the 30's but still better than EPA estimates. The Maverick is happiest when it is 50°F or above; below that mileage tends to run in the upper 30's (my lowest reading came on January 15th).

3) Issues: The only problem I have had is with a low rumble/buzz that occasionally shows up in the left subwoofer. Resetting the radio resolves the issue but is a minor nuisance. I listen to a lot of classical music and find the factory sound system quite good and evenly balanced.

4). AWD versus 2WD: In ND we deal with virtually every driving challenge out there: snow, rain, ice, dirt roads, even gumbo. 2WD has been sufficient to pull me through it all (even the gumbo, where thick clay mud wraps itself around the wheels and fills the wheel wells--thank you, google, for sending me down a minimum maintenance road). I am old enough to remember the shift from rear- to front-wheel-drive, which was amazing. But the transition from FWD to 4WD was not nearly as impressive, so I'm not planning to trade off my current Maverick any time soon.

Hope this helps someone, and happy motoring!

FWD does have better traction to keep you from getting stuck but when I used to drive up north in the winter I preferred RWD with good snows. Back when Volvos were RWD I had a couple of 240 wagons with good winter tires and I fear I put a lot of FWD cars in the snow bank. There was this one 90 degree turn in the road on my commute and you know a lot of people think if the car in front of them is going a certain speed, they can go that speed. I'd take my foot off the gas and go around the bend and they'd end up driving into the snow bank on the other side of the road. Lucky no one was ever hurt. I believe tires are a huge importance in bad weather and am glad not to have had to drive my AWD EB Maverick in the snow as I'm not impressed with the original Contis.

 

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Hopefully your CV axles hold up as mine started going around 30k. I don't know if the Powertrain warranty covers them (it should), but the 36k bumper-to-bumper is almost up. I'd take a look before it does.

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