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I have used a solar BatteryMinder for several years and it has brought at least 2 batteries back to life. Expensive but I would generally recommend it. I always charge from under the hood at the jump points. It is more convenient and there is a theory here on the Forum that it is safer (due to...

If you do a search on my other recent posts, you will see the research I have been doing over the last month. The gist of the research is: 1) It is hard to get an accurate voltage reading on the battery. If you just lift the seat and test, the reading WILL be wrong (by up to about .3V). If you...

There is some missing context and information here. First, if this is on a brand new order that has not gone to P2 yet, then no issue. Change the order and the truck will come with the larger (but not the actual size of your other tires) already under the truck. If you already have the truck...

If you are not checking the voltage of your under-seat 12V battery, there is no way to know what is going on. That absolutely has to be your first step. I have been doing a TON of testing over the last month. If you just jump in the truck, pull up the back seat, and put a multi-meter on the...

No-one seems to know the real number, but the consensus here is that the truck goes into Deep Sleep when the battery gets down to around 11.8V (which for a lead-acid battery is roughly 25% remaining capacity). It is safe to say that as long as you can keep your battery at > 12.1V (roughly 50%...

There are dozens of posts on this that have alluded to 4 primary causes. I have been tracking my 12V battery voltage for the last 4 weeks (and 2+ times a day for the last 2 weeks) in order to have a baseline for the future. Here is what I know so far: The issue can be boiled down to 4 possible...

The battery life of the High Voltage System should be the least of your worries. 20 years/200k miles should be easy. The battery management system (BMS) in the Maverick is over-agressive in managing the battery. It keeps the battery in the range of 30% to 60% (70%?) at all times in order to not...

Sometimes I think that YouTube is watching me when I am on this forum. Had a recommended video pop up that answers a lot of the questions and comments discussed here (even the Mythbuster golfball episode which it indicated was somewhat flawed). Enjoy: The Aerodynamics of Speed - YouTube

I would call the sound in the front seat of a 23XL to be "surprisingly decent". It was actually better than I expected. As for the back seat, to quote my teenage son: "Wow. This sucks. The front seat is 100x better.". The sound is fine for NPR, top-40, and oldies stations I typically listen to...

In general, a wing just increases your frontal cross-sectional area. They work on trucks pulling trailers since they help direct the airflow over what is already a larger cross-sectional area than the truck itself. If you talk to any truckers (my mom was a long-haul trucker for nearly 10 years)...

My cover does not go nearly that far back. If I have mine all the way to the window, there is a gap at the tailgate. Looking at it from underneath, I can have either the front seal touching the bed or the back seal touching the tailgate but not both. This is consistent with the 3 or 4 covers I...

I went with the TipTop soft tri-fold. From what I can tell, there are about a dozen companies importing the exact same Maverick bed covers from the same factory in China (Tyger, TipTop, etc.). Only reason to pick one over another is customer service and/or warranty. Only issue I have is that...

In the end, I got my Private Offer but 100% certain that I would not have if I had not pushed the issue. In my case I did a 600 mile drive to my previous dealership. They had already "purged" their system so could not give me the COVP ID which is what I went there for. I had the GM call the Ford...

I had 100% planned to do a spray-in bed liner but went a different way in the end. As of now, really happy that I did. I installed the Muslogy truck bed mat (fit perfectly) and a TipTop soft trifold. Used my FordPass Points for two bed cubbies and the tailgate pad. Under the bed mat I put a...

Even though I am in central Texas, I often go down to the coast (Galveston/Corpus/Padre). I put on a thick coat of Fluid Film within 2 days of getting my Maverick. While I have a compressor/sprayer/etc., I found it much easier to just put on with a brush and gloves. Probably missed a few spots...

I have tagged the The Official Ford Account on several posts over the last 12 months as well as sent direct PMs on several issues/questions. Nothing. Nada. Zero help in any way, shape, or form. As a company, Ford sucks. When I filled out my "new Maverick purchase" questionairre, I said as much...

Potentially worth it but make sure you are not measuring surface charge. You need to wait roughly 6 hours from the time you unplug the battery before you take the initial voltage reading. If not, you will likely get a false positive since the surface charge may be anywhere from .03V to .1V...

Loved it when Harbor Freight used to give the Cen-Tech multi-meters away for free ;-) Pretty sure I have had probably at least 20 of those over the years. Only had one that was truly "off" (by about .2V). All the rest were reasonably accurate and within about +/- .03V of each other. Only reason...

My Hybrid was built on July 30th, 2023. As noted above, I seem to see about .1V loss each day. I have turned off pretty much everything you can possibly turn off (or at least I think I have). At some point once I have a baseline I will turn the AT&T modem back on to see what difference it makes...

The Hybrid battery is 470 cranking amps with 70 minute reserve capacity (this seems to be up from the 65 minute reserve capacity of the battery in the 2022 Mavericks). From what I can tell, reserve capacity is the number of minutes from full charge down to 10.5V at a constant 25A draw. Thus...