Sync3 is so much worse than Sync4, though. It's 11 years old. Sync4 is definitely not perfect and I would prefer HVAC knobs but god Sync3 was a buggy nightmare in my Focus and Sync4 in the Maverick is so much nicer to use.
The eCVT is actively maximizing the drive system far more so than an automatic transmission. That's the entire point of a continuously variable transmission- it self regulates to the best gear ratio at all times, as opposed to a traditional transmission that needs to shift around to try to keep...
The Mustang 10-speed is atrocious. The Maverick 8-speed is fine but I'll take the eCVT any day. If Ford made a manual transmission EB Maverick I would've gotten that, I miss the 6-speed in my Focus ST but otherwise the Maverick EB isn't sporty enough for me to care about paddle shifting. Even...
I get this on my 2025 sometimes with Android Auto. The forward/back buttons and/or pause (mute) button won't work on Spotify. I guess I assumed it was an AA issue but maybe not.
Ford took a $6 billion loan from the government in 2009 and as of 2020 was still deferring payments, they just avoided bankruptcy unlike GM and Chrysler
Fire Jim Farely. He's been CEO for five years and Ford has been the most recalled brand almost every one of those years. Every quarter he talks about how these issues are killing them but nothing gets done about it. A lot of the issues precede him (Ford is the most recalled brand of the past...