The LOBO takes the 8-speed auto and eliminates the 2nd gear. Making it a 7 speed, so you are going from 1st to 3rd gear. The 1st to 2nd gear is very close to the same gearing.
The son has a 2024 Tremor and a 2025 Lobo, and he said you can notice the difference in the morning when it is still cold.
When we purchased our 2016 C-Max Energi we were worried about a big increase in our electric bill. The wife was working full time 5 days a week and had a 15-mile round trip commute each day. We only saw the electric bill go up around $5.00 to $8.00 dollars a month on balanced budget billing...
I drove yesterday with the warmer weather in WNY and the thump noise was back. Turned off the traction control and noise was gone. Should have colder weather again this weekend and will see what happens.
I'll have to take my 2025 AWD Hybrid for a ride in the next day or so to see if the clunk is gone in ours. Started noticing it around 3000 miles now at 4500 miles. Turn off traction control and clunk is gone.
Ford can always pull the as built programing from their data base and the vehicles modules. So yes there would be a trail if you change anything. Things like seat belt warning and stuff would most likely not effect the operation stuff, but could effect you if you had an accident and tried...
On our work trucks with ARE caps the third brake light is wired into a special wire connection, that the vehicle manufacturers tell the cap manufacturers to connect into. This is wire was not at the trailer connectors. On the Ford he had to run three wires up to engine compartment for the...
A few nights ago there was someone with a 2024 Toyota that failed and Toyota would only rebuild it and not replace it with a new engine. They said it was not included in the recall/replacement time frame. Had a friend from down the street had his fail he waited 8 weeks for a replacement engine...
Ours went through the update after 1 am this morning. Last night we had 207 miles to empty this morning it is 107 miles to empty. Fuel level on the gauge is in the same spot.
Coolant should be the same color in both coolant tanks. Hopefully they did not mix two different coolant types which could cause problems later. Did they use a vacuum type of coolant system filler when they filled it back up. This is the recommended way of making sure all the air is out. If it...
Great review of the new Maverick hybrid vs the Jeep GC 4xe. Had a 2019 Jeep GC Laredo with 38k on it and could not wait for our 2025 Maverick XLT AWD 4k tow Hybrid to arrive. The Jeep was a electrical nightmare waiting to happen and limited what you could haul around.
This makes three...
Hopefully they will get the Tuxmat liners available again. We have them in our 2025 Maverick XLT Hybrid and like them better than the Weather Tech liners in our C-Max. We were lucky and received ours the end of January 2025.
Several other people have hit the nail on the head when it comes to the Jeep vs Ford Maverick Hybrid. We own a 2016 Ford C-Max Plug in Hybrid, and it operates like your sons plug in Jeep. During the first year with the C-Max there was several times that the gas engine would not run for weeks at...