I ordered a base XL with a hitch and inverter. Wish now I had added the CP360 for the remote mirrors. The 2024 has cruise control, so you won't have to add that.
After 25,000 miles in my XL hybrid Maverick, I have learned to shift to neutral in the rare occurence that I actually have to come to a full and complete stop, open the drivers door and engage my shoe sole with the dirt. Usually, I interpret the acronym STOP to be Slow, Then Onward Proceed...
It works OK, when FMC did the recall for overheating CAT, they wiped it off. Put it back in and it still works. Slippery mode is probably just as good for snow/ice.
Head vs. tail wind are the big variables for me, driving 150 miles per day. Low temps do affect mileage adversely, but so far I seem to get better mileage in the hotter weather ~43 mpg highway . A/C doesn't seem to affect fuel economy.
I bought a timpte 720 car trailer 150 miles from home and drug it back with my hybrid xl. It got the trailer home. I got 42 mpg on the way over to get it and 12 mpg on the trip home in tow/haul mode. Wished for a trailer brake controller a couple of times on the trip back. Just me and the...
Make sure your traction battery is being air-conditioned. I had to clean the a/c filter on our old escapes's battery last week when it was acting that way. Nice that the Mav has electric a/c rather than belt drive.
Compared to my medium duty freightliner, it is a light-duty truck. Medium-duty trucks generally weigh between 14,000 and 26,000 pounds, while heavy-duty trucks weigh between 26,001 and 33,000 pounds. Wonder how long it will be until somebody builds out a dually mav with overloads?
"Customer states there is a surge or rough idle on cold starts."
Tech: REPROGRAMMED THE FOLLOWING MODULES PER TSB 22-2124; POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, SECONDARY ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC MODULE, BATTERY ENERGY CONTROL MODULE, BATTERY ENERGY CONTROL MODULE B, & ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MODULE - OK ON...