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I have had many cars that I hooked up to a battery tender and was wondering the same thing myself. However, I haven't done it to my Maverick. I got delivery on 1-5-2022 and to date have not had a problem and that is including several trips of multiple days not driving the vehicle (just came...

Agreed. The turning circle in my CMax was worse than any car or truck I've owned. Used to call it the "bus". Gauging by the little street I live on, when parked on the street the CMax would need a 3 point turn to make a u-turn without hitting the opposite curb. In the Maverick, I can do it...

I have not had this problem on my hybrid Lariat but was wondering if you have tried something. Obviously, you are accelerating at a rate to use the internal combustion engine and that is when the sound occurs. Have you tried replicating the sound a few times at slow speeds so that the engine...

I was toying with the idea too. As opposed to the 70's style two tones (mid level sides), I was thinking more of the 50's style and did a mock up. Wanted a color that would be the 50's turquoise look with white top. The Area 51 turns out not to be blue enough for me but the Cactus gray might...

I bought a set. Posted on another thread post #6, https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/any-hybrid-owners-bought-weathertech-mats.6366/#post-186836

P.S. forgot to mention to get the cocoa color had to order 2021 Ford Escape mats. They fit perfect. Did not order back ones.

I took the plunge on the all weather Weather Tech. They are fairly custom, they just are not the tray style. I looked around at Husky, Weather Tech and Maxpider and decided early on I wanted cocoa color (none of them had laser fit in cocoa) to play on the Lariat brown in the interior...

Figured out that the useless cubby would hold 2 or 3 packs of cigarettes. However, not being a smoker decided to use it for a much more practical purpose. Cut a hard pack, painted it black and stuffed a Homelink transponder in it and it fits pretty good. Looks better in person as I lightened...

Today pulled off the headrests to improve rear visibility (something commented on in another thread). Put them in the underseat storage, one on the passenger side (as you can tell I have the hybrid)and one on the driver side (drilled out the FITS divider to save room and keep the headrest from...

Hybrids get jumped just like an ordinary vehicle. Been jumped numerous times in my C-Max. The 12 volt has let me down, but never the high voltage battery!

Here it is. The one that all Whovians have been waiting for. Sorry for the 1950's version of photoshop (tape a picture on a picture)but, I'm going to buy a cell phone cover of the Tardis and use an articulating cell phone arm so it can open and close it (and put small stuff inside like my...

Well, I was being overly simplistic in trying to get people to understand the comparison between 12 volt and HV batteries in a hybrid. Obviously an internal combustion engine needs a generator/alternator but as anyone who has been stuck with a dead 12v battery, the engine isn't starting (I have...

LOL, new memes? F-rustrated O-verdue R-etail D-elivery

Agreed. First, hybrids have been around for a while now but this is a first for a truck. A few are wary of the the HV battery because they do not understand them. Stop thinking of it as a battery in the traditional sense and start thinking of it as a reservoir/tank. No one here has worried...

Glad to here it. I tell people that my C-Max has been the best car I have owned in 45 years. Still getting 40 mpg in the spring (mileage very dependent here in the Sothern California desert, drops in the summer, rises in the spring) have mixed feelings about trading for the Maverick.

Having owned Ford Hybrids since 2008 (2008 Escape and 2013 C-Max) I can say that I have never experienced a problem. The longest that I have ever left one without driving was for 15 days, no problems. Any non driving will just empty the hybrid battery from available electric propulsion as the...

Although this may be the recommended intervals, I know that I was doing every 5,000 miles in my 2008 Escape hybrid and switched to every 10,000 miles in my 2013 C Max. Granted, at 75,000 miles for an 8 year old car no one would say I have been hard on it, but it's amazing how bullet proof I...

Ditto to NewBernWolf, really no need to worry about heat and hybrid batteries too much. I have owned an 2008 Escape hybrid and traded it in for a 2013 C Max hybrid (plus owned a 2011 Leaf). The real problem is with pure electric vehicles. We lost 50% of the battery in the Leaf due to the heat...