2.0 supposed to tow up to 4K lbs. Not so!

[BeachFerret]

For hybrids they list the ICE and elec separately, since peak sounds better for elec side.
Sustained elec torque is lower, but can be combined with the ICE and provide a decent value - just not shown in official docs.

162 hp@5600 / 155 lb-ft@4000 & 94 kW (126 hp) / 173 lb-ft

The PCM uses a value of peak torque 245 - which is obviously combined and likely sustainable.
Just have to let the engine ultimately feed the traction motor some extra electricity thru the generator motor, in order to supply some extra torque, the difference depending on speed and required gearing from the generator motor.

Good information, thanks. I also did not realize both motors could be run in parallel - makes sense.

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[Zeno]

AWD with tow package. Not sure what else I have to say. I was towing a 3000lb camper dry and the Maverick started pulling to the right little as if I had a flat. I pulled over, got out and the driver front wheel well was smoking. It was the grease from the bearings being thrown out and the friction. When I turned to get off the highway heard a metal crunching sound. Had to be towed to Gene Messer Ford in Lubbock TX. They did a fantastic job but the trucks “legs” did not handle the towing, period!

Cheap Chinese parts, just wait, many more of the maverick parts will fail prematurely. Let's see what a Four year old Maverick will look like.

 

[pmcdonald387]

Be careful out there when towing. I have a 2022 2.0L. I towed a 3000 lb camper about 300 miles then had to be towed. I think the engine can handle it just fine but its front legs cannot. Had to get a whole new front axle!

I had a different experience the first couple times I towed our Geo Pro 15TB (~3300 lbs loaded) with our '22 Lariat with the towing and offroad packages. I experienced a loss of power and speed out of the blue while driving down the road. From that point on I couldn't get above 50 or 55. I could never get a good answer from the service department at the dealership where I bought my truck what happened and they would just reset something with their computers. I chalked it up to hot ambient driving temps and possibly not using the highest quality octane gas. Ever since I have used nothing but the highest quality fuel available at the pump and it seemed to do better from then on.

The other thing I experienced towing with the truck was just abysmal fuel efficiency. It was a very good (and rare) day when I averaged 13 mpg. That was pretty disappointing but perhaps my expectations were too high. All of this notwithstanding, I do love my Mav though traded in the trailer for a small motor home which gets better gas mileage.

 

[AlsMaverick]

The Maverick is a mini "truck" based upon a passenger car unibody. Anyone thinking of towing anything bigger than a small enclosed U-HAUL, or a single-axle small junk/utility trailer, is most definately asking for trouble. An F-150 would be the minimum I'd use to pull any travel trailer (and preferably a 250). This sounds like the tail wagging the dog. Just because our Mavericks look like a truck doesn't make them into what they are not. We own a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD ("WT" Work Truck Edition, with double cab and 8' bed) that we use when towing. The Silverado 2500HD can tow up to 13,000 pounds with a conventional hitch. We've easily towed a 33' dual axle travel trailer. I am amazed at people on here wanting a compact mini-truck to somehow magically become a safe and reliable tow vehicle for travel trailers. It's a passenger car folks, with a functional bed for small items. It is NOT a towing truck for travel trailers. Also, why are travel trailer called "campers" by some on here, and on other forums? Is that an eastern U.S. thing? Out west a camper is a unit that slides into a pickup truck bed. The box with wheels towed by a truck is a travel trailer.

Uh....not all travel trailers are 13,000 lbs. The Maverick can tow 4,000 when properly equipped, no problem. Like it or not, just saying.

 

[ZABSMAV]

Uh....not all travel trailers are 13,000 lbs. The Maverick can tow 4,000 when properly equipped, no problem. Like it or not, just saying.

I didn't say that all travel trailers were 13,000 lbs. What I was trying to make a point about is the Maverick may be some peoples first foray into owning a "truck" and they may have overly exuberant expectations as to what the capabilities of, essentially, a modified unibody car-based mini-pickup (based on the Ford Escape mini-SUV) is actually useable for towing.

I was just saying that if someone is regularly going to be towing a travel trailer weighing even half of 4,000 lbs. empty, they will be at the very limit of the capacity fully loaded. And that capacity is on level ground at sea level. Once you go up 6,000 to 7,000 feet, which is pretty common in my state when traveling, the manufacturer's towing capacity rating is significantly reduced. And the rating is not at all taking into consideration the ambient air temperature, which in out area we average around 50 days over 100, and we reached 110 twenty times in 1994. That supposed 4,000 goes down rapidly with a loaded trailer and any of these other conditions.

That is why I said people really should buy a real truck for towing. The maverick is a wonderful vehicle for what it is. A tow vehicle for anything other than very light local U-Haul or utility trailer (for a riding lawn mower or golf cart) it is not.

 

[The Real Maverick]

And it's a poor musician that blames his instrument.

Just sayin'.

 

[Nw_adventure]

I had a different experience the first couple times I towed our Geo Pro 15TB (~3300 lbs loaded) with our '22 Lariat with the towing and offroad packages. I experienced a loss of power and speed out of the blue while driving down the road. From that point on I couldn't get above 50 or 55. I could never get a good answer from the service department at the dealership where I bought my truck what happened and they would just reset something with their computers. I chalked it up to hot ambient driving temps and possibly not using the highest quality octane gas. Ever since I have used nothing but the highest quality fuel available at the pump and it seemed to do better from then on.

The other thing I experienced towing with the truck was just abysmal fuel efficiency. It was a very good (and rare) day when I averaged 13 mpg. That was pretty disappointing but perhaps my expectations were too high. All of this notwithstanding, I do love my Mav though traded in the trailer for a small motor home which gets better gas mileage.

Looked at the Geo Pro pretty hard - Ended up thinking it's tongue weight, frontal load and weight were better suited to a Tacoma or bigger type rig. We bounced down to a Rove lite 14BH - Better layout and such plus lighter -etc. We did get the reduced power fault which was instantly diagnosed by the dealer to be the turbo bypass valve not holding enough boost . All good these days.

 

[TMan51]

Thanks for the heads up.
My tow hitch has been used for nothing more than getting bicycles here and there locally. I was thinking of a light trailer, < less than 1000lbs for as needed local trips, not fast or far.

I guess it's a matter of "could tow" and "should tow" with considerations for speed and distance ;(

 

[HeyBales]

Cheap Chinese parts, just wait, many more of the maverick parts will fail prematurely. Let's see what a Four year old Maverick will look like.

Especially in the rust zones.

Be interesting to compare undercarriage pics between some Chicago/Buffalo & TX/AZ/NM trucks. Especially compared to F150's.

 

[LSchicago]

Oh interesting, I hadn’t realized that. I thought the numbers I saw for the ‘25 (Ecoboost 238 hp and 275 lb-ft vs the hybrids 191 hp and 155 lb-ft) were the peaks. Found these values from a google search. Cheers.

Those are ratings, not peak. The peak of 267# for a hybrid was recorded on a Dyno at 20MPH (The best point in the run)

 

[LSchicago]

Cheap Chinese parts, just wait, many more of the maverick parts will fail prematurely. Let's see what a Four year old Maverick will look like.

We are almost there! Mavericks are entering their 4th model year soon.

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