20k Mile Maverick Tremor Report with Mud Celebration Video

[JasonDroninAround]

I bought my Tremor back in February 2025 straight off the dealership lot, not ordered, with 16 miles on it. I have put lust over 20,000 miles on it since then. I commute 25 miles five days a week. It has been off road camping from Oceano Dunes to Death Valley and many places in between. It has been on overnight road trips to Las Vegas and East Texas. After a few different iterations of how to dispersed camp in my Maverick, in the bed, w/o a trailer or sleeping on the ground, I have settled on a smaller clam shell roof top tent mounted inside the bed, under the tonneau cover. It now stays back there all year long and you would never know it was there unless I showed you.

I have had only two problems with the truck since I bought it. First, whoever washes the cars at my local dealership got a little frisky with the pressure washer and took a small chunk out of my hood decal sometime before I bought the truck. I took a couple weeks to get new decals but the replaced them for me. Second, a few weeks ago, coming home from that East Texas road trip, the telematics module quit on me. It controls the cell data connection and the GPS for the Ford Sync. Then just meant that I could not communicate with the truck with the Ford App and just the part of the advanced cruise control that automatically slowed down for curves and speed zones quit. The dealership had my truck for two back to back Tuesdays to diagnose then fix that problem.

I still have not reset Trip Odometer 2. It has now rolled over twice. However that MPG calculation works on the trip odometer bug, it still says just barely over 23 mpg.

I really really love the Tremor's off road capability. I believe it is the perfect balance of off road and daily drivability in a great small package.

I am really glad I was stubborn on wanting that CoPilot 360 because I 'ended up' with a Tremor instead of a XLT Hybrid, which I do not regret one bit, and that advanced cruise control is so awesome. I was in a rush for a vehicle and I did not have time to wait for an order of a Hybrid XLT/Lariat with the CoPilot 360. It is not perfect, that is why they put the Co in CoPilot. It's biggest quirks are occasionally picking up the California 'Truck Speed Limit 55' signs and normal speed limit signs and slowing down on the interstate. Also, I couple times on that Texas trip, it would try to speed back up to the rural speed limit while still inside the town.

Here's my fun in the mud video. We have gotten a lot of rain over the last few days here in Central California. I knew of this little triangle lot out in the country near the river where the clay out there in extremely slick and sticky. I get to this spot only to see that someone has disked it to take care of weeds or something. I could see that someone had recently tried it out and did not venture into the middle. I was there to make this silly video and I was not going to chicken out now. I couple times, it almost came to a stop but it kept on going and made it around a few times and got out. It was a blast

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[Joe Strummer]

The Tremor is a fun truck. Gr8 for off-roading in snow.

 

[dhaskit]

That’s a great report. I’m glad you are loving your Maverick.
I can tell by your laughter at the end of the video that you were having a great time.
Keep it up and keep the reports coming, my friend.

 

[FERALMAVERICK]

thats awesome, i feel the same way about mine, got it in june have just over 17k on it now bought it with 33 miles on it . it has it quirk's and some things it takes some getting use to but i love it more every day

 

[scott1070]

I would love to see a separate post specifically about your roof top tent setup in the bed. I can’t find anything small enough in my area to make that happen

 

[JasonDroninAround]

I would love to see a separate post specifically about your roof top tent setup in the bed. I can’t find anything small enough in my area to make that happen

Just keep an eye out on Facebook marketplace for a smaller roof top tent that has a problem with the cover or the ladder. Since it's going in your bed and under the tonneau cover, you really don't need either. The one I got had a leaking cover and I got it for only $300. I think mine is called Tepui Ayer

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...unted-under-tonneau-cover.69380/#post-1149481

 

[Cancunbadlands]

#Tremor for the win!

 

[TheSEARCH]

So now we know who is making those crop circles.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

So now we know who is making those crop circles.

#UFO's

 

[White Thunder]

I bought my Tremor back in February 2025 straight off the dealership lot, not ordered, with 16 miles on it. I have put lust over 20,000 miles on it since then. I commute 25 miles five days a week. It has been off road camping from Oceano Dunes to Death Valley and many places in between. It has been on overnight road trips to Las Vegas and East Texas. After a few different iterations of how to dispersed camp in my Maverick, in the bed, w/o a trailer or sleeping on the ground, I have settled on a smaller clam shell roof top tent mounted inside the bed, under the tonneau cover. It now stays back there all year long and you would never know it was there unless I showed you.

I have had only two problems with the truck since I bought it. First, whoever washes the cars at my local dealership got a little frisky with the pressure washer and took a small chunk out of my hood decal sometime before I bought the truck. I took a couple weeks to get new decals but the replaced them for me. Second, a few weeks ago, coming home from that East Texas road trip, the telematics module quit on me. It controls the cell data connection and the GPS for the Ford Sync. Then just meant that I could not communicate with the truck with the Ford App and just the part of the advanced cruise control that automatically slowed down for curves and speed zones quit. The dealership had my truck for two back to back Tuesdays to diagnose then fix that problem.

I still have not reset Trip Odometer 2. It has now rolled over twice. However that MPG calculation works on the trip odometer bug, it still says just barely over 23 mpg.

I really really love the Tremor's off road capability. I believe it is the perfect balance of off road and daily drivability in a great small package.

I am really glad I was stubborn on wanting that CoPilot 360 because I 'ended up' with a Tremor instead of a XLT Hybrid, which I do not regret one bit, and that advanced cruise control is so awesome. I was in a rush for a vehicle and I did not have time to wait for an order of a Hybrid XLT/Lariat with the CoPilot 360. It is not perfect, that is why they put the Co in CoPilot. It's biggest quirks are occasionally picking up the California 'Truck Speed Limit 55' signs and normal speed limit signs and slowing down on the interstate. Also, I couple times on that Texas trip, it would try to speed back up to the rural speed limit while still inside the town.

Here's my fun in the mud video. We have gotten a lot of rain over the last few days here in Central California. I knew of this little triangle lot out in the country near the river where the clay out there in extremely slick and sticky. I get to this spot only to see that someone has disked it to take care of weeds or something. I could see that someone had recently tried it out and did not venture into the middle. I was there to make this silly video and I was not going to chicken out now. I couple times, it almost came to a stop but it kept on going and made it around a few times and got out. It was a blast

Seems like there could be some interesting camper pictures in there?

 

[JasonDroninAround]

Seems like there could be some interesting camper pictures in there?

I have shared my rooftop tent photos in this forum a lot ... maybe too much to some hehe but here some are again

 

[White Thunder]

I have shared my rooftop tent photos in this forum a lot ... maybe too much to some hehe but here some are again

I have shared my rooftop tent photos in this forum a lot ... maybe too much to some hehe but here some are again

TKS

 

[JasonDroninAround]

And here are the first two versions of what I came up with for sleeping in the bed of the truck.

The first was just a cheap 4x7 2 man backpacking tent. It was set on two halves of a sheet of plywood, in the bed, that utilized the tricks in the bed for hauling a full sheet of plywood. This made a 4x7 platform to set the tent up on. It was just not long enough inside when sleeping on top of an air mattress. I later used this same plywood and 2x6s to build the drawer under my current rooftop tent setup.

Next, I tried a SUV style large tent that was designed to give yourself 10x10ish indoor area to stand up in if you are sleeping in a smaller van or SUV. I figured out that I could roll the tonneau cover almost all the way up and sleep comfortably in the bed of the truck. The back of the truck is actually inside the tent. This was very roomy. I do recommend exploring this option if there are two or more of you. I camp alone and this particular tent is very hard to set up alone if there is even a little bit of wind.

 

[chrisofpa]

Very nice, I had my 2025 Tremor since June and just broke 10,000 miles on her a few days ago, she is still a blast to drive. I still have to find the time and the "grapes" to take her off road.

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