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I've picked up my Maverick on February 1st, replaced my '98 F150 STX 2WD with full size bed. Boy, the new truck/SUV is small, but cute like most little things in life.
It also have lots of chachkies, my head were spinning just to understand all of the features, not to mention all of the buttons and displays everywhere. Driving wasn't and not an issue, slowly but surely getting a hang of all the buttons and features. Couple of complaines...
The owner manual book, or digital version is pretty much useless. The main issue is that it is made for pretty much all Maverick productlines that makes the manuals useless. Who's going to read through a 560+ pages book, that includes all productlines? Not me... The other issue is that on almost all of the features it's states "If your vehicle equiped...". Most of the screen images in the book are different from what my Maverick has. Really Ford, you coudn't have a product specific owner manual?
The other is the comfort in the driver seat. The seat in itself is comfortable, but the armrests are not so much. With my 6'4" height the seat is rather far back, but my right elbow barely rest on the armrest. The arm rest on the door doesn't fair much better either, it's a bit too high and cannot reach the windows control, never mind adjusting the mirrors.
The rear bench seat's back support just fell forward when applied the brake gently and couldn't lock back in. On February 3rd, it was back to the dealer to readjust the locking mechanism. It had been done rather quickly, didn't have to leave it there. They've probably done what I was planning to do, grab the dead-blow hammer and bend down the tongue of the locking mechanism.
The rotary dial shifter is still foreign for me, caught myself repeatedly reaching for the non-existent coulomb shifter, like in my old truck.
Over all, the little thing didn't start out right and had some doubts about it initially, but it is hard not to like this little thing. It drives well and feels warm and welcoming. I especially like the hand motion locking/unlocking on the door handle, that's pretty cool. Having a sunroof is also nice and can open the power back window since my granddaughter showed me where the switch is located. Btw... She loves the Maverick...
Question...
Is there a video, or other short instruction for adjusting the feature settings on both screens?
TIA...
PS: Sorry for the long rant....
It also have lots of chachkies, my head were spinning just to understand all of the features, not to mention all of the buttons and displays everywhere. Driving wasn't and not an issue, slowly but surely getting a hang of all the buttons and features. Couple of complaines...
The owner manual book, or digital version is pretty much useless. The main issue is that it is made for pretty much all Maverick productlines that makes the manuals useless. Who's going to read through a 560+ pages book, that includes all productlines? Not me... The other issue is that on almost all of the features it's states "If your vehicle equiped...". Most of the screen images in the book are different from what my Maverick has. Really Ford, you coudn't have a product specific owner manual?
The other is the comfort in the driver seat. The seat in itself is comfortable, but the armrests are not so much. With my 6'4" height the seat is rather far back, but my right elbow barely rest on the armrest. The arm rest on the door doesn't fair much better either, it's a bit too high and cannot reach the windows control, never mind adjusting the mirrors.
The rear bench seat's back support just fell forward when applied the brake gently and couldn't lock back in. On February 3rd, it was back to the dealer to readjust the locking mechanism. It had been done rather quickly, didn't have to leave it there. They've probably done what I was planning to do, grab the dead-blow hammer and bend down the tongue of the locking mechanism.
The rotary dial shifter is still foreign for me, caught myself repeatedly reaching for the non-existent coulomb shifter, like in my old truck.
Over all, the little thing didn't start out right and had some doubts about it initially, but it is hard not to like this little thing. It drives well and feels warm and welcoming. I especially like the hand motion locking/unlocking on the door handle, that's pretty cool. Having a sunroof is also nice and can open the power back window since my granddaughter showed me where the switch is located. Btw... She loves the Maverick...
Question...
Is there a video, or other short instruction for adjusting the feature settings on both screens?
TIA...
PS: Sorry for the long rant....
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