Anyone try NAPA CV axle shafts?

[Darnon]

Why would you get your parts from a dealer when their sole purpose is to profit and rip you off for their shoddy quality and workmanship! Example...... Seven dollars for ONE shroud screw or clip. Why would you replace an OEM defective part with another! Pricing for many items is 2 1/2 times the actual cost. So if you get a part and it is wrong or fails again, Ford has covered shipping a new part at no cost. In some cases aftermarket is more robust at half the price with a solid warranty and without a weasel clause.

This may shock you but aftermarket parts are sold at a profit.

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[daddio211]

Since I really want to have the Maverick back in action as soon as possible I decided not to gamble on the NAPA option.
I also want the strongest option possible so I ordered the Tremor axles. They should be here on Wednesday.

I ordered an axle from NAPA about 9 months ago. It came in and was CLEARLY the wrong axle, although the website and NAPA counter software said it was correct. Make sure and compare the new with the original before pulling your Maverick apart. I'm curious to know if the NAPA one is correct.

I bought two new axles from a Ford Authorized reseller last week, scheduled to be delivered today. They were $248 shipped, local dealership was $450 and would not budge.

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

This may shock you but aftermarket parts are sold at a profit.

No Kidding! Thanks for diluting the obvious.

 

[Buyerfind]

Well. Add my 2023 Mav to the CV axle replacement list. Under warranty. Thank goodness. Or not? If they’re replacing them with the same OEM part will I have an out of warranty repair about 22k from now? Hmmmmm.

I have a 2022 Hybrid Maverick and last month I just had my second replacement pair of axels installed - I now have 48500 miles. First replacement was at 18k

 

[Buyerfind]

Yet YOU bought the truck with your own free will. The profit margin on a Maverick is very low compared to other vehicles. But let's not let facts get in the way . I have searched and other than posts on Reddit, Facebook, and MTC there doesn't seem to be much evidence of a high failure rate. I have searched for articles or videos from "car experts" and found little. Ford issued a TSB and is replacing the failed axles.
https://www.repxpert.com/en/training-information/cv-joints-faults-causes-symptoms

For me, the failure rate so far is 200% - I had both axels replaced twice, all before I hit 49k

 

[daddio211]

I'm at 59K and on my 2nd replacement axles. Ford corporate refuses to warranty mine because my truck is lowered. Funny fact, the CV angles are FAR improved lowered than they are stock.

I'm saving the old axles and receipts for the day a class action lawsuit comes.

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

I'm at 59K and on my 2nd replacement axles. Ford corporate refuses to warranty mine because my truck is lowered. Funny fact, the CV angles are FAR improved lowered than they are stock.

I'm saving the old axles and receipts for the day a class action lawsuit comes.

This all goes back to basic poor quality or in other words, Cheap. It is ashamed at how downhill things have gone in the last decade or so.

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

Provide FACTS for your constant complaining about FORD quality. For instance how part failures on YOUR Maverick. Let's start there.

I get the feeling you work for Ford. Some facts, then I'm done. My Maverick is 15 months old. I've been to the service department 8 times. 2 dead batteries so far. This one does seem to be holding up more than a few months...LMAO! There are a minimum of 3 SSM's for 12v battery drain! No fix. 53648, 52201, 53087. The hybrid system is a copy of Toyota's successful, e-CVT system. I feel good about that. I've also had it in for trans lurching while stopped during hi idle when cold. Kept for 2 days on last visit. Reprogrammed TCM. No change. Service said don't worry you're still under warranty, drive it for awhile. Dealership has been great, I think. No solutions. Also see the attached article from, I don't know, 6 months ago.

Watch this fair unbiased review. I think it is accurate, it's not bad. Watch some of the other vehicle reviews, they are mechanical in nature not like feel good driving ones.

 

[Escapologist]

Yeah I can't believe they used a 2 cent ziptie where a custom engineered 35c BOM strap that's marked up to $23.99 at the parts counter would do.

 

[CurtisB]

I have a 2023 Hybrid XLT. My on screen dashboard computer told me its time to change my oil. While underneath, I always inspect my CV axles. So far, things look normal. I'm just under 22,000 miles. If anything happens, it seems to happen on the Hybrids between 22,000 to 35,000 miles.

 

[Phimosis]

Ah, you need to do your research more thoroughly. The CV joints are already at max angles without increasing the angles with the lift pucks. I agree that its a bad design allowing a vehicle to be built from components stretched to the outer limits of compatibility, but here we are. The 8-speed transmission is similarly maxed-out too.

Not sure where you’re getting your misinformation from, but the cv joints are not at max angle on the Maverick. Max safe angle is 30 degrees. Bronco raptor sits at 18 degrees, stock. F-150 raptor is 22 degrees.
My fx4 Mav with 2” spacer lift sits at 11 degrees on left and 15 degrees on right.

So I’ll say that again: A lifted Maverick has lower CV angles than a stock Bronco or F150 raptor.

As many others have said; the 2022 version of the maverick cv joint is defective. That is why Ford engineered a new CV design for the newer model year mavericks. That is also why ford put out a repair bulletin to repair maverick CV’s that are otherwise out of warranty. Because a Ford knows the original maverick cv design was defective.

 

[Phimosis]

For me, the failure rate so far is 200% - I had both axels replaced twice, all before I hit 49k

According to the MTC experts, your repeated CV failures are because you have put a lift kit on your FWD hybrid Maverick.

 

[Phimosis]

I'm at 59K and on my 2nd replacement axles. Ford corporate refuses to warranty mine because my truck is lowered. Funny fact, the CV angles are FAR improved lowered than they are stock.

I'm saving the old axles and receipts for the day a class action lawsuit comes.

According to the MTC experts, CV failures are because of using lift kits, not because the part is defective. If you’re having repeated cv failures on a lowered truck, there must be some other behavior that you are doing that would make you at fault for these failures. Because Ford could not have possibly built a defective product.

 

[Buyerfind]

According to the MTC experts, your repeated CV failures are because you have put a lift kit on your FWD hybrid Maverick.

The tires, rims, suspension are totally as it came from. The factory....defective axels and all.

 

[daddio211]

According to the MTC experts, CV failures are because of using lift kits, not because the part is defective. If you’re having repeated cv failures on a lowered truck, there must be some other behavior that you are doing that would make you at fault for these failures. Because Ford could not have possibly built a defective product.

Always have internet "experts" spouting off without any engineering understanding.

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