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This post is primarily to detail the issues that I have had with the braking system on my Ford Maverick, as well as the supply chain issues which have seemingly left me without my vehicle for over a month despite a simple fix.
On October 20th as I was driving to work, I stopped to grab a coffee. It was the first day of heavy rain since I'd received my Maverick on 9/29, though I have no idea if that was any influence. When I got back in the truck, a number of warnings started flashing on the screen.
-Check Brake System (red)
-Hill Descent Control Fault (yellow)
-Hill Start Assist Not Available (yellow)
-Service Advance Trac (yellow)
-Pre Collision Assist Not Available (yellow)
They repeated each two or three times and then stopped. More importantly, my braking changed drastically while I was in the store. The first 50% of the brake pedal seemed to do nothing; the following 45% required far more effort and muscle than normal; the final 5% was an extremely hard locking up of the brakes. It was unpleasant and felt quite unsafe.
Prior to these alerts on 10/20, I had gotten the "check brake system" alert a handful of times a few days prior. They chimed at me, but had absolutely no impact on my driving quality. The above experience was very different and alarming, as opposed to the irritation I experienced from the chiming.
I dropped it off at my local dealership to be looked at on 10/27. A couple days later I got a call back from them, and was informed that the brake switch within the brake booster had failed, and would need to be replaced. I was also told that this part was in very short supply, and they had no estimate for when it would ship so that they could fix my truck. To the best of my understanding, nothing needs to be done outside of having this part replaced. It is now 34 days since I dropped it off to get fixed, and I'm watching the snow fall, very much wishing I had a solid all-wheel drive vehicle instead of the Nissan Sentra I'm using as a loaner vehicle. The dealer seems sympathetic and I believe they want to get my Maverick back in my hands, but that's cold comfort.
I mostly want to share my frustration and find out if this problem has occurred for anybody else. If there are suggestions on how to expedite this process I'd love to hear them, I've lost my patience at this point. AFAIK the dealership holding my truck hasn't done anything wrong so I'm not going to name them unless I see a good reason to.
On October 20th as I was driving to work, I stopped to grab a coffee. It was the first day of heavy rain since I'd received my Maverick on 9/29, though I have no idea if that was any influence. When I got back in the truck, a number of warnings started flashing on the screen.
-Check Brake System (red)
-Hill Descent Control Fault (yellow)
-Hill Start Assist Not Available (yellow)
-Service Advance Trac (yellow)
-Pre Collision Assist Not Available (yellow)
They repeated each two or three times and then stopped. More importantly, my braking changed drastically while I was in the store. The first 50% of the brake pedal seemed to do nothing; the following 45% required far more effort and muscle than normal; the final 5% was an extremely hard locking up of the brakes. It was unpleasant and felt quite unsafe.
Prior to these alerts on 10/20, I had gotten the "check brake system" alert a handful of times a few days prior. They chimed at me, but had absolutely no impact on my driving quality. The above experience was very different and alarming, as opposed to the irritation I experienced from the chiming.
I dropped it off at my local dealership to be looked at on 10/27. A couple days later I got a call back from them, and was informed that the brake switch within the brake booster had failed, and would need to be replaced. I was also told that this part was in very short supply, and they had no estimate for when it would ship so that they could fix my truck. To the best of my understanding, nothing needs to be done outside of having this part replaced. It is now 34 days since I dropped it off to get fixed, and I'm watching the snow fall, very much wishing I had a solid all-wheel drive vehicle instead of the Nissan Sentra I'm using as a loaner vehicle. The dealer seems sympathetic and I believe they want to get my Maverick back in my hands, but that's cold comfort.
I mostly want to share my frustration and find out if this problem has occurred for anybody else. If there are suggestions on how to expedite this process I'd love to hear them, I've lost my patience at this point. AFAIK the dealership holding my truck hasn't done anything wrong so I'm not going to name them unless I see a good reason to.
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