Sponsored
The latest I've heard is that the base plate manufacturers are in the process of designing and producing for the Maverick. Roadmaster sent out a request for a volunteer vehicle for design specs and that part has been completed. Not sure how far along. Best to call their website.
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2022
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 618
- Reaction score
- 979
- Location
- Pacific Northwest
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 Maverick Hybrid - RIP
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
The Maverick hybrid can be flat-towed. It's one of the reasons I got it, too! As Dad said, the hardware is in development, or might be out already.
Edit: The towing section of the owners manual as the procedure for flat-towing.
Edit: The towing section of the owners manual as the procedure for flat-towing.
- First Name
- Wayne
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2022
- Threads
- 20
- Messages
- 225
- Reaction score
- 137
- Location
- Mishawaka, Indiana
- Vehicle(s)
- Focus
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
Since your post was over a year ago now I assume you or the shop doing the work have received the base plates? I’m curious how did they mount them without interfering with the louvers in front of the radiator(s). Someone posted a concern that tampering with the louvers could void the warranty????
Sponsored
Swtiming, the lower louvers had to be removed to install the roadmaster setup. Since then, Ford has ordered those same louvers and more removed as part of the fire under the hood campaign. The issue I had had to do with installing tow lights and tapping into the factory harness for the diodes. Ford ask me to have it returned back to original before they would do any warranty work. They said nothing about the louvers since they needed to remove them anyway. Hope this helps. PS it tows great!
The Roadmaster base plates are available now and have been for a while. You do have to remove a couple sections of the shutters. But I think Ford done something similar as a recall/TSB to help with airflow in the engine compartment. Yet there is an issue with warranty should something happen the shutter system. Ford could say the modification messed it up. But your warranty would only be effected on the shutter system. The rest of the vehicle would not be effected.
Blue Ox also has a base plate available. I have one sitting here waiting on my Maverick to arrive (shipped). No shutter modifications, but you do have to cut the bumper for the hardware to extend out of.
Blue Ox also has a base plate available. I have one sitting here waiting on my Maverick to arrive (shipped). No shutter modifications, but you do have to cut the bumper for the hardware to extend out of.
- First Name
- Wayne
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2022
- Threads
- 20
- Messages
- 225
- Reaction score
- 137
- Location
- Mishawaka, Indiana
- Vehicle(s)
- Focus
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
Thanks now I have to go look to see if the louvers are there because I just received my unit in mid June and I was told there were no recalls because all were done prior to leaving the factory in the middle of May.
Interesting on the lights though because I know the same dealer who put the road master setup on my Sportrac had to put a diode in the rear lights to allow the lights to work from the motorhome I assumed they will do the same thing to the Maverick?
That's the way they did mine except the diodes caused a ground fault and the passenger light would go off intermittently. I would not tap into the factory wires, keep tow lights completely separate if you can.
Sponsored
