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Had this pop up in my Google News feed. Not a Maverick owner but I do own its predecessor, the C-Max so they are relatively similar in some aspects.
To those commenting on the coolant temp sensor: Ford's generally don't monitor the coolant itself especially on 4cyl engines. Rather they have a 'Cylinder Head Temp' sensor and they infer the coolant temp from this. This is helpful for some of the noted cases such as air bubbles or a worse case scenario of a full loss of coolant as it measures the cylinder head directly and can read an overheat condition even if there's no longer any coolant present. The sensor usually sits between spark plugs 2&3 on the 4cyl engines. Forscan (or IDS if you have access) should be able to give you the actual sensor temp instead of the inferred coolant temp which would be what you'd get from the standard coolant temp OBD PID.
Blinking CEL is often an indicator of a severe misfire.
One thing I always recommend to people especially considering our hybrid vehicles with more complex systems is to get the codes/DTCs read, preferrably from IDS or Forscan which will give you Ford specific codes that an off the shelf generic code scanner may not. Even if there's no CEL or other warning lights where it thinks something is severely wrong, something could still be set to help narrow down what's going on.
To those commenting on the coolant temp sensor: Ford's generally don't monitor the coolant itself especially on 4cyl engines. Rather they have a 'Cylinder Head Temp' sensor and they infer the coolant temp from this. This is helpful for some of the noted cases such as air bubbles or a worse case scenario of a full loss of coolant as it measures the cylinder head directly and can read an overheat condition even if there's no longer any coolant present. The sensor usually sits between spark plugs 2&3 on the 4cyl engines. Forscan (or IDS if you have access) should be able to give you the actual sensor temp instead of the inferred coolant temp which would be what you'd get from the standard coolant temp OBD PID.
Blinking CEL is often an indicator of a severe misfire.
One thing I always recommend to people especially considering our hybrid vehicles with more complex systems is to get the codes/DTCs read, preferrably from IDS or Forscan which will give you Ford specific codes that an off the shelf generic code scanner may not. Even if there's no CEL or other warning lights where it thinks something is severely wrong, something could still be set to help narrow down what's going on.
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- That would make my wait shorter for the hybrid I ordered Sept 18. . . I also noticed the EPA sticker mpg for the 2023 hybrid is now 40mpg city, down from 42 mpg city in 2022. Maybe they revised/recalibrated/repgrogrammed the regenerative braking to be less aggressive to solve the problem, meaning the gas engine runs more? Meanwhile, I am enjoying the 2.0 EB I purchased to tide me over until my hybrid is built. I am able to clean the windshield all the way to the middle without using a step stool and reach stuff that in my former truck floated into the middle of the bed without climbing on the rear tire.
