Ha! I had to go check. I just never noticed it before, but it's there. It's black, and I guess mine is installed correctly. I thought it was all hard plastic.
They're all installed correctly. People just assume that they should be attached on the sides.
First off, loving the truck. Yeah, a lot of interior stuff is cheap, but it feels honest, none of it is bothering me yet.
... except for this, which I only noticed a week or so into ownership, and welp, I finally found an extraordinary Maverick cheap-out that stunned me. I've NEVER seen something like this in any car or truck I've ever driven in nearly four decades of motoring, including some of the cheapest penalty boxes sold in America. Like, who just gives up and puts a curtain on a steering column? Lada? Yugo?? What kind of money does this even save for you, Ford?
Now, it wouldn't bother me half as much if the curtain (or cover, or jacket, or drape... anyone know the technical term for this part? Couldn't find it listed in any Ford parts schematics online) wasn't detached from both ends, hanging loose (see this thread for a clearer example: https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/top-steering-wheel-column-to-dash-cover.51786/). The best I can do is kind of tuck in both ends, but it still pops out. It doesn't shift out unless I adjust the steering column, but expecting my better half to need to do that whenever she borrows the truck, that means this thing's gonna shift out often.
Anyway... griping aside... as ridiculously minor a thing as this is, is this still something that can be fixed under warranty? While I change my own oil, I'm going to at least get my first service done at a dealer just so they have to face the rumored hassle of taking off the filter for the first time, so I'm wondering whether this is something I can ask them to address while I'm there... or am I only now discovering a Maverick flaw ("quirk," if we're being polite) that we all just live with?
I just noticed that issue with mine last week while driving, now i can't unsee it
. I'll mention it to them this week when I drop it off for the airbag lamp issue.
Ask @MABETT to design one for us. : )First off, loving the truck. Yeah, a lot of interior stuff is cheap, but it feels honest, none of it is bothering me yet.
... except for this, which I only noticed a week or so into ownership, and welp, I finally found an extraordinary Maverick cheap-out that stunned me. I've NEVER seen something like this in any car or truck I've ever driven in nearly four decades of motoring, including some of the cheapest penalty boxes sold in America. Like, who just gives up and puts a curtain on a steering column? Lada? Yugo?? What kind of money does this even save for you, Ford?
Now, it wouldn't bother me half as much if the curtain (or cover, or jacket, or drape... anyone know the technical term for this part? Couldn't find it listed in any Ford parts schematics online) wasn't detached from both ends, hanging loose (see this thread for a clearer example: https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/top-steering-wheel-column-to-dash-cover.51786/). The best I can do is kind of tuck in both ends, but it still pops out. It doesn't shift out unless I adjust the steering column, but expecting my better half to need to do that whenever she borrows the truck, that means this thing's gonna shift out often.
Anyway... griping aside... as ridiculously minor a thing as this is, is this still something that can be fixed under warranty? While I change my own oil, I'm going to at least get my first service done at a dealer just so they have to face the rumored hassle of taking off the filter for the first time, so I'm wondering whether this is something I can ask them to address while I'm there... or am I only now discovering a Maverick flaw ("quirk," if we're being polite) that we all just live with?
Wait-- Ford does this on their more expensive vehicles too? Yeesh.
I don't know-- without a vinyl cover? Like the tilting and telescoping wheel in my girlfriend's Subaru Forester? Or the tilting and telescoping steering wheel in the Mazda CX-7 that I used to own? Etc., etc. All had hard plastic covers. Sensing a trend, I hope.
I never said it was in more expensive Ford vehicles. It's in all of the economy C-platform vehicles like the Maverick and Focus. If you wanted a vehicle with nice interior materials, why did you buy a Maverick? That's certainly not its forte, and I don't consider any of it on par with a Forester or CX-7.
Going back to not so recently, cloth was the fancy new upgrade for seats.
Mine was cheap, so it seems appropriate to me.
100%Mine is not great either. I can live with it though. Should we start a thread about how we hate the dial shifter?!
