Maverick Drive Modes

[groovesocket]

The standard Maverick has 5 drive modes - Normal, Eco, Sport, Slippery, and Tow/Haul. I understand when normal, slippery, and tow/haul are to be used, but what are the use cases for eco and sport modes?

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[DavidS]

I am also curious about all this. I've never owned a car with different drive modes. I would guess that "Sport" mode would keep it in lower gears for longer, giving it more torque in each gear. But I don't know what the advantage to that would be in a small pickup truck. It's not exactly race-tuned.

 

[Hack]

Sport mode in our 2018 Honda CRV does keep it in the lower gears longer. The only thing I use it for is going down steep mountain roads. It causes the engine to hold back a little. (But not much.)

 

[Jukebox Nero]

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I've always just kept eco on a lot currently but I use sport mode on occasion when it's useful to have that responsiveness.

Sort of like when you are in the front of the lane that becomes a turn only with a line of cars behind you and you are sure the guy to the left of you is in that lane just so he can gun it and make it to the turn lane before all of those queued up behind you?

I shamefully admit that is when I use it so I can usually box the impatient driver out.

 

[JsnMrd]

I wonder if keeping the Hybrid trim on Eco mode is the only way to achieve the 500 mile range mpg.

 

[groovesocket]

I am also curious about all this. I've never owned a car with different drive modes. I would guess that "Sport" mode would keep it in lower gears for longer, giving it more torque in each gear. But I don't know what the advantage to that would be in a small pickup truck. It's not exactly race-tuned.

I too have never owned a vehicle with drive modes. The hybrid eCVT doesn't have gears. So I'm curious how sport mode and eco mode work on the hybrid eCVT.

 

[hsinking1932]

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I too have never owned a vehicle with drive modes. The hybrid eCVT doesn't have gears. So I'm curious how sport mode and eco mode work on the hybrid eCVT.

Maybe everything keeps the same except racing noise from the radio

 

[MaverickAngler]

It's not exactly race-tuned.

Yet
I plan on being FBO ASAP

 

[DavidS]

Yet
I plan on being FBO ASAP

Be sure to keep us all posted. I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with.

 

[RageRx]

The standard Maverick has 5 drive modes - Normal, Eco, Sport, Slippery, and Tow/Haul. I understand when normal, slippery, and tow/haul are to be used, but what are the use cases for eco and sport modes?

I tell all my customers that ask this about other models the same thing. "Eco anytime to save some money or calm down a peppy engine, and Sport if you need to get onto the interstate or make a sketchy pass".

 

[Vulcan9988]

I tell all my customers that ask this about other models the same thing. "Eco anytime to save some money or calm down a peppy engine, and Sport if you need to get onto the interstate or make a sketchy pass".

So am i correct in assuming then i can switch this while im moving and it wont cause issues?

 

[Probity]

Eco mode - my frame of reference for how this will likely feel is my 2017 Honda CR-V and my 2018 F150, both of which have it.
Eco mode "dampens" throttle response. Very noticeable change in my CR-V when using Econ mode versus when it's off. Around town/city driving is where this works best. On the highway at highways speeds (70+ mph) it does little to nothing. In both my F150 and CR-V I've checked average mpg in Eco/Econ mode for city vs. highway driving. I actually get slightly less highway mpg in Eco/Econ mode than in Normal mode. For city driving Eco/Econ mode definitley makes a difference.

 

[MaverickAngler]

I know FX4 ADDS modes but will it loose any modes to allow for the “off-road modes?”

 

[Wire4money]

In our Audi, sport mode keeps the rpms up to keep the turbo spooled up. I would expect the eco boost to be similar.

 

[L3fty]

I know FX4 ADDS modes but will it loose any modes to allow for the “off-road modes?”

I read that FX4 exchanges "sand" and "mud/ruts" modes for two of the standard ones. I THINK it drops sport and slippery if I remember correctly.

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