Missing interior options you wish were available?

[AzCactusGray]

Find an automotive custom shop in your area, they can probably install rear seat heat pads.

With the exception of the sound system and even that's debatable,
rarely do aftermarket added interior features work or look as good as the ones put in at the factory. And even on those rare occasions where they work as well or even better perhaps, they are never as well integrated, be it controls or fit and finish

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[Mox]

Ahhh, it's Brown/BLUE not Black. If Black I would be okay with it.

Whoops. My mistake. I am a bit color blind. Shows me, I should have read the spec sheet rather than trust my eyes looking at a webpage.

Still not a fan. But to each their own. Probably would have been ok if it were Black/Blue. But the Brown in general ruins it for me. Waiting for 2023 MY for better color selection.

 

[Delzona]

I feel the XLT lux package should have offered push start and smart key, or at least have it as an option to add. My 10 year old Prius has it and it’s awesome don’t ever have to take the keys out of my pocket just get in and go. That option will be missed. I just don’t want to upgrade all the way up to Lariat since I don’t want or need leather seats.

I agree! It just lame that push start wasn't part of the XLT package, especially when you consider how long it's been around. This is one option I think Ford screwed up on.

 

[Ken_Ohki]

60/40 folding rear seat. With a kid still in a booster seat it will be a few years before I get to use the under seat compartment other than a dropped food/crumb catch.

 

[oljackfrost]

With the exception of the sound system and even that's debatable,
rarely do aftermarket added interior features work or look as good as the ones put in at the factory. And even on those rare occasions where they work as well or even better perhaps, they are never as well integrated, be it controls or fit and finish

What do you base this on? I sold Subarus for six years and our automotive custom shop did stellar work that was equal or better than factory. Never had a single customer complain about fit and finish or long term reliability.

 

[AzCactusGray]

What do you base this on? I sold Subarus for six years and our automotive custom shop did stellar work that was equal or better than factory. Never had a single customer complain about fit and finish or long term reliability.

I base my opinion on my experience in the automotive industry with high-end vehicles, not Subarus.
But let's use the Maverick XL as an example. Yes you can add cruise control but the controls won't be on the steering wheel, therefore, integration with the add-on is not as good as though it was factory. Or you can take something like heated rear seats where the front seats are installed and going to be controlled by the LCD control panel, however you're not going to be able to add the rear seat control functionality to the LCD control panel. You will be able to add some switches which probably won't match switches that are already installed in the vehicle. Therefore, once again, not integrated as well as it would be if it was from the factory.

 

[vap0rtranz]

From what I understand, the wireless CarPlay an android auto is very laggy, and consumes quite a bit of battery.

Yup.

And there's 2 misunderstandings about this "wireless" tech:

1) you don't need Carplay/Auto wireless to do voice or texting because that's already done over Bluetooth
2) Carplay/Auto Wireless is for "screen beaming" and smartphone app integration, and that's now done over WiFi

This gets confusing because Bluetooth and WiFi are both wireless so the word "wireless" gets overloaded.

1) Handsfree voice & texting has been in almost every infotainment head unit made in the past decade. Ford Sync v1 back in early 2010s had this technology. It's carried over Bluetooth because that's what manufacturers decided on (the standard for SMS texting is called Bluetooth MAP and the voice/music is Bluetooth A2DP). I had to check whether Ford was getting rid of this technology in the Maverick but nope! The model guide lists "Includes Bluetooth connectivity" for all models. So it's still here in the head unit. Like Wire4money said, Bluetooth radios consumes little power and that means no need to charge the phone, but it is fundamentally a serial communication protocol so its bandwidth is limited -- still, it can do audio, both voice and music. Music from the phone is just another Bluetooth audio stream that will play through the speakers.

2) Carplay/Auto "Wireless" -- again, overloaded "wireless" term here -- adds smartphone apps to the infotainment system, allows apps to "beam" to the infotainment display, etc. It's carried over WiFi, not Bluetooth, but despite all the advances in WiFi tech, nobody has been able to get WiFi radios to be energy efficient. So you'll want your phone being charging with the new Wireless stuff. Ignore the word "Wireless" here. It's just extra functionality above & beyond the older Bluetooth wireless standards. This extra functionality of Carplay/Auto Wireless is done via USB for Mavericks.

TL;DR: ignore the overloaded word "wireless". Maverick owners will still be to handsfree voice & txt even without Wireless and we won't need to plug in our phones. All our Maverick's infotainment head units still have Bluetooth. My eperience with handsfree Bluetooth is we can also play music streamed from our phones but we won't be able to control the actual music app from the Sync display. Controlling a smartphone app via the head unit requires Carplay/Android Auto so that would be via USB or an aftermarket WiFi dongle.

 

[oljackfrost]

Yup.

And there's 2 misunderstandings about this "wireless" tech:

1) you don't need Carplay/Auto wireless to do voice or texting because that's already done over Bluetooth
2) Carplay/Auto Wireless is for "screen beaming" and smartphone app integration, and that's now done over WiFi

This gets confusing because Bluetooth and WiFi are both wireless so the word "wireless" gets overloaded.

1) Handsfree voice & texting has been in almost every infotainment head unit made in the past decade. Ford Sync v1 back in early 2010s had this technology. It's carried over Bluetooth because that's what manufacturers decided on (the standard for SMS texting is called Bluetooth MAP and the voice/music is Bluetooth A2DP). I had to check whether Ford was getting rid of this technology in the Maverick but nope! The model guide lists "Includes Bluetooth connectivity" for all models. So it's still here in the head unit. Like Wire4money said, Bluetooth radios consumes little power and that means no need to charge the phone, but it is fundamentally a serial communication protocol so its bandwidth is limited -- still, it can do audio, both voice and music. Music from the phone is just another Bluetooth audio stream that will play through the speakers.

2) Carplay/Auto "Wireless" -- again, overloaded "wireless" term here -- adds smartphone apps to the infotainment system, allows apps to "beam" to the infotainment display, etc. It's carried over WiFi, not Bluetooth, but despite all the advances in WiFi tech, nobody has been able to get WiFi radios to be energy efficient. So you'll want your phone being charging with the new Wireless stuff. Ignore the word "Wireless" here. It's just extra functionality above & beyond the older Bluetooth wireless standards. This extra functionality of Carplay/Auto Wireless is done via USB for Mavericks.

TL;DR: ignore the overloaded word "wireless". Maverick owners will still be to handsfree voice & txt even without Wireless and we won't need to plug in our phones. All our Maverick's infotainment head units still have Bluetooth. My eperience with handsfree Bluetooth is we can also play music streamed from our phones but we won't be able to control the actual music app from the Sync display. Controlling a smartphone app via the head unit requires Carplay/Android Auto so that would be via USB or an aftermarket WiFi dongle.

Well done! I hope a lot of forum members read this.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Yup.

And there's 2 misunderstandings about this "wireless" tech:

1) you don't need Carplay/Auto wireless to do voice or texting because that's already done over Bluetooth
2) Carplay/Auto Wireless is for "screen beaming" and smartphone app integration, and that's now done over WiFi

This gets confusing because Bluetooth and WiFi are both wireless so the word "wireless" gets overloaded.

1) Handsfree voice & texting has been in almost every infotainment head unit made in the past decade. Ford Sync v1 back in early 2010s had this technology. It's carried over Bluetooth because that's what manufacturers decided on (the standard for SMS texting is called Bluetooth MAP and the voice/music is Bluetooth A2DP). I had to check whether Ford was getting rid of this technology in the Maverick but nope! The model guide lists "Includes Bluetooth connectivity" for all models. So it's still here in the head unit. Like Wire4money said, Bluetooth radios consumes little power and that means no need to charge the phone, but it is fundamentally a serial communication protocol so its bandwidth is limited -- still, it can do audio, both voice and music. Music from the phone is just another Bluetooth audio stream that will play through the speakers.

2) Carplay/Auto "Wireless" -- again, overloaded "wireless" term here -- adds smartphone apps to the infotainment system, allows apps to "beam" to the infotainment display, etc. It's carried over WiFi, not Bluetooth, but despite all the advances in WiFi tech, nobody has been able to get WiFi radios to be energy efficient. So you'll want your phone being charging with the new Wireless stuff. Ignore the word "Wireless" here. It's just extra functionality above & beyond the older Bluetooth wireless standards. This extra functionality of Carplay/Auto Wireless is done via USB for Mavericks.

TL;DR: ignore the overloaded word "wireless". Maverick owners will still be to handsfree voice & txt even without Wireless and we won't need to plug in our phones. All our Maverick's infotainment head units still have Bluetooth. My eperience with handsfree Bluetooth is we can also play music streamed from our phones but we won't be able to control the actual music app from the Sync display. Controlling a smartphone app via the head unit requires Carplay/Android Auto so that would be via USB or an aftermarket WiFi dongle.

You make some good points but I'm fairly certain that anyone who is already using Android Auto or Carplay already know all of this information. For someone who has never used either of those or have no idea what they actually are then this is good information.

 

[vap0rtranz]

For someone who has never used either of those or have no idea what they actually are then this is good information.

Totally agree. I'm too verbose.

Based on this forum & Reddit, several folks were complaining that they couldn't believe Ford was making them plug their phones into the car to do anything. Usually the complain would go: "my 5 year old car doesn't make me plug-in". Ford is partially to blame: there was that snafu in the trim guides about the XL & XLT getting "Sync" and only Lariat getting "Sync 3" -- what's the difference? finally a dealer clarified --, and Ford not being clearer that all trims got handsfree. Even a marketing video of someone driving the Mav, making a call, all without their phone plugged in would have shut down the complaints.

 

[oljackfrost]

You make some good points but I'm fairly certain that anyone who is already using Android Auto or Carplay already know all of this information. For someone who has never used either of those or have no idea what they actually are then this is good information.

Disagree, I have used CarPlay for quite some time and found some interesting nuggets here.

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