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I am coming up on one year living on the road with my Maverick. Started with a basic cot-tent on the back, to the beautifully engineered GFC camper and now pulling behind that my cozy Scamp trailer.
i have exactly 30k miles on the truck. The stock tires have another 10k in them before they need replacing.
Lately I have been letting different Ford dealer address some of the recalls and TSBās. The ābrake grabā problem is very magnified when you pull a trailer, but I am waiting for the dealer to get the parts to fix it.
I also had to get a Brake Controller installed and convert the standard 4 prong trailer connector to a 7 prong one. I had this done at Uhaul of all places. They did it in about an hour for less than $300. But I would have preferred if Ford offered this themselves for Hybrid owners. Getting a third party brake controller isnāt as nicely integrated as what Ford offers for the non-hybrid.
The Scamp trailer is fiberglass and weighs only 1550 lbs(with bathroom). The Hybrid has no problem pulling it at all.
Unfortunately I have yet to find a dealer who understands the ābattery deep sleep - need to jump startā problem. Every time they test the battery it passes. And living on the road makes it hard to let the truck sit for weeks at a dealer. I wish @Ford Motor Company would release a TSB on this issue (it is not the harness). A TSB makes it so much easier to talk to dealers about an issue.
Anyway I continue to manage the issue with a kill switch that stops all electric drain from 12v battery.
Otherwise the truck has some scrapes and bruises (aka dents and scratches) because it goes where the adventure takes me. But it has held up beautifully and I am super grateful that Ford has made this hybrid truck that has giving me so many adventures.
i have exactly 30k miles on the truck. The stock tires have another 10k in them before they need replacing.
Lately I have been letting different Ford dealer address some of the recalls and TSBās. The ābrake grabā problem is very magnified when you pull a trailer, but I am waiting for the dealer to get the parts to fix it.
I also had to get a Brake Controller installed and convert the standard 4 prong trailer connector to a 7 prong one. I had this done at Uhaul of all places. They did it in about an hour for less than $300. But I would have preferred if Ford offered this themselves for Hybrid owners. Getting a third party brake controller isnāt as nicely integrated as what Ford offers for the non-hybrid.
The Scamp trailer is fiberglass and weighs only 1550 lbs(with bathroom). The Hybrid has no problem pulling it at all.
Unfortunately I have yet to find a dealer who understands the ābattery deep sleep - need to jump startā problem. Every time they test the battery it passes. And living on the road makes it hard to let the truck sit for weeks at a dealer. I wish @Ford Motor Company would release a TSB on this issue (it is not the harness). A TSB makes it so much easier to talk to dealers about an issue.
Anyway I continue to manage the issue with a kill switch that stops all electric drain from 12v battery.
Otherwise the truck has some scrapes and bruises (aka dents and scratches) because it goes where the adventure takes me. But it has held up beautifully and I am super grateful that Ford has made this hybrid truck that has giving me so many adventures.
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