This will be the last Ford I buy

[26mavxlt]

2023 Lariat with Sync 3. Radio is fine. The "navigation" is the worst POS I have ever had, in or out of a car. The "voice control" for entering a destination SUCKS. You have to tell it OVER and OVER where you want to go, and it still SCREWS IT UP.
Should ever decide to use it, enter the destination BEFORE you even leave your garage. Unless you want something to do for a half hour or more.
Thank God for Garmin and paper maps.

Sounds like my 2022 Tacoma, sometimes it would take my voice and other times all I was doing was pushing my finger against a screen with no response, had to pull over and type it in, and that always pissed me off

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[Nuvolari]

Well CRAP. I just ordered a 2026 Corolla Cross. Hope the navigation has improved.
Oh well, I two Garmins.

 

[Wahjahbvious]

I'm honestly surprised that manufacturers are still bothering to put gps into cars. Seems like the sort of thing that should have gone way of the CD Player by now. Maybe that's why they've moved to the (terrible) subscription model: they know that most people don't care and will just use their phone, but for those few special rubes, they can extract some extra cash.

 

[ripperAZ]

You forgot to mention it has the best resale value of any small hybrid vehicle

sell it. Buy a Santa Cruz. Lots of regret on their forums as well

My 2023 lariat hybrid has been problem free except I dropped in a better battery
I paid around 33K It’s still worth around 29.
Tough to complain about that
FORE

 

[skadizzle]

You forgot to mention it has the best resale value of any small hybrid vehicle

sell it. Buy a Santa Cruz. Lots of regret on their forums as well

My 2023 lariat hybrid has been problem free except I dropped in a better battery
I paid around 33K It’s still worth around 29.
Tough to complain about that
FORE

Well I paid $37-38k sticker and its worth about $24k

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

I paid 33k. Took in for oil change at dealer. They robo texted me and asked if I wanted an offer to trade in. I said yes. They offered 24 to 26.5k
They don't think much of their own vehicle. I said no it was a 21% decline in value. Lmao! They responded, I'd get more for a trade in. Pretty much an insult of intelligence.

 

[Finnster]

You forgot to mention it has the best resale value of any small hybrid vehicle

sell it. Buy a Santa Cruz. Lots of regret on their forums as well

My 2023 lariat hybrid has been problem free except I dropped in a better battery
I paid around 33K It’s still worth around 29.
Tough to complain about that
FORE

How many miles are on this Maverick?

Well I paid $37-38k sticker and its worth about $24k

How many miles are on this Maverick?
Thanks,

 

[Lone Star Proud]

This will be a long post so feel free to skim through or skip.

I wanted to love the Maverick as Ford finally came out with a hybrid truck and it seemed too good to be true. It is. I was one of ones interested at the beginning and placed my order in September 2021. I joined this forum in November 2021 and was pretty active on here anxiously waiting for my truck. I was also a long-time viewer of Tim's weekly YT show.

I was finally given a VIN number and build date for October 2022 and ended up being one of the vehicles whose VIN was canceled and had to re-order a 2023. I eventually got my truck in March 2023, 18 months after I ordered. When I sat in it for the first time, the backseat wasn't as roomy as everyone said, but it looked good and I already waited long enough for it so I ended up buying it. I did get a great deal on it as I had the rollover rebate and X-Plan so I ended up paying about $32k for a truck with a $38k sticker price and a mark-up value of around $45k at the time.

My initial plan was that this truck would hold its value and I could trade it in after 2-3 years and move up to an F150 which is what I always wanted. Well, I was disappointed pretty early on and tried to trade it in after only 3-4 monhts and,at least in Florida they certainly do not hold their value. I was offered $29k for the truck. I decided to hold onto it and try enjoy it. I did ceramic tint all around, added a ceramic coat to it since everyone was doing it (that was a waste of money), added PFF on the hood and front, did a spray-in bed liner, and added some accessories to it to make it my own. The truck looks badass, I will give it that, especially when done right. However, it has had nothing but problems for me.

*Here are the problems if you want to skip*

• FIrst of all, I have never gotten the magical 50 mpg that a lot of hybrid owners claim. I usually only average about 35-37 mpg which is great, but not what I was expecting. Still for a truck, I can't complain too much. The rest of the problems though are inexcusable.
• The interior scratches if you just look at it wrong. I have two dogs and after just 3 months the interior looked worse than my Rav4 I traded in after 5 years.
• There is something wrong with the windshield design/material as it is not strong at all. I have replaced my windshield twice in the first year from rocks and I currently have a crack that I've just been living with for the last year as I don't feel like paying or taking another insurance ding.
• My windshield wiper tank was cracked or something as it was emptying out within a week of filling it up and the dealer couldn't find the problem, just ended up replacing it.
• My CV axles ended up needing replaced after only 30k miles. Luckily this was under the warranty, but they had my truck for a month waiting on parts.
• I had water getting into my cabin behind the center console and was getting my floorboards wet and moldy. I believe they said it was something with the evaporator and they replaced my entire carpet and whatever else they did. This was also under the warranty.
• The water is coming back into the cabin, but is out of warranty and they want an additional charge to diagnose again.
• The ambient air sensor broke and caused the HVAC system to stop working. Had to get that replaced, not under warranty $700
• The Bluetooth randomly decides to not recognize my phone and I have to restart the truck or remember the reset sequence for the info screen, which is annoying as it happened frequently.
• The truck will sometimes go into Deep Sleep mode and the headlights will start strobing for no reason.
• The latest issue is I am now getting a System Shift Fault when I start the truck and it won't let me out of Park. I have to turn the truck off and restart it after a few seconds.
• In the Ford app, I can't do see anything because it says the truck is in Battery Saver Mode. I did it previously, but it went away after I took it in for the air sensor issue. It's back now, probably because of the System Shift issue.

This truck has just had so many issues and many of them like the Bluetooth and Deep Sleep don't really seem to have a solution. The dealer said they can't do anything if they can't duplicate it and/or it doesn't trigger an error code and since it happens randomly, I'm shit out of luck. I wish I could get rid of it as a lemon, but in Florida, it has to be the same issue four times and since it has just been a bunch of different ones, nothing can be done.

This was my first Ford vehicle and while I was hoping to stay in the Ford family and move up to a bigger vehicle, between the problems I have had with this truck and with my dealer, I want nothing more to do with them. Because the resale value is shit, I have to hold onto the truck for another year or so to at least have enough trade-in value to get something else. I will be going back to Honda or Toyota where I have never had a problem outside of a Civic that needed a new header after 200k miles on it.

/tldr This truck is a POS and I regret ever buying it, but am stuck with it

I'm four years in and would rebuy in a heartbeat.

 

[gp1200x]

You forgot to mention it has the best resale value of any small hybrid vehicle

sell it. Buy a Santa Cruz. Lots of regret on their forums as well

My 2023 lariat hybrid has been problem free except I dropped in a better battery
I paid around 33K It’s still worth around 29.
Tough to complain about that
FORE

If someone offered you $29 for it you should take it and run.

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

You forgot to mention it has the best resale value of any small hybrid vehicle

sell it. Buy a Santa Cruz. Lots of regret on their forums as well

My 2023 lariat hybrid has been problem free except I dropped in a better battery
I paid around 33K It’s still worth around 29.
Tough to complain about that
FORE

Not the highest of all hybrids. The Tacoma is and has been overall for 2 decades.
Trucks in general have some of the highest resale values.

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