no it’s a nice little truck, just needs a little extra strength in places like floor pan. I was surprised how thin it is.So I guess that Maverick ain’t too bad.
I had the exact same experience except I came around corner and crashed into a concrete boulder laying in the middle of the road that had been kicked up from a piece of the bridge falling apart. The plastic shield on the bottom of the car was ripped off. The vapor canister was punctured. The service engine light came on. I bent a rim and popped the tire. It cost $2,300 to get repaired. Ford did a good job of fixing it. I'm in the process of trading for a 2024. Lol.
Fiber, felt, plastic ones are called "splash guards or air dams" and deflect small things and water as extra benefits to their main purpose to reduce air drag.
Once while In my chev luv pu I drove at 60 over a semi spring leaf lying in road. Must have cleared it's raised end by 1/4" was afraid it would hang on something and come up through floor!
Was that a Mav also? I’m wondering how they will reattach the shield as the studs for attachment are ripped almost off the floor pan and it’s super thin.
I appreciate that you clean up the debris. Very few professional drivers seem to do so. I recently drove I-94 between Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Heavy truck tire fragments at least every couple miles. Not to mention the deer carcasses almost a frequent as mile marker posts. I even saw a drive shaft. Who loses a drive shaft and doesn't pick it up?
I-40 gets a large amount of 18 Wheeler traffic and has a lot of tire debris. Usually smaller stuff of a foot length or so, I was unfortunate enough to find a much bigger piece with the bottom of my Maverick. I saw it flying out the back of it in my rear view mirrors looked to be 5-6 ft long. I know it did a number on the bottom of the Mav. Ripped the middle drivers side shield nearly plum off, broke the mounts(which don’t look like much as they look like 2inch long 1/8 inch threaded studs popped riveted to floor pan and busted the vapor canister and ripped it’s mounts off. I sure hope Ford can fix the studs so they don’t rust out the floor pan. That floor pan is so thin I’ll bet rusting out is going to be problem on the Mavs.
I’d give up a few mpg to have. A bit more steel under my feet. That stuff was super thin. A bit thicker than one of those old beer can pop tops but not much.
They will order you a new one - for $100 bucks
Insurance may cover it if, "the tire tread blew off a truck directly in front of you when it had a blowout."
If it is just laying in the road and you hit it, it's very possible they won't pay for it.
Source: happened to me once.
Mav brought us home no v
floor pan and those broke off studs is what I’m concerned about the evap canister and felt/fiber shield no big deal
oh - the felt under liner is $100, The Evap canister was $513 - they can repair the sheet metal, you probably will be amazed by that. The studs will need to be rewelded and I think they can do it. Mine would have been covered by comprehensive insurance, however, with a $2,000 deductible - I just paid out of pocket for all the effort it would have been. I did mention a concrete bolder came flying at me when an 18 wheeler bounced across the expansion joint on a bridge... Terrifying. Blew the tire out and bent the rim on the left front tire as it tore the bottom of my car out.
Sounds like your Mav sustained more damage than mine. My wheels and tires didn’t get damaged. Drat, no excuse to get rid of stock Lariat wheels and Michelins.
