Toasted Maverick.

[LSchicago]

You can note that the thin paint that everyone talks about did not hold up. Just another problem for this great "little" truck!!

But the steelies held up better than the aluminum!

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[The Ranch Wife]

A relative sent me this video of his uncles truck. It caught fire at 4 am.

Oh my gosh!! Mine just arrived at the dealer yesterday. Waiting for the storm to pass before I pick it up. I sure hope no one was hurt. I had heard of this happening, but not to 2023's. Now I am worried it may happen to mine

 

[Maverickman74]

Not really surprised. We really are playing with fire when it comes to hybrids and electric vehicles. I say that with a Tesla in the garage lol!

Im not an electrician, but I am confident in my wiring because I know which wires make fires.

 

[LSchicago]

Oh my gosh!! Mine just arrived at the dealer yesterday. Waiting for the storm to pass before I pick it up. I sure hope no one was hurt. I had heard of this happening, but not to 2023's. Now I am worried it may happen to mine

It's a 2022. And looking forward to getting my 23 in the next 2 weeks or so.

 

[Radman73]

Im not an electrician, but I am confident in my wiring because I know which wires make fires.

Same lol! I know enough to be dangerous but also enough to be safe. Well, safe-ish.

 

[notmyrealname0514]

seeing how there were no injuries:

PSA: do not try and temper your mavericks at home boys and girls.

 

[Guv]

No, that is not how they did the surveys...Obviously, that would not make any sense at all. A majority of animosity toward electric vehicles, like many sad situations in this world, comes from a simple lack of understanding and knowledge on the subject. The gas to electric car ratios were the same. IN other words, they sampled 400k electric cars and 400K gas cars. Capisce?

Have you ever dealt with a lithium battery fire? They are very difficult to control and give off some very nasty fumes.
And I would love to see the sample groups for your beloved statistics.

 

[fremont]

Got the good old nimh battery pack in my fusion hybrid, no fires yet. It would be nice to know the statistics of previous ford hybrids and how many caught fire per units produced to see if the maverick is a outlier or not.

 

[Guv]

Got the good old nimh battery pack in my fusion hybrid, no fires yet. It would be nice to know the statistics of previous ford hybrids and how many caught fire per units produced to see if the maverick is a outlier or not.

Are you sure

Got the good old nimh battery pack in my fusion hybrid, no fires yet. It would be nice to know the statistics of previous ford hybrids and how many caught fire per units produced to see if the maverick is a outlier or not.

Are you sure, our 2014 C-Max has a lithium ion battery. Your Fusion should have an identical hybrid system.

 

[fremont]

Are you sure

Are you sure, our 2014 C-Max has a lithium ion battery. Your Fusion should have an identical hybrid system.

Maybe you should read up on them and you would find the 2010-2012 Fusion Hybrids used Nimh battery packs and not lithium ions, they also have the Aisin HD-20 CVT (japanese) which proved to be far more reliable then the HF-35 used in the later units that ford put out a TSB for bearing failure

 

[Guv]

Maybe you should read up on them and you would find the 2010-2012 Fusion Hybrids used Nimh battery packs and not lithium ions, they also have the Aisin HD-20 CVT (japanese) which proved to be far more reliable then the HF-35 used in the later units that ford put out a TSB for bearing failure

Well excuse the shit out of me, I don’t recall you mentioning the year model. Later Fusions did use lithium ion batteries.

 

[Fcnrwy]

These issues with fires, (except for the early Hybrid recall, which is for the aftermath after the crankshaft, hand grenades.) Seems all "Wiring/Electronically" related..
Are we pushing the envelope a little bit.?

I do miss my "Mechanical" Rangers...
This Maverick has more "Computer-power" than probably everything I have owned previously..
(Computers, Phones and Rangers...)

Jerry

 

[son of a ..sven]

Have you ever dealt with a lithium battery fire? They are very difficult to control and give off some very nasty fumes.
And I would love to see the sample groups for your beloved statistics.

I do know about lithium fires, nothing to like about them. They have happened. Some day sodium based batteries will be the ones to take the lead in ever changing battery tech. A Chinese company is said they will have them out in 2024 or 2025. https://www.catl.com/en/news/6013.html
Beloved statistics? No, they are not precious or dear to me, just statistics. You are just as capable as I am to do some digging. I do love my Mav and my Tesla though.

Despite their lower energy density and cycle life, Na-ion batteries are safer and perform better in a wide operational temperature range. They work on a similar principle to Li-ion cells and are expected to be at least 20% cheaper than LFP due to the fact that they are lithium-free.Feb 21, 2023

AND almost off topic..this> https://insideevs.com/news/682472/e...ZHNzm-rYUEfnw2GJ8yXSZp66bbahC_4nHUlYdDOiyhseM

A number of these factories are already in existence with more coming.

 

[son of a ..sven]

On battery fires> go to 13:09 >>>>

 

[wax87]

yawn

The National Fire Protection Agency estimates that 33 cars catch on fire every hour in the United States alone.

but how many catch fire when parked? I am not sure how long this Mav was parked before the fire started

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