I will in the next day or two. I have a lot of good feelings about the Mav. Unfortunately, Ford ruined my confidence things went on with this experience created by Ford I didn't even mention.
off from bad to badToday I ended my saga with the highly anticipated time I would spend with my loaded XLT. It started in Oct. of 2021 when I Placed my order and welcomed it with open arms on May 5th, 2022. Almost 2 years to the day ... it's gone. The past 3 months have been a real pain in the ass. Ford Motor Company is at fault. In late February the first of 4 complete power losses occurred with my 2.0 Eco/AWD Maverick. They occur while at a stop waiting for a light change or at a stop sign. That is when the complete loss of power occurs and all the warning systems and dash signs start flashing. From that point, it will not restart requiring a tow truck to get it to the dealer. I need to add that this is with 39000 miles. Needless to say who pays the bill for this cluster from here on out? The dealer and Ford at this point can't figure out why this happened ... no reports of this happening and since the vehicle starts right up when it gets to the dealer the only code showing when analyzed is a loss of communication code. The battery is fine and they set the computer ... keep it a week and drive to see if it will do it again ... in the meantime, I am out of the truck I need and have no real answers. In March the same thing happened again twice. Reset the computer and keep your fingers crossed. I filed a case with Ford at the suggestion of the dealer ... that is a real disappointment and a complete waste of time. The service dept warned me they are hard to get a hold of even for them. How about only speaking to the Ford Customer Rep one time when I initially called while I was sitting on the side of the road waiting 2 hours for the wrecker?!! I can go on but won't. The picture of Mav was taken today at the Ford dealer while getting my stuff out of it. It is awaiting another recall fix for the body module causing the stop lights to Stop working. Then while my service writer was driving the Mav he was hearing a low growling noise in the rear end ... so they are looking at that next. Plus I have a bill for a new battery they say is now not producing enough amps to recalibrate the computer of the bullshit Ford didn't figure correctly when they built it. The cherry on the Sundae occurred this Wednesday when calling my Ford Customer Representative in Dearborn to get them to pay for the $270.00 battery. I waited on hold listening to some insane music repeated for over 20 minutes only to be told by a machine there were no representatives available to call back later ...click. The camel's back was broken ... I now have a 2023 Frontier PRO 4X loaded with 8,200 miles a $47,600 MSRP for $37,891. Nissan gave me $26,000 for the Mav that I paid $33,000 for 2 years ago
. And the dealer did the deal sight unseen and they own it and are picking it up from Ford when they are done doing their recalibrating and rear-end investigation.
.I am happy and sad ... I liked the Mav except for the bullshit for the past 3 months. The Nissan is a step up in the feel of more quality.
Go to Car Max and Carvana ... CarMax had the higher trade-in value. It was very acceptable to me ... I had 14K equity and the difference between what I paid was 20%. Nissan was 24,500 until I showed them the CarMax offer of $26K ..... they didn't blink and the deal got done.I wonder how much a dealer would give me for my 2023 Lariat fully loaded AWD Eco with 1,100 miles? Just curious.
Let's hope so. I got the shut down last year. All good since that event.
Most likely would have done the same thing if I were in your shoes. Wish you the best sir!!Today I ended my saga with the highly anticipated time I would spend with my loaded XLT. It started in Oct. of 2021 when I Placed my order and welcomed it with open arms on May 5th, 2022. Almost 2 years to the day ... it's gone. The past 3 months have been a real pain in the ass. Ford Motor Company is at fault. In late February the first of 4 complete power losses occurred with my 2.0 Eco/AWD Maverick. They occur while at a stop waiting for a light change or at a stop sign. That is when the complete loss of power occurs and all the warning systems and dash signs start flashing. From that point, it will not restart requiring a tow truck to get it to the dealer. I need to add that this is with 39000 miles. Needless to say who pays the bill for this cluster from here on out? The dealer and Ford at this point can't figure out why this happened ... no reports of this happening and since the vehicle starts right up when it gets to the dealer the only code showing when analyzed is a loss of communication code. The battery is fine and they set the computer ... keep it a week and drive to see if it will do it again ... in the meantime, I am out of the truck I need and have no real answers. In March the same thing happened again twice. Reset the computer and keep your fingers crossed. I filed a case with Ford at the suggestion of the dealer ... that is a real disappointment and a complete waste of time. The service dept warned me they are hard to get a hold of even for them. How about only speaking to the Ford Customer Rep one time when I initially called while I was sitting on the side of the road waiting 2 hours for the wrecker?!! I can go on but won't. The picture of Mav was taken today at the Ford dealer while getting my stuff out of it. It is awaiting another recall fix for the body module causing the stop lights to Stop working. Then while my service writer was driving the Mav he was hearing a low growling noise in the rear end ... so they are looking at that next. Plus I have a bill for a new battery they say is now not producing enough amps to recalibrate the computer of the bullshit Ford didn't figure correctly when they built it. The cherry on the Sundae occurred this Wednesday when calling my Ford Customer Representative in Dearborn to get them to pay for the $270.00 battery. I waited on hold listening to some insane music repeated for over 20 minutes only to be told by a machine there were no representatives available to call back later ...click. The camel's back was broken ... I now have a 2023 Frontier PRO 4X loaded with 8,200 miles a $47,600 MSRP for $37,891. Nissan gave me $26,000 for the Mav that I paid $33,000 for 2 years ago. And the dealer did the deal sight unseen and they own it and are picking it up from Ford when they are done doing their recalibrating and rear-end investigation.
.I am happy and sad ... I liked the Mav except for the bullshit for the past 3 months. The Nissan is a step up in the feel of more quality.
I am in agreement with you regarding your hypothesis. The recalls done since the end of March regarding the power loss issue seems to have stopped the postings in here of stalled Mavericks. However, Ford needs to get everyone (from corporate down to the dealership service department) on board with this. I've worked for 3 different MAJOR corporations and whenever there was a big situation, it was all hands on deck.
I agree with you. I have voiced that to my dealer. When it goes into stop mode that's when this occurs. Then a few weeks ago when Ford announced the recall of 452,000 Bronco Sports and 52,000 Maverick loss of power while driving ... I thought bingo. My Truck is not one in involved in the recall.
A Double Amen. My thinking exactly.
Thank you for those details. Is that the best replacement battery for a 2.0L Ecoboost equipped Maverick too?
