Turning Radius... Why is it so bad?

[lm126027]

Agree it is not as good as my Escape was, but it had a smaller overall length and wheelbase. However is is not really that bad... I have a loop at the bottom of my driveway. I can make the loop with no problem, even with a 13' trailer. My buddies midsized GM pickup is worse. He has to stop and back up to get around the loop.

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[ychuck46]

I also drive our F-150 Supercrew. The Maverick seems fine to me in comparison.

 

[VICKY]

um... duh?

LOL ON LAND YACHT!!!

 

[mitch8080]

I am not sure either but I noticed it seems worse than I've had before. Seem sometimes I think boy I have plenty of room to do a u-turn and then you start doing it and you're like oh oh. Then you have to stop and actually back up and then go forward again to complete the turn.

Indeed. This is why I will never go above 17 in rims. I need that sidewall rubber for all the brushing against shit I thought I would clear.

 

[wb5oxq]

I have no complaint about mine. It seems to turn quite short, better than my short bed reg cab Tundra it replaced.

 

[colinl]

LOL ON LAND YACHT!!!

haha, true. a hs buddy drove a mid-70s pontiac parisienne for a while, and I just looked it up. 123" wheelbase.

part of the land yacht experience was recirculating ball steering.

 

[Brianx]

Maybe the bright side is that it's somewhat protective of front end components e. g. ball joint, knuckles, tires, by 1not putting force at extreme angles? I'd rather leave that judgement up to me though.

 

[Blue316]

This is one of my only complaints with the Maverick. My daily driver before the Maverick was a 2004 Sprinter, 140” wheel base. That van turns 5-8 feet tighter than the Maverick. Super annoying !

 

[Blokcar]

one of the few things that annoys me

 

[Suzukiridr14]

I think the reason the turning radius is more then other same size vehicles, is due to the front wheel drive system on the Maverick. Remember, if you go past a certain angle, being FWD, you would lock up the shafts to the steering knuckles, so Ford limits how far the wheels can turn. Not sure, just guessing.

 

[Randorita]

The reason? It's a Ford! I had a 2014 F-150 that needed a football field to turn around. I drove an Avelanche 4WD for 11 years that could u turn on a narrow street. It had the same frame as the Suburban.

Back in the 70s I drove a Ford work truck with one of the early extended cabs and a long bed. If you turned too sharply it would occasionally blow the power steering lines and spray power steering fluid all over the engine bay. It also had the turning radius of a whale! It made turning around on a street impossible.

 

[MikeS1942]

Not been issue for me on Florida roads.

Non issue. Most u- turns here are illegal.

 

[Ponyprez]

So, after driving the Maverick for almost a year and a half, the one thing that continues to irk me is that it seems to have the turning radius of a whale. Any particular reason it is so big? I often have trouble making u-turns on the first go.

I have had many cars over the years (including a couple of land yachts from the '70's) and I have never had a vehicle that turns so wide.

Is it due to the combination of FWD and the extra hybrid gear under the hood?

Dang, you all had to ruin it for me as I had not noticed the turning radius being Larger, I now think about that when making U-turns every time. LOL.

 

[Howard]

My 2dr Bronco has a turning radius of 33.3ft. The Maverick is a 70s land yacht compared to it.

The 2 dr Bronco has a wheelbase of 100", should turn a lot sharper than 121" wheelbase. The 4 dr Bronco with a 116" whb shows a turn circle of 35.5' about inline with the Maverick's 40'.

 

[710-oil-614]

Is it due to the combination of FWD and the extra hybrid gear under the hood?

No that has zero to do with it.

The Maverick has a long wheelbase and that is the culprit.

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