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I did not notice it at first but after reading an owners' review, I did identify a noticeable shake in my Maverick's hood at freeway speeds. I saw that this was a reported problem on other Ford trucks (mainly F250) when I looked deeper into it with some people reporting no hood shake at all. Has anyone else who drives a Maverick regularly experienced this as well?

UPDATED WITH TSB FIX

TSB 04-18-8 HOOD FLUTTER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

ISSUE:

Some 2004 F-150 may exibit hood movement at the back of the hood due to high air turbulence, while driving at highway speeds. This condition may be amplified by the installation of an accessory bugshield and may be more pronounced when passing an on-coming vehicle on a two lane road.

ACTION:

Refer to the following Service Procedure.

SERVICE PROCEDURE:

Confirm that the hood is flush with the front fenders at each front corner. If the hood is under-flush, adjust the hood stops to raise the hood flush with the tops of the front fenders. Check the amount of drag at the rear hood to cowl seal with a piece of paper. Place a piece of paper between the seal and hood, close the hood and then slowly pull the paper out. It there is sufficient drag, indicating good seal to hood contact, return the vehicle to the customer.

If there is little to no drag, obtain locally a piece of fuel hose 147cm long & 11mm diameter (58" long & 3/16" diameter). Lube the hose with a soap-based solution and install the hose inside the hood seal bulb.


Independent owner's video showing adjustment of the hood stops:

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I did not notice it at first but after reading an owners' review, I did identify a noticeable shake in my Maverick's hood at freeway speeds. I saw that this was a reported problem on other Ford trucks (mainly F250) when I looked deeper into it with some people reporting no hood shake at all. Has anyone else who drives a Maverick regularly experienced this as well?
TSB 04-18-8 HOOD FLUTTER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

ISSUE:

Some 2004 F-150 may exibit hood movement at the back of the hood due to high air turbulence, while driving at highway speeds. This condition may be amplified by the installation of an accessory bugshield and may be more pronounced when passing an on-coming vehicle on a two lane road.

ACTION:

Refer to the following Service Procedure.

SERVICE PROCEDURE:

Confirm that the hood is flush with the front fenders at each front corner. If the hood is under-flush, adjust the hood stops to raise the hood flush with the tops of the front fenders. Check the amount of drag at the rear hood to cowl seal with a piece of paper. Place a piece of paper between the seal and hood, close the hood and then slowly pull the paper out. It there is sufficient drag, indicating good seal to hood contact, return the vehicle to the customer.
If there is little to no drag, obtain locally a piece of fuel hose 147cm long & 11mm diameter (58" long & 3/16" diameter). Lube the hose with a soap-based solution and install the hose inside the hood seal bulb.
 

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TSB 04-18-8 HOOD FLUTTER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

ISSUE:

Some 2004 F-150 may exibit hood movement at the back of the hood due to high air turbulence, while driving at highway speeds. This condition may be amplified by the installation of an accessory bugshield and may be more pronounced when passing an on-coming vehicle on a two lane road.

ACTION:

Refer to the following Service Procedure.

SERVICE PROCEDURE:

Confirm that the hood is flush with the front fenders at each front corner. If the hood is under-flush, adjust the hood stops to raise the hood flush with the tops of the front fenders. Check the amount of drag at the rear hood to cowl seal with a piece of paper. Place a piece of paper between the seal and hood, close the hood and then slowly pull the paper out. It there is sufficient drag, indicating good seal to hood contact, return the vehicle to the customer.
If there is little to no drag, obtain locally a piece of fuel hose 147cm long & 11mm diameter (58" long & 3/16" diameter). Lube the hose with a soap-based solution and install the hose inside the hood seal bulb.
Yes!!!!!! Awesome thank you MavEric for the info!
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I did not notice it at first but after reading an owners' review, I did identify a noticeable shake in my Maverick's hood at freeway speeds. I saw that this was a reported problem on other Ford trucks (mainly F250) when I looked deeper into it with some people reporting no hood shake at all. Has anyone else who drives a Maverick regularly experienced this as well?
I have had mine since Tuesday and yes I have the same hood vibrations you are explaining.
 

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TSB 04-18-8 HOOD FLUTTER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

ISSUE:

Some 2004 F-150 may exibit hood movement at the back of the hood due to high air turbulence, while driving at highway speeds. This condition may be amplified by the installation of an accessory bugshield and may be more pronounced when passing an on-coming vehicle on a two lane road.

ACTION:

Refer to the following Service Procedure.

SERVICE PROCEDURE:

Confirm that the hood is flush with the front fenders at each front corner. If the hood is under-flush, adjust the hood stops to raise the hood flush with the tops of the front fenders. Check the amount of drag at the rear hood to cowl seal with a piece of paper. Place a piece of paper between the seal and hood, close the hood and then slowly pull the paper out. It there is sufficient drag, indicating good seal to hood contact, return the vehicle to the customer.
If there is little to no drag, obtain locally a piece of fuel hose 147cm long & 11mm diameter (58" long & 3/16" diameter). Lube the hose with a soap-based solution and install the hose inside the hood seal bulb.
So is this just a technical note on how to make the rubber stops deeper to seat the hood better? geez. I will have to take a look at this myself now :)
 
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New Ford engineering change for those of us waiting on on hybrids (in Oxford white!) to address the hood shaking. (y)

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LOL - that what I thought this thread was about!
 

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I did not notice it at first but after reading an owners' review, I did identify a noticeable shake in my Maverick's hood at freeway speeds. I saw that this was a reported problem on other Ford trucks (mainly F250) when I looked deeper into it with some people reporting no hood shake at all. Has anyone else who drives a Maverick regularly experienced this as well?
I've got plenty of shake from my hood. 40-60 mph is starts to lift smoothly. Above 60 mph and it's not smooth anymore. I've got the hood air deflector on my truck, so I wonder if that accentuates the matter. Reading from the 2nd post, that was part of the issue with the F-150.

Accumulating the issues before making the trip to the dealer for some warranty repairs. This and the back seat flop are the most annoying issues at this point. The hood shake could eventually become expensive and even dangerous, so it take precedence.

Video of Maverick Hood Above 60mph (sorry it's not cleaner - holding the phone with one hand)
 

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Thank you for posting the video. Yes, Ford will have to come up with something to help with that.
 

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I've got plenty of shake from my hood. 40-60 mph is starts to lift smoothly. Above 60 mph and it's not smooth anymore. I've got the hood air deflector on my truck, so I wonder if that accentuates the matter. Reading from the 2nd post, that was part of the issue with the F-150.

Accumulating the issues before making the trip to the dealer for some warranty repairs. This and the back seat flop are the most annoying issues at this point. The hood shake could eventually become expensive and even dangerous, so it take precedence.

Video of Maverick Hood Above 60mph (sorry it's not cleaner - holding the phone with one hand)
Great video. It would have helped if you could have dropped the camera down a little to see the speedo to see the MPH you were going. Evidence so to speak when you show it to Ford. Just sayin'.
 

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Hope Ford gets these issues cleared up before us hybrid guys get our trucks built.
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