Ford Maverick Hybrid Two Year Review: Would I Do It Again?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Six recalls, two TSBs and 36,000 miles later we review our long term test 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid XL pickup with overview of accessories, real world wear and tear, mpg and what it has been like to live with.
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My daughter got her Maverick Hybrid Feb 2022 and we got our EcoBoost Maverick Aug 2022. For the money this is a great little truck!
This is a shitty truck, stop making it out to be that good. It is as if driving a go kart. Stop lying that you get over 50miles per gallon. That’s if you are driving under 45 miles per hour. This truck cheap, squeaky , lot of road noise, bumpy and horrible ride. Well you get what you pay for.
We have four of these trucks in our fleet and they drive put a hundred to 125 km per day (about 350 miles a week). We have two 2022's and two 2023's. We have about 60,000 km per truck (about 36,000 Miles) and we are still getting 6 L per 100 km (39 miles per US gallon). The gas cost has been cut in half compared to the cost of the ICE's we were using before.
My 2022 was written off last September at just over a year old when someone ran a rural road stop sign, spinning me out onto my side in a ditch. I had to climb out through the moon roof.
I loved that little truck and really wanted another. But it was IMPOSSIBLE to find one even remotely like how I had mine built, and even more impossible to get it in the cyber orange.
It was about $10,000 more expensive to get one USED. And ordering new still involved an unknown wait time. Welcome to Canada. Funny that I was finding tonnes of stock in the US though.
Anyway, I'd have one in my driveway right now if I could have, but between inventory, stock, and used inflation, it just didn't happen.
I miss that truck so much.
At least you're here to tell us about it. 👍
Crazy, hope you weren't dinged up too bad. Bad drivers, man!
It’s not just Canada, you can’t get a new one in the US either, It’s a huge miss by ford, they could have been selling these things like hotcakes,
@@vxnova1 They know it, but they want you to buy the 100k f150 so they can make bank
Gotta say I'm a big fan of my moon roof glad to know it also works as an escape hatch.
I agree with your comments on the interior hard plastics, and the Maverick in general. The cheap plastic bits and bobs offend me a lot less in a vehicle I spent $25,000 on, versus one that I'd pay $40,000 for. I intentionally chose an XL because I didn't really care about 95% of the options provided in the up-market models. Like you, I added wheels and tires and a random assortment of other accessories to make my Maverick work best for me. Also, I didn't much like the interior upholstery / color combos offered on the XLT and Lariat; I think the XL interior scheme is the best in that regard.
Sam, thanks for all the great Maverick content.. it's the main reason I subscribed to this channel.. My 22 has been plagued with problems.. but I enjoy the 44 mpg average in the 15 months I have owned it.. currently have about 13,500 miles on it..
Thanks for all the video coverage. You've been an excellent resource for Maverick info. 😎👍
Covered everything nicely, good job. The software with the latest emissions recall basically ends the issue with grabby brakes with another ABS update included. Performance of the brakes is basically on par with my Camry Hybrid now.
Thank you for your review. I finally got my Maverick XLT after waiting 16 months last March. I have really enjoyed your informative videos and they have helped me make some decisions on some extra items on mine. I really like the truck. It’s a 2023 and I have put 13,000 miles on it. Thanks again for your coverage on the Maverick . Great job
Same story, 16 month wait, '22 rolled to '23. I did get a $2750 rebate from Ford for my trouble. A great buy then, okay buy now.
I just had my 2023 Maverick Hybrid XLT serviced and they took care of the turn signal recall. I absolutely enjoy the truck and I've had no issues in the 6500 miles I've placed on it. Everything stated in the video was accurate and I also have no issues with recalls, as long as they are fixed.
Excellent, brutally honest review of a great hybrid truck. Like all of the modifications that you've made to it, especially the wheels 🛞 and tires. Best source of Maverick info on the Tube. Looks a little cold 🥶 out in the Sonoran desert 🏜. Thanks for the upload 👍
Man it seems like just the other day I saw your Ford Maverick explained video and watched all your update videos over the years too. Can’t believe it has been 2 years now
Well said when he talked about cheap plastic that was engineered to permit the truck to be a $20k value, so by adding all the options crap onto it, e.g., Lariat, it is still designed to meet the price point.
I have to admit I like the retro look you had going better than now. You’re still one of the best.
Thanks for all the information you post. I got my 24 xl hybrid two months ago after waiting a year and a half. I love it. For a while i wished I had ordered an XLT but now I know i made the right choice! Best bang for the buck especially for a work truck.
I love this guys review. He is openly honest about his opinions lol
I really like the accessories you put on this truck. Very tasteful and not in your face like some modifications guys do to their trucks. It certainly looks 100% better than when it was stock. Great job and great review. I’ll be adding your channel to my favorites.
For any Maverick Hybrid owners out there, Michelin CroosClimate2 tires are awesome on this truck. Not an offroad tire, but for all-around driving and rain/snow, they are great.
I have these funky looking tires on my QX60. A bit noisy but superior traction!
17,560 miles on my 2023 maverick hybrid . Still loving it.
Same here except I'm at 25k. My daughter does comp. cheer so this Maverick has crossed six states already.
Honest review of your Maverick ! Looks great 👍.
Great video, my 2023 arrived on october and so far i love my xlt maverick.
Love your vids man!
Great review!
I really like those wheels. They match the truck and your other visual mods nicely.
Great job Sam!
nice review, all the best from Poland :)
Thanks for sharing, I think the truck looks great just like you have it. Nice job.
I had a 22 xlt fx4 and now a 23 xlt hybrid and I love(d) them both. No regrets.
good honest review
Great looking Maverick, one of the best I've seen!
Great video! Ford should add an electric motor on the rear axle. Can't believe you replaced those awesome OEM steel wheels. :)
Great content! Thanks for your work. I love how people will go on a lot of other reviewers and actually s-talk Ford blah, blah, blah. EVERY auto manufacturer has recalls, issues etc. I bought this truck in Canada for 35k all in. Base xl ecoboost AWD with towing. In this country, that buys you a 10 year old tacoma if you're lucky and a 7-8 year old f-150. People say- 'it's not a truck because the bed is small'. Also BS because I am a house painter and it does everything I need. I had a ranger, F-150 and now this. This truck fulfills a much needed space. Cheap, reliable, good on gas. I've had mine for a year and a half, 60000 kms. One recall, that's it. I'll drive it for 5-7 years and buy something else. The fantasy of driving a car for 500,000 km or miles is a load of crap. How much are you pouring into that vehicle to keep it going for that long and how boring is it to keep a car for 15 or 20 years?
I own a '23 Maverick Lariat Hybrid...and love it! No problems at all.
What mileage?
I'm always mystified by comments about "cheap" vs "premium" plastics....We're not talking actual woodgrain (made of wood), stainless, pewter or ceramics. It's literally paying a much higher price for cars made with "better" plastics. It's still just plastic! I'm fine with my base XL, and all the plastic is fantastic :)
Right? Who cares if the top of the dashboard is soft touch or not? Are people caressing their dashboards or something?
I love my 2013 ford maverick Hybrid. Besides my intermittent engine shudder when braking at 50kph from engine to electic motors. Its been amazing. Absolutely amazing
Ford is the King of Recalls, for the past two years Ford has had more recalls than any other car manufacturer. What's going on? I'm currently shopping for a base Maverick and they are hard to find and now cost $25.000.00 at a minimum!
I guess you’ve never paid attention, it was Honda
Hey McFly, didnt know you were in the Coast Guard!!!😮😅 Thanks for the review.
Tomorrow we go to pickup our new 2024 Maverick TREMOR XLT.
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I'm just observing, that shirt you're wearing matched the 70's palette colors you had on it. Great video btw.
I have a Ridgeline and love it. Wasn't even on my radar as I was waiting for a Ranger. I hear that later this year they might introduce a hybrid.
Still jealous you got one. I was convinced this would be my next vehicle after my Prius. Got a Leaf instead. Not the same practicality of the Maverick, but the efficiency, quietness and responsiveness is great!
Your wheel/size choice is just ✅️
I agree with all your assessments in this video. I wanted a maverick, but was not willing to wait over a year. I purchased a 2022 Santa Cruz and love it. I could care less about what others think as you. You are a man’s man and I appreciate your content.
My old 8' bed with a camper shell makes weekend camping with a cot and full-size mattress a breeze. Now I can't even buy an 8'. Need at least a 6.5' with a built in shell that doesn't leak and has side windows with screens. No need for crew cap just enough extended to fit my ice chest and stove. Nobody care about how easy the short tour camping guy with no dang travel trailer needed for deep woods 4x4. It would be the bomb for some of us. G friends always liked the roughing it with a bed just fine. Already getting ready for the woody or the woods rather
This is a nice truck you have, like the color, rims and the rack,
Great video, thanks! Just wondering, being on desert trails and all, have you looked into skid plates and what that would entail, or are they even available?
There is a factory one available that is used on the Tremor.
All my life I've known a Ford Maverick as a car until this thing came along. They're missing two critical retro ingredients that go with the name. The Maverick Grabber package along with a 5.0V8.
I have an Escape Hybrid-I wish Ford would put a heat pump in these. Especially with the modification to the grill shutters, it has to run the engine for no reason other than to make heat in the winter.
They should also bring back the electric windshield defroster they used to sell ~20 years ago.
Perfect coverage. If you go in with that mindset? Like Sam, you're going to be alright.
Your mods really do look great!
I love this truck
Wait till Toyota comes out with the stout and you can get a 1yr old frontier with under 15k miles for the price of an escape with a truck bed. It's good for camping and getting around town.
right now, if something happened and you needed a replacement chances are you could find one on a lot somewhere. My local dealer received about 20 in the last month and I was able to buy a brand-new XL Hybrid right off the lot with no dealer markup at all. So far I am loving my new truck and my wife even enjoys driving it too!
Yeah, starting to see a few available on dealer lots around me now. Not many, but they are out there.
Have the same model. Brakes work great after the software update.
Sam I love your videos. I can't find the video where you mentioned you had a a rattle near and A pillers. If you could let me know how you fix that that'd be great 😃
Slip a piece of foam in the gap
Had my XLT hybrid for 6 months and it’s been great. Only pisser is random “deep sleep” nonsense. I’ll get around to taking it in but the fuel economy and daily driving experience has been great.
The deep sleep issue is a major problem living in the North. Completely negates the remote start feature. My next one wont be a hybrid.
@@V1C10US : just get a bigger 12V battery. My Escape hybrid had the same annoyance-replacing the puny battery with a normal AGM battery completely fixed it, even in the below zero F stretch of weather we had a couple weeks back.
As a senior, I'm forced to select the Lariat trim to get Ford's Co-Pilot360® Assist Package. I prefer XL or XLT trims over the Lariat for their cloth seats. Dude that 70s theme on the side is AWESOME! Oops showing my age!
I have 25,000 on my 22 maverick hybrid, and i love it. Everything you are saying is dead on. I have had a few problems. Like i had to replace my factory tires, they are junk! And the tail gait damper becomes impossible to open in the cold. The cylinder won't let the tailgate go down in severely low temps? I got weathertech floor liners in my truck great product.I love them. The number 1 crappie thing is the radio stinks. i have to keep resetting it, and when it is COLD, it really wants to skip cut out the screen goes dark???? Why i do not know! Overall, i love it. faults and all. thanks 4 the content
Still rocking a 2006 Honda Ridgeline. Best light duty truck, ever.
You just solved my "dash noise" issue with this video......now, do you have a similar fix for a noise that emanates from the rear passenger seat seat belt recoil system, continuous buzz sound when driving which you can recreate by tapping on the plastic cover, it disappears when you stretch the seat belt to the maximum extent.?? Thank you, love your videos.
The markups are crazy in Puerto Rico, but hopefully I can find one of these soon because my Yaris is screaming for help every time I go up a steep hill which is every single time I need to use it (Puerto Rico streets) 😂
I'm considering getting one as a daily driver, would you recommend it?
we have the ecoboost awd xl n we love it!!
have you had any front suspension issues caused by the zone offroad leveling kit? Thanks man! regards.
no
Bought new 2022 Maverick XTL Hybrid nice looking truck. Unfortunately, though it had to be towed twice for serious electrical issues. Also, had 2 recalls all within 800 miles and at 1k I sold it. Didn't want to take any further chances with it.
Sam, do you know if Ford has some insulation or sound deadening material for the space between the fender and the engine compartment ? Thanks
Some have it, some don't
Good stuff tyty . Can you please tell me how you you and who you spoke to about having them come out and do your recall updates? I avoid dealerships like the plague and would love to find out how to get this service for myself. I have been reluctant to do the recalls because of my fear of dealerships. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you thank you, thank you!
The dealer called me, set a time, came to my house. It was that easy.
@@TestDrivenTV tyty 👍
Nice upgrades good job, Ford should sell one factory built just like it
I'm curious how you do the MPG calculations. Can you change settings of the car for the larger tires to maintain accurate odometer readings?
If one has access to forscan the change can be made.
Thanks for your thorough summary.
If the price doesn't rise too much, and durability remains acceptable, this vehicle may have a nice future.
But $27k is probably too high. Many would stay in the used car market.
Unfortunately most used Mavericks are hovering in the 30k range even those that sold in the low 20s MSRP originally. The value has gone up for the most part and just finally starting to stabilize.
load 1400 lbs (includes passengers) tow 2000lbs but but dont try it with 1400 pounds inside the truck and ...leave a lot of room on the anramp for acceleration
Sam Id like to see you add the Diode Dynamics fog light kit. Looks really well made.
The kit does look nice although I wouldn't look forward to pulling the whole front face off the truck again. That's a job.
I was planning on buying one, but they were sold out before I could get one. Now they want another $10K for one 😡 that is if you can even get one at MRSP. Plus all the recalls don’t help either.
Glad yours is working out, but I decided to go Toyota.
So I’ve been looking and searching but no one cas answered. How is the road noice in the cabin in comparison to different vehicles?
Our 70 mph road tests on a variety of different models (EcoBoost/Hybrid) were around 61.5 dB
Really wanted to grab one of last fall when we were shopping. A fifty two hundred dollar addendum changed our minds. I refuse to pay a "market adjustment" at the dealer. We bought our first Honda instead. A used Ridgeline for the Wife and she loves it. I am kinda out on Fords dealer network. I have 2018 F150 4x4 and between the sales experience, the recalls, and the poor service its going to be our last Ford.
Hi Sam, I just saw your 2 year on the Ford Maverick . You said your buy It again In If something happened to te vehicle . Would you buy the same XL version or go to a XLT or Lariat ? Just Wondering . Thanks. ( Really like your videos on the truck )
XL if it was a choice.
Yes. I buy the same version. Maybe add the four wheel drive. I am pretty happy with it.
I don’t drive enough in my hybrid Maverick so likes to go into sleep mode
wait is there a playlist on it?
haha all joking aside somehow I did not know about this truck until today. can you believe it.
it's on the short list. but to be honest all the recalls, long wait time & price increasing every year has me thinking.
I am wondering if you wish you had a 4 wheel drive vs. the hybrid model? Any thoughts on that? How well does it work offriad?
See our playlist ;)
I got my Maverick Lariat Hybrid Area 51 in Jan '22. Great truck EXCEPT the cross traffic has never worked. The dealer 'tests' and swears it is working but all those vehicles I've almost backed into confirms I'm right and they are wrong. Cross traffic just doesn't work. Otherwise the truck is great. I constantly get over 600 miles per tank. Once I got 702 on a tank.
So wait what was your build price bs what you paid? I ordered one an was $12k more when I went to pick it up. I was so pissed I didn’t buy and haven’t been back to ford since.
Love my Maverick.....
I live a long way away from the dealership. I'm okay with taking the day off to take my Maverick in for major recalls. But as far as regular maintenance is concerned, I'd just as soon take it in to my local trusted mechanic I've been using for close to 20 years. What are your thoughts on bringing my truck in to him for standard gas engine portion maintenance?
Why not? We have done all of our own oil and filter changes ourselves. It's no different from any other vehicle.
Looks good!! Nice wheels, how bout bushwacker fender flares?
They're way to big and out of proportion unless you are really upgrading the tire and wheel size.
Fender flares destroy paint
Don’t. Buy them
Sam, the ford hard floor mats are way better then the Weather Tech which are hard and have to many dips and bumps along with a badly placed logo.
How heavy of a boat you think it could pull out of a clean cement municiple boat launch with hybrid (doesn,t come with awd as an option) and base xL 2.0 awd ecoboost? Thank you in advance if anyone could answer this
It has a 2000 lb tow capacity on all FWD models. AWD models can be optioned for a 4000 lb tow capacity.
@@TestDrivenTV anyone has towed a 2000lb boat out of the water at a clean boat launch?
I considered this ute now I'm retired and do more around the mountaintop 2ac "estate", however I've decided that it is not much of a vehicle for 30k. It was in the running, base stock for 21k, but not at current price.
If I was still ferrying a daughter and her friends in the back seat, going on family vacations and buzzing to the office....it is an OK car choice, equivalent to a minivan or station wagon that could fit an oversized washer or dresser my living wife just saw at the yard sale....
As an around the county pickup truck...the old RWD Ranger or Nissan Frontier was far better to load up your motorcycle or lumber or a bunch of dirt or gravel.
I think instead I'll sell my 2013 commuter Ford car for a couple grand and buy an older Frontier, S10 or Ranger short cab used fir $4000 and put $4000 in refurbishment in it:
New upholstery
Motor work
Suspension repair
AC service
Cleaning/Paint
Then I'll have a $8000 new to me TRUCK with a longer/lower bed. Less expensive parts, simplier maintenance, MUCH cheaper insurance. Sure it gets 24mpg instead of 36....but $22000 saved can buy a lot of gasoline.
I'll have to check out your video on the Zone 1 inch leveling kit. I have a Bronco Sport Badlands. I love it but the front sits a bit low for my tastes. I don't want to make big changes. And since the Maverick and Bronco Sport are based on the same underpinnings , it should be about the same.
Yes a direct fit.
@@TestDrivenTV an I assume the toe needs to be reset, the camber is fixed.
Hi Sam. Can you provide info on the Sirius XM tuner?
There is a full video on it in our Maverick Playlist.
This will be my first truck as an Apprentice Electrician until I journey out and make top dollar.
I notice bar codes on many parts. You would think there would be one for the engine as well tying it to the VIN.
The problem with the fire recall is they don't know which engines had machining defects and which did not - only a date range that they do know. Most of the engines in that window are fine, statistically .0017 of them were not.
Lariat owner here, plastics fine with me 😁
I subscribed based upon consuming only 5 minutes of this (quality) review
Good looking maverick with the wheels and sport bar. I wonder if a fx4 skid plate from a awd would work on a hybrid.
It should
Is it bad that I laughed at the factory recall for the turn signal module? I basically ignored it because honestly, I'd know if the turn signal was having issues. I'll deal with it when /if it ever becomes an issue.
We would not have even worried about having it done had the dealership not called and offered to come and do it in our driveway. It's one that its probably ok let slide until the next time you happen to be at the dealership. ;)
How do you recalibrate the odometer for the larger diameter tire?
Those who have Forscan can do it.
@@TestDrivenTVI had one of those when I was born but it was quickly removed
How long does it take to charge it and how/where do you do it? How far can you go before the engine kicks in?
You don't charge it.
Even the up price for the price of the Lariat is reasonable compared to other truck prices
What killed me from getting the maverick or any ford product was the dealership mark ups. I will never get a ford
It's all about the right dealership, almost all car brands have dealerships who mark up their cars. It's about the dealership, not the brand.
How would you compare this to the Toyota Tacoma? I am amazed that here in Canada the price difference between Hybrid and not is a few hundred bucks. TY :)
The Tacoma is in an entirely different class. Apples to Oranges. You would compare a Ranger to a Tacoma.
Looks like you need a maverick tremor hybrid all wheel drive, Sam.