Thanks for the comment. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
@Joe-bepop yeah, but he didn't get the awd. He got the fwd. As in front wheel drive. Maverick doesn't have an option for 4 wheel drive as far as I know. Only all wheel or front wheel.
@@MrKinghuman I believe he is saying forward wheel drive, not four-wheel-drive. I also thought he made a mistake but it’s obvious he knows he did not get an all-wheel-drive vehicle by watching the video. So he’s not confused.
Great info here, thank you. One confusing detail though; Copilot 360 has two variants on the 2025 Maverick - Copilot 360 "Assist" is a small subset of features (rear view camera, pre-collision assist, auto emergency braking, auto high-beams, lane-keeping "aid"), and is included across the base models. The extra Copilot 360 package (around $800 add-on) will get you adaptive cruise control, blind-spot info system, cross-traffic alert and braking, lane keeping "alert", driver alert system, intersection assist and evasive steering assist.
2:30 Toyota has made some interesting choices with their hybrid pickup trucks. The hybrid engines for the truck are not used to optimize fuel economy, but instead they boost the torque. Toyota's hybrid trucks have more power and torque over the ICE trucks. I've been driving a Prius Prime for a couple of years. I love the plug-in hybrid platform. It drives as an EV for local driving and hybrid for longer trips. My overall fuel economy is more than 120 mpg for 47k miles. I'm also a backpacker and hiker and I sometimes want to get to trails that require driving on dirt and gravel forest roads that may or may not have rough and rugged areas. Most of it would be passable with the Prius, except that there are sometimes rocks or other obstacles that require higher clearance. I also do kayaking, and throwing the kayaks in the bed of a truck would be so much easier than on the roof rack. These are reasons I have been looking at the Maverick. I'm just trying to get my wife to think about trading in her Subaru Crosstrek for it. Wish me luck. LOL
Thanks for sharing, I'm also considering a Mav for daily use... I wish the interior such as the headliner was black but that's an insignificant preference to a decently priced utility vehicle.
That’s great to hear! I hard the 22 was plagued with recalls and some mechanical issues. How many recalls have you done? Hopefully all of the mechanical issues were fixed in 24-25
Great video. I order mine, and on somewhat the same schedule as yours. But being in Ohio, delivery is still 20 days away. Same truck, hitch, spray bedliner, but in white. Also got bed cover. Looking forward to taking delivery.
Firstly - congratulations on your new truck. Secondly - thank you for laying out the details. I usually would never buy a new car because of depreciation but the current market is weird, especially with the Maverick. When I look at used models the prices are comparable to new ones which makes me think I'll keep driving what I have until the wheels fall off.
Thanks for sharing your purchasing details. Very useful. BTW, on your next video, please show us your interior and compare/contrast to earlier models of the Maverick.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try to get my hands on a previous model, but I personally don’t know anyone that has one… perhaps I could rent one and compare
Y ou s hould have checked with Long McArthur ford. The ford video pu t out multiple Maverick videos on ordering,options and the like. Good luck with your Maverick !!!
Bro I feel like we're the same person lol. Ordered a blue hybrid xl at Seramonte as well! Same exact reasons I held out for the refresh year and I was tired of asking ppl to borrow their larger cars. Enjoy
I’m honestly surprise you didn’t spring for the 4k tow package. You said you’ve been doing some construction. If there is more of that in your future you may get to a point where you do things like counter tops, pavers, heavy tile, appliances etc. The ability to haul or add a trailer that can haul double is extremely beneficial even if it’s only used on rare occasion.
I believe hybrid is only rated for 2K. You have to get the other hydro boost engine to up the towing to capacity to 4K. He got the hitch rated for his engine.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m mainly using it for commuting with occasional larger transports. I didn’t want to pay $2200 plus tax, decrease 2mpg and replace all 4 tires when one goes bad. I have a family member with an F250 that I can ask to transport larger loads.
Thanks for the comment. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
Bro, the first thing I thought when I saw that color was that white wheels would look nice on it! I have a cactus grey white white wheels and I get a lot of compliments.
FRONT wheel drive NOT four wheel drive. Your Maverick is a Front Wheel Drive--FWD--vehicle. I heard you call it four wheel drive at least 4 times in your video, so I started jumping to spots, so if you corrected that with a text insert I missed it. 4 wheel drive is always the most expensive, then all wheel drive and then the standard front wheel drive. 2025 XL hybrid only comes in FWD-front wheel drive and AWD-all wheel drive, and you said you got the cheaper option FWD. Only the LOBO and TREMOR come as 4WD, and that is paired with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, or fancy turbo charging along with direct fuel injection and advanced valve timing--too much stuff to go wrong. I hope it holds up for you, as they are made in Mexico, and vehicles made in Mexico have had a history of quality and reliability issues. Ford is also the KING of recalls and dependability issues right now with Stillantis and GM right on their heels. If you plan on keeping it just until it is out of warranty, no big deal. But if you want to get 300,000 miles out of it like you used to be able to with a Ford F150 5 liter engine paired with a 4 or 6 speed transmission you will most likely have to be the luckiest individual in the world. What ever you plan, just make sure you do 5,000 mile oil changes if you have a mix of highway and city or 3,000-4,000 miles if it is all city NO MATTER WHAT FORD SAYS. If they say 7,500 miles, IGNORE them! Also have your CVT transmission fluid changed every 40, 000 miles for mostly highway driving and 30,000 for mostly city driving, maybe even 25,000 because CVTs are not generally as robust as a well built automatic transmission. There is no such thing as lifetime transmission fluid. Also, completely change out all your fluids every 5 years--coolant, brake fluid, etc. All hoses every 125,000-150,000 miles. Doing all this will give you maximum longevity on the vehicle baring catastrophic failure due to faulty build or parts.Those simple oil changes and transmission fluid changes are what push engines and transmissions past 150, 000 miles on average built vehicles and beyond 300,000 miles on well built vehicles. Then you have to drive conservatively and hope your DEALER and out of warranty MECHANIC are honest and use high quality parts. Good luck.
The 2025 XL hybrid is available with AWD, not sure if his has the option though, as for the eCVT on the Maverick it is a beefed up version of the same reansaxle used on the Escape, it was co-developed with Toyota and they are known to be extremely reliable, eCVTs are very VERY different from regular CVTs. As for the engine, it is the same used on the Escape, and so far, so good, it has proven to be reliable. Build quality on the Maverick is kind of a miss. There are things that leave much to be desired, but hey, it is a very affordable "truck" with great mpgs. There is nothing on the market as versatile and economic as the Maverick.
@@MrDoccus Reputable lifelong mechanics like Scotty Kilmer. For the oil change recommendations 5000 miles minimum with a good synthetic oil and quality filter is a must unless someone is driving all day long at highway speeds with very little city driving, then 10, 000 or 7,500 mile changes according to manufacturer may be okay. I have seen a few videos of mechanics that used to think 7500 miles was okay, change their minds after finding engines sludged up with 7500 mile changes as the manufacturer suggested. Turbo charged engines that see a lot of city driving are the engines that will benefit most from the 3000-4000 mile oil changes. The transmission fluid change intervals are recommended by many channels such as Car Care Nut, Scotty Kilmer, Car Wizard and others I come across but some say 50,000 and others 40,000 for automatics, but many say 30,000 for CVTs. Brake fluid, power steering fluid, coolant, etc break down over time and also cause damage to the the lines and pumps they run through and they also lose effectiveness over time. Scotty Kilmer is my source on the 5 year interval for those, as well as the mechanic I use. Rear end oil and other transfer case oil in truck axels and 4x4s is 50,000 miles standard use and 25, 000 miles on a truck used for hauling trailers and the same for my transmission. That comes right out of my handbook for my 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500. Every mechanic i have used since 1993 has the same recommendation on transfer cases and transmissions. I have had mechanics suggest 100,000 miles on coolant replacement, but if you only drive 5000 miles a year it will take 20 years to hit that. If someone plans to drive their car until the wheels fall off the 125,000 to 150,000 mile suggestion on hose replacement I got from a random channel in which the guy has a car with close to 400,000 miles and another with almost 300,000 miles. That guy, though not an expert, has experience pushing vehicles to massive mileage and he recommends all the same intervals above. However, I do not remember him making any Turbo Charged oil change interval recommendations. If someone leases, trades in every 3 years or sells their vehicle before the 8 year mark and does not really care if they are passing along the best vehicle possible then they can just follow standard manufacturer recommendations to get them through the warranty. They will get by perfectly but someone else is going to buy a used car that has a lot less trouble free life or extended life in it.
@Joe-bepop I had heard the CVT, or eCVT as you said, in the Maverick was beefed up. CVTs in anything other than a Toyota just scare me as I have heard all the horror stories about the JATCo CVTs in Nissans and the Subaru CVTs being weak as well, but nothing like with NISSAN. Good to hear that Toyota is somehow involved, but I have a bad history with a 2002 Ford Focus paired with a Japanese 5 speed manual. The master clutch cylinder would go bad every 30,000 miles. Maybe Ford was involved with Nissan back then. I was hoping Toyota would put out a Maverick style small truck in 2024, after hearing all the problems with the Mavericks and Broncos made in Mexico and Ford's continuing reliability issues. I drive very conservatively and maintain my vehicles beyond recommendations so I thought I might buy a Maverick this summer and see how many years and miles I can get out of it before it grenades or needs a new hybrid battery. I figured if I was unhappy with any issues or sensing any imminent issues I could trade it in right at the end of warranty. That 2002 Focus grenaded on me after 6 years and 109,000 miles even with 3,000 mile oil changes. It was a Lemmon from the start. I had to add fuel injector cleaner every oil change or it would stall out on the highway or in drive throughs. Ford ignored all my complaints.
4 wheel Drive on the Hybrid? Not available. Only Front Wheel Drive or All Wheel Drive. I think you mean Front Wheel Drive when you keep saying Four Wheel Drive. I just received my XL AWD Hybrid with the bedliner. $30,605 plus tax (6.5%) and plates etc. $33,205. I live in a rural area of Massachusetts. AWD with the Hybrid is what I was waiting for.
Thanks for the comment and sharing how much you paid. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
The video was well done with one main flaw, the confusion between front wheel drive and four wheel drive.
Thanks for the comment. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
$100 for a 2k hitch is a steal. Spray-in bedliner and floor mats weren't bad prices.
Agreed. Thanks for the comment!
You gonna be in for a shock when you realize your car doesn't have four wheel drive.
Why not? The 2025 Hybrid is available with AWD.
@Joe-bepop yeah, but he didn't get the awd. He got the fwd. As in front wheel drive. Maverick doesn't have an option for 4 wheel drive as far as I know. Only all wheel or front wheel.
@@MrKinghuman I believe he is saying forward wheel drive, not four-wheel-drive. I also thought he made a mistake but it’s obvious he knows he did not get an all-wheel-drive vehicle by watching the video. So he’s not confused.
He said Front wheel drive. Why would he need all wheel drive in San Francisco?
@sethburnsman that makes no sense. Noone has ever uttered the words forward wheel drive. He definitely thinks he's driving a four wheel drive car.
Great info here, thank you. One confusing detail though; Copilot 360 has two variants on the 2025 Maverick - Copilot 360 "Assist" is a small subset of features (rear view camera, pre-collision assist, auto emergency braking, auto high-beams, lane-keeping "aid"), and is included across the base models.
The extra Copilot 360 package (around $800 add-on) will get you adaptive cruise control, blind-spot info system, cross-traffic alert and braking, lane keeping "alert", driver alert system, intersection assist and evasive steering assist.
Thanks for the clarification. That was what I gathered from reading the differences when adding each option.
2:30 Toyota has made some interesting choices with their hybrid pickup trucks. The hybrid engines for the truck are not used to optimize fuel economy, but instead they boost the torque. Toyota's hybrid trucks have more power and torque over the ICE trucks.
I've been driving a Prius Prime for a couple of years. I love the plug-in hybrid platform. It drives as an EV for local driving and hybrid for longer trips. My overall fuel economy is more than 120 mpg for 47k miles. I'm also a backpacker and hiker and I sometimes want to get to trails that require driving on dirt and gravel forest roads that may or may not have rough and rugged areas. Most of it would be passable with the Prius, except that there are sometimes rocks or other obstacles that require higher clearance. I also do kayaking, and throwing the kayaks in the bed of a truck would be so much easier than on the roof rack. These are reasons I have been looking at the Maverick. I'm just trying to get my wife to think about trading in her Subaru Crosstrek for it. Wish me luck. LOL
Thanks for the detailed comment. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Thanks for the very detailed info on buying this truck. It helps me decide what to watch out for and how to proceed when to place an order for it.
You're welcome! Hope it helps you make a good decision. Let me know what you decide if you get one!
Thanks for sharing, I'm also considering a Mav for daily use... I wish the interior such as the headliner was black but that's an insignificant preference to a decently priced utility vehicle.
You’re welcome. Black would be nice and I’m sure you could customize it with a 3rd party shop
I have a 23 hybrid with 24k miles. No problems so far except all the software recalls.
That’s great to hear! I hard the 22 was plagued with recalls and some mechanical issues. How many recalls have you done? Hopefully all of the mechanical issues were fixed in 24-25
Great video. I order mine, and on somewhat the same schedule as yours. But being in Ohio, delivery is still 20 days away. Same truck, hitch, spray bedliner, but in white. Also got bed cover. Looking forward to taking delivery.
Nice, let me know how you like it once you get it!
Firstly - congratulations on your new truck. Secondly - thank you for laying out the details. I usually would never buy a new car because of depreciation but the current market is weird, especially with the Maverick. When I look at used models the prices are comparable to new ones which makes me think I'll keep driving what I have until the wheels fall off.
Congrats I have a 24 hybrid and I love it the mpg is amazing especially for a truck
Thanks! I’m glad to hear you enjoy yours! I’m looking forward to driving this one
Thanks for sharing your purchasing details. Very useful. BTW, on your next video, please show us your interior and compare/contrast to earlier models of the Maverick.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try to get my hands on a previous model, but I personally don’t know anyone that has one… perhaps I could rent one and compare
Thanks for video ...
I am considering one ...
Video was quite useful ...
Best of luck with your new vehicle ...
Y ou s hould have checked with Long McArthur ford. The ford video pu t out multiple Maverick videos on ordering,options and the like.
Good luck with your Maverick !!!
I appreciate you watching! Let me know if you ever get one
I love my 2023 Hybrid XL. Not one issue in 30k miles. Just a few software updates
@@will_in_texas Awesome. Thanks for sharing! It’s great hearing positive responses from actual owners
Bro I feel like we're the same person lol. Ordered a blue hybrid xl at Seramonte as well! Same exact reasons I held out for the refresh year and I was tired of asking ppl to borrow their larger cars. Enjoy
@@Eric-tv6iw haha. That’s awesome. When do you receive yours?
Will be interesting to see how the forthcoming tariffs affect the Maverick?
Yes, I’m keeping an eye on it too. Hopefully the price doesn’t go up or by much
4 to 7k depending on trim.
@@John-kx3ng Wow. That’s a lot. That’s a least 15% on top of msrp.
I’m honestly surprise you didn’t spring for the 4k tow package. You said you’ve been doing some construction. If there is more of that in your future you may get to a point where you do things like counter tops, pavers, heavy tile, appliances etc. The ability to haul or add a trailer that can haul double is extremely beneficial even if it’s only used on rare occasion.
I believe hybrid is only rated for 2K. You have to get the other hydro boost engine to up the towing to capacity to 4K. He got the hitch rated for his engine.
@ no it is available for for the first time 2025.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m mainly using it for commuting with occasional larger transports. I didn’t want to pay $2200 plus tax, decrease 2mpg and replace all 4 tires when one goes bad. I have a family member with an F250 that I can ask to transport larger loads.
FWD means front wheel drive, not 4 wheel drive.
Thanks for the comment. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
Bro, the first thing I thought when I saw that color was that white wheels would look nice on it! I have a cactus grey white white wheels and I get a lot of compliments.
That’s awesome. Which brand and model rims did you get?
Looking forward to the review!
Thanks for the comment! I’ll get it out as soon as I can
FRONT wheel drive NOT four wheel drive. Your Maverick is a Front Wheel Drive--FWD--vehicle. I heard you call it four wheel drive at least 4 times in your video, so I started jumping to spots, so if you corrected that with a text insert I missed it. 4 wheel drive is always the most expensive, then all wheel drive and then the standard front wheel drive. 2025 XL hybrid only comes in FWD-front wheel drive and AWD-all wheel drive, and you said you got the cheaper option FWD. Only the LOBO and TREMOR come as 4WD, and that is paired with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, or fancy turbo charging along with direct fuel injection and advanced valve timing--too much stuff to go wrong.
I hope it holds up for you, as they are made in Mexico, and vehicles made in Mexico have had a history of quality and reliability issues. Ford is also the KING of recalls and dependability issues right now with Stillantis and GM right on their heels. If you plan on keeping it just until it is out of warranty, no big deal. But if you want to get 300,000 miles out of it like you used to be able to with a Ford F150 5 liter engine paired with a 4 or 6 speed transmission you will most likely have to be the luckiest individual in the world.
What ever you plan, just make sure you do 5,000 mile oil changes if you have a mix of highway and city or 3,000-4,000 miles if it is all city NO MATTER WHAT FORD SAYS. If they say 7,500 miles, IGNORE them! Also have your CVT transmission fluid changed every 40, 000 miles for mostly highway driving and 30,000 for mostly city driving, maybe even 25,000 because CVTs are not generally as robust as a well built automatic transmission. There is no such thing as lifetime transmission fluid. Also, completely change out all your fluids every 5 years--coolant, brake fluid, etc. All hoses every 125,000-150,000 miles. Doing all this will give you maximum longevity on the vehicle baring catastrophic failure due to faulty build or parts.Those simple oil changes and transmission fluid changes are what push engines and transmissions past 150, 000 miles on average built vehicles and beyond 300,000 miles on well built vehicles. Then you have to drive conservatively and hope your DEALER and out of warranty MECHANIC are honest and use high quality parts.
Good luck.
I think it’s definitely AWD 😂
The 2025 XL hybrid is available with AWD, not sure if his has the option though, as for the eCVT on the Maverick it is a beefed up version of the same reansaxle used on the Escape, it was co-developed with Toyota and they are known to be extremely reliable, eCVTs are very VERY different from regular CVTs. As for the engine, it is the same used on the Escape, and so far, so good, it has proven to be reliable. Build quality on the Maverick is kind of a miss. There are things that leave much to be desired, but hey, it is a very affordable "truck" with great mpgs. There is nothing on the market as versatile and economic as the Maverick.
Anything backing up the fluid change interval recommendations?
@@MrDoccus Reputable lifelong mechanics like Scotty Kilmer. For the oil change recommendations 5000 miles minimum with a good synthetic oil and quality filter is a must unless someone is driving all day long at highway speeds with very little city driving, then 10, 000 or 7,500 mile changes according to manufacturer may be okay. I have seen a few videos of mechanics that used to think 7500 miles was okay, change their minds after finding engines sludged up with 7500 mile changes as the manufacturer suggested. Turbo charged engines that see a lot of city driving are the engines that will benefit most from the 3000-4000 mile oil changes.
The transmission fluid change intervals are recommended by many channels such as Car Care Nut, Scotty Kilmer, Car Wizard and others I come across but some say 50,000 and others 40,000 for automatics, but many say 30,000 for CVTs. Brake fluid, power steering fluid, coolant, etc break down over time and also cause damage to the the lines and pumps they run through and they also lose effectiveness over time. Scotty Kilmer is my source on the 5 year interval for those, as well as the mechanic I use. Rear end oil and other transfer case oil in truck axels and 4x4s is 50,000 miles standard use and 25, 000 miles on a truck used for hauling trailers and the same for my transmission. That comes right out of my handbook for my 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500. Every mechanic i have used since 1993 has the same recommendation on transfer cases and transmissions.
I have had mechanics suggest 100,000 miles on coolant replacement, but if you only drive 5000 miles a year it will take 20 years to hit that. If someone plans to drive their car until the wheels fall off the 125,000 to 150,000 mile suggestion on hose replacement I got from a random channel in which the guy has a car with close to 400,000 miles and another with almost 300,000 miles. That guy, though not an expert, has experience pushing vehicles to massive mileage and he recommends all the same intervals above. However, I do not remember him making any Turbo Charged oil change interval recommendations.
If someone leases, trades in every 3 years or sells their vehicle before the 8 year mark and does not really care if they are passing along the best vehicle possible then they can just follow standard manufacturer recommendations to get them through the warranty. They will get by perfectly but someone else is going to buy a used car that has a lot less trouble free life or extended life in it.
@Joe-bepop I had heard the CVT, or eCVT as you said, in the Maverick was beefed up. CVTs in anything other than a Toyota just scare me as I have heard all the horror stories about the JATCo CVTs in Nissans and the Subaru CVTs being weak as well, but nothing like with NISSAN. Good to hear that Toyota is somehow involved, but I have a bad history with a 2002 Ford Focus paired with a Japanese 5 speed manual. The master clutch cylinder would go bad every 30,000 miles. Maybe Ford was involved with Nissan back then.
I was hoping Toyota would put out a Maverick style small truck in 2024, after hearing all the problems with the Mavericks and Broncos made in Mexico and Ford's continuing reliability issues. I drive very conservatively and maintain my vehicles beyond recommendations so I thought I might buy a Maverick this summer and see how many years and miles I can get out of it before it grenades or needs a new hybrid battery. I figured if I was unhappy with any issues or sensing any imminent issues I could trade it in right at the end of warranty. That 2002 Focus grenaded on me after 6 years and 109,000 miles even with 3,000 mile oil changes. It was a Lemmon from the start. I had to add fuel injector cleaner every oil change or it would stall out on the highway or in drive throughs. Ford ignored all my complaints.
4 wheel Drive on the Hybrid? Not available. Only Front Wheel Drive or All Wheel Drive. I think you mean Front Wheel Drive when you keep saying Four Wheel Drive. I just received my XL AWD Hybrid with the bedliner. $30,605 plus tax (6.5%) and plates etc. $33,205. I live in a rural area of Massachusetts. AWD with the Hybrid is what I was waiting for.
Thanks for the comment and sharing how much you paid. I meant to say Forward Wheel Drive, and I can see how people may have misheard Four Wheel Drive. I updated the title and description.
that's a LOT of "twenty twenty" repetitiveness, but otherwise. 👍
@@no_look My apologies. I wrote, recorded and edited everything within a day with 4hrs of sleep. I double checked it twice, and must have missed that.
You lost me at hybrid, screw that.