Better than I expected and can't imagine I would need to go any further off road than what is in the vid. Looking forward to my FX4. It is at the dealership. Waiting on bedliner and should have in a few days!
Starting at 9:53...he stopped and only spun for a second before giving up. When I go off road in my 2011 Escape, I give it just enough gas to get off idle and let it spin about 6-7 seconds....it will figure it out and transfer power. Haven't had it fail yet, and shocked a lot of my off road jeep friends.
Great vid! I'm hoping my Mav hybrid XLT will have at least decent light off-road capability. I got the spec i did because I'm realistic about the fact that I'll just be driving this truck in traffic 99.9% of the time haha, it's a fantastic traffic vehicle with the 1 pedal operation while in stop and go. I live in central NJ, our roads are full of people.
I wonder how it would do with a small lift and the same size tires but full-blown A/T or M/T tires. Thanks for pushing it and showing us what she can do!
I think it would be pretty good! Rough country already has a 1.5 inch lift for the bronco sport so lifts should be out soon for the Maverick. I’m hoping a little higher quality lift comes out soon though but I guess as long as you aren’t doing anything crazy it should be fine
@@ordinarygamer1353 FordRangerLifts already came out with a 2" lift kit for $575. People say his lifts are way better than rough country, so looks promising
I like these FX4 Mavericks but you didn't take it anywhere a fwd minivan wouldn't go, except for that one hill, which the Maverick itself completely failed at. If you want a Ford with enough clearance for light/medium duty off road driving just buy a Ranger. Lifting a maverick and puting 31" tires on it (that'll still rub) isn't a good idea at all. You'll spend a bunch of money but still have less than 10" of clearance and you'll void the warranty and mess up the suspension geometry. You'll also still have a truck with almost zero suspension travel and no low range. Again I dig these little FX4 mavericks. They are awesome for what they are and what they are made for but lifting one and pretending it's something it's not is an act of stupidity. This isn't a factory truck you put a si ple lift on for a little more clearance. It's a front wheel drive based unibody platform with an economy car based drivetrain, not much different than a minivan.
Good video. The Maverick looks like it will handle most forest service roads, and be easier on the gas getting from home to the woods. Will it handle more than an Outback? This, the Ridgeline and the Santa Fe seem to be trying to occupy a niche once filled by the Ranchero and El Camino, which were useful vehicles and popular in their day.
Everyone interested in getting one of these should be aware by now that this isn’t something you’re going to go rock climbing in lol But this video is a perfect demonstration of what can be expected. Thanks Blake for pushing it just a tad. Great video!
The Maverick really suffers from the lack of a rear locking or traction axle.the differential brake application in wheel dangle situations just does not yet cut it. It just does not grab the spinning wheel with enough authority to really send enough of the torque to the other side. Right now I would say the off road wheel torque transfer capability is pretty weak sauce at this time. Ground clearance is an issue, but more so is the limited suspension articulation capability. 3 or so inches of wheel travel is not adequate. Need a minimum of 4 to 5 inches. Right now you have barely enough wheel travel to cross a 2x4 laying flat on the ground.a 4x4 will get you leg lifting. But I like the Maverick a lot. It gets a whole lot right. It’s shorter, lower and narrower than a Jeep gladiator or a Ford ranger, but neither have to worry of out the Maverick beating them in a off road contest. I think even the Subaru AWD Legacy and Forester will have no trouble beating it off road.
I'm trading my 2020 Mustang GT for one. It's basically a car with a bed. Or is it a truck body on an AWD car style drive train. Idk but it's basically an evolution of what people need and want..we want a bed with car characteristics.
On that one clip you’re talking about if I’m right, I wanted to but it wasn’t in the video.. but there was a bunch of sharp rocks that would surly nick my wheels and I wasn’t about to gamble that. I hate to ruin this brand new truck haha
Is there a way to completely turn off traction control to be able to really swing doughnuts and AWD drifting? My 2011 Jeep Wrangler had no way besides pulling the tcs and stability control fuse. Than u lose ur speedometer and cruise control. But on the good side u can drive unlimited miles with no gains. Illegal.
👍🏻🇺🇸 I see you received the requisite jackass comment from one person already. I’ll never get the mentality of some people that feel the need to be nasty online - ignore the maggots.
It's a fwd based unibody platform with almost zero suspension travel. Trying to lift it and expecting it to perform like a real truck is completely pointless and a waste of time.
For a fx4 package shocks and coils look soft for a Ford vehicle and for off-road use!!! My wife’s 2018 escape has stiff coils and shocks that don’t bounce softly, more of a performance stiff setup which I like firm. My telluride has soft bouncy suspension like yours and sits low with weight or payload. My f150 has firm stiff suspension brand new 2021, I mean it absorbs things nicely but it’s firm and not soft bouncy like yer maverick. I thought fx4 would give you stiff firm suspension parts for off-road..
That is a joke of a 4wheeling course. Take that thing on some mountain trails and let's see what it can do. Let's see it do good on some Appalachian and allaghaney mountain fire trail roadways or logging roads.
So apparently I have been off roading wrong my whole life honestly if I had to be behind you I would have went home. That was off roading for people too afraid to break their toys. It was like rock crawling with very very tiny rocks. Thank for laughs great video. Just from my point of view you didn't have fun unless you broke something did you at least snap a tie rod?
Well I’m this case, this is a brand new $33,000 car so no, I did not drive it as reckless as you said I should. I was going super easy on the rocks to not scuff the rims. I have no intentions on keeping this long term so do not want to have to replace body parts. To answer your question, no I left the park without a scratch and that’s a great day in my book!
Well everyone knows that if you are truly off-roading you buy a cheap ass 4wd, put a few grand into it and go rough with it. You don’t do that in a daily driver
@@ordinarygamer1353 A clean truck is a sad truck honestly in about 6 or 7 years lifted 4x4 Mavericks may be a good option for off roading considering how light and easy it is to lift the truck without leaf springs to worry about. I would rather put longer cv joints in than leaf springs any day but I am lazy and getting old.
Ecoboost engines have a fuel quality sensor. So if you put cheap gas in them the engine pulls timing which give you less power. But it keeps the engine from knocking and blowing up. My 2.3 ecoboost ran a lot smoother on 93 octane. Even though it ran on 87 you could tell it wasn’t as smooth or responsive.
It's more like a minivan with a bed, awd and a turbo. Which if you think about it is kinda sweet taken it is what it is. The problem is people think these are actual trucks, which they absolutely are not.
Tire size is 245/ 70/ 17
Nice Vid. Any rubbing over bumps/when turning ?
@@theRooster722 no rubbing otherwise I wouldn’t have put em on. I do really enjoy this tire size
@@BlakesCars2 yeah it looks good just a bit too close for confort
@@theRooster722 Thanks, I ordered a 1.5in level kit for it. I feel it will look a bit cleaner once that goes In.
@@BlakesCars2 who makes the kit ?
Great look at more off roading than I will likely do. Mine gets here in a week or so . . . can't wait !
Thanks for sharing !
Better than I expected and can't imagine I would need to go any further off road than what is in the vid. Looking forward to my FX4. It is at the dealership. Waiting on bedliner and should have in a few days!
How do you like it so far?
Thanks for uploading this!! It gives me a good idea of what The Mav is and isn’t capable of doing. Overall, I really like it!
I like how the bigger tires fill the wheel arches. It just looks good and may not impact MPGs that much
Thanks for wheeling your truck ! Nice to see how the awd works! Wish there was a rear diff locker available! Mine will be my new hunting vehicle.
Starting at 9:53...he stopped and only spun for a second before giving up. When I go off road in my 2011 Escape, I give it just enough gas to get off idle and let it spin about 6-7 seconds....it will figure it out and transfer power. Haven't had it fail yet, and shocked a lot of my off road jeep friends.
Great vid! I'm hoping my Mav hybrid XLT will have at least decent light off-road capability. I got the spec i did because I'm realistic about the fact that I'll just be driving this truck in traffic 99.9% of the time haha, it's a fantastic traffic vehicle with the 1 pedal operation while in stop and go. I live in central NJ, our roads are full of people.
Thanks for the video! Great job filming!
Like to see how one looks lifted. I read that there's already a two inch spacer lift available. Would be awesome
I wonder how it would do with a small lift and the same size tires but full-blown A/T or M/T tires. Thanks for pushing it and showing us what she can do!
I think it would be pretty good! Rough country already has a 1.5 inch lift for the bronco sport so lifts should be out soon for the Maverick. I’m hoping a little higher quality lift comes out soon though but I guess as long as you aren’t doing anything crazy it should be fine
@@ordinarygamer1353 FordRangerLifts already came out with a 2" lift kit for $575. People say his lifts are way better than rough country, so looks promising
@@andycullen9311 people are correct. 👍🇺🇸
I'm happy.
I like these FX4 Mavericks but you didn't take it anywhere a fwd minivan wouldn't go, except for that one hill, which the Maverick itself completely failed at. If you want a Ford with enough clearance for light/medium duty off road driving just buy a Ranger. Lifting a maverick and puting 31" tires on it (that'll still rub) isn't a good idea at all. You'll spend a bunch of money but still have less than 10" of clearance and you'll void the warranty and mess up the suspension geometry. You'll also still have a truck with almost zero suspension travel and no low range. Again I dig these little FX4 mavericks. They are awesome for what they are and what they are made for but lifting one and pretending it's something it's not is an act of stupidity. This isn't a factory truck you put a si ple lift on for a little more clearance. It's a front wheel drive based unibody platform with an economy car based drivetrain, not much different than a minivan.
@9:46 that was nice seeing that tire lift
Good video. The Maverick looks like it will handle most forest service roads, and be easier on the gas getting from home to the woods. Will it handle more than an Outback? This, the Ridgeline and the Santa Fe seem to be trying to occupy a niche once filled by the Ranchero and El Camino, which were useful vehicles and popular in their day.
Everyone interested in getting one of these should be aware by now that this isn’t something you’re going to go rock climbing in lol But this video is a perfect demonstration of what can be expected. Thanks Blake for pushing it just a tad. Great video!
This guy gets it! ^
Hopefully nobody would come close to that kind of assumption…. Hopefully 😂
@@HEMi1995 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the video. I wish there’s an off road park here in California too.
Hungry Valley @ the Grapevine.
If you want mud try San Gabriel Reservoir OHV
There is, it's called the Mojavi Desert I've been biking and 4 Wheeling many times.
The Maverick really suffers from the lack of a rear locking or traction axle.the differential brake application in wheel dangle situations just does not yet cut it. It just does not grab the spinning wheel with enough authority to really send enough of the torque to the other side.
Right now I would say the off road wheel torque transfer capability is pretty weak sauce at this time.
Ground clearance is an issue, but more so is the limited suspension articulation capability. 3 or so inches of wheel travel is not adequate. Need a minimum of 4 to 5 inches. Right now you have barely enough wheel travel to cross a 2x4 laying flat on the ground.a 4x4 will get you leg lifting.
But I like the Maverick a lot. It gets a whole lot right. It’s shorter, lower and narrower than a Jeep gladiator or a Ford ranger, but neither have to worry of out the Maverick beating them in a off road contest. I think even the Subaru AWD Legacy and Forester will have no trouble beating it off road.
I'm trading my 2020 Mustang GT for one. It's basically a car with a bed. Or is it a truck body on an AWD car style drive train. Idk but it's basically an evolution of what people need and want..we want a bed with car characteristics.
Great video!
Have you ever heard of Comma, the auto pilot hardware for regular cars? It would be cool to put on here.
Nice
Looks like the Trail Terrains did pretty good hooking up most places.
I wonder if that one bit where you could not make it up that little hill, if the Bronco Sport Badlands would have been able to overcome the slipping.
On those hill climbs, stay on the throttle and let Traction Control figure it out.
On that one clip you’re talking about if I’m right, I wanted to but it wasn’t in the video.. but there was a bunch of sharp rocks that would surly nick my wheels and I wasn’t about to gamble that. I hate to ruin this brand new truck haha
@@BlakesCars2 fair statement.
Great video
What kind of tires are those?
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what was the tire pressure?
Nice Bundy Work
Is there a way to completely turn off traction control to be able to really swing doughnuts and AWD drifting? My 2011 Jeep Wrangler had no way besides pulling the tcs and stability control fuse. Than u lose ur speedometer and cruise control. But on the good side u can drive unlimited miles with no gains. Illegal.
Looks like all this can really handle are dirt roads. Just need regular awd for that.
Didn’t catch where this was ?
👍🏻🇺🇸 I see you received the requisite jackass comment from one person already. I’ll never get the mentality of some people that feel the need to be nasty online - ignore the maggots.
Front and rear bumpers are pretty low. Not good for steeper grades or ditches. Going to need to lift this thing to get it off the ground.
It's a fwd based unibody platform with almost zero suspension travel. Trying to lift it and expecting it to perform like a real truck is completely pointless and a waste of time.
What exactly did you order on your maverick
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Awesome! What's the tire size?
245/70/R17
Now if we could get that body put on a proper chassis. Hoon power...lol Paging Ken Block......
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For a fx4 package shocks and coils look soft for a Ford vehicle and for off-road use!!! My wife’s 2018 escape has stiff coils and shocks that don’t bounce softly, more of a performance stiff setup which I like firm.
My telluride has soft bouncy suspension like yours and sits low with weight or payload.
My f150 has firm stiff suspension brand new 2021, I mean it absorbs things nicely but it’s firm and not soft bouncy like yer maverick. I thought fx4 would give you stiff firm suspension parts for off-road..
So awd is trash... not surprised
That is a joke of a 4wheeling course. Take that thing on some mountain trails and let's see what it can do. Let's see it do good on some Appalachian and allaghaney mountain fire trail roadways or logging roads.
It's not trying to be a Rubicon.
So apparently I have been off roading wrong my whole life honestly if I had to be behind you I would have went home. That was off roading for people too afraid to break their toys. It was like rock crawling with very very tiny rocks. Thank for laughs great video. Just from my point of view you didn't have fun unless you broke something did you at least snap a tie rod?
Well I’m this case, this is a brand new $33,000 car so no, I did not drive it as reckless as you said I should. I was going super easy on the rocks to not scuff the rims. I have no intentions on keeping this long term so do not want to have to replace body parts. To answer your question, no I left the park without a scratch and that’s a great day in my book!
@@BlakesCars2 lol best answer ever thanks for the video but it looks like the back bumper at 12:31 may have slipped out a bit.
Well everyone knows that if you are truly off-roading you buy a cheap ass 4wd, put a few grand into it and go rough with it. You don’t do that in a daily driver
@@ordinarygamer1353 A clean truck is a sad truck honestly in about 6 or 7 years lifted 4x4 Mavericks may be a good option for off roading considering how light and easy it is to lift the truck without leaf springs to worry about. I would rather put longer cv joints in than leaf springs any day but I am lazy and getting old.
@@BlakesCars2 why are you not planning on keeping the truck for long?
You forgot to tell these people that the ford maverick calls for the 93 octane gas
I don't think so. I read the manual and it says to use 87 octane. That here in Oregon is regular gas. Mine is the 2.0 ecoboost XLT
Ecoboost engines have a fuel quality sensor. So if you put cheap gas in them the engine pulls timing which give you less power. But it keeps the engine from knocking and blowing up. My 2.3 ecoboost ran a lot smoother on 93 octane. Even though it ran on 87 you could tell it wasn’t as smooth or responsive.
EcoBoost engines run best on 91 Octane, that is the fuel used to calculate the optimum HP/Torque numbers. 87 or higher is totally OK.
Maverick is a car.not a truck.what waste of money.
Is it a Ranger or a Bronco truck.it doesn't do nothing.Bull Shit.
I'm really happy my self esteem isn't as low as yours haha. Did you seriously like your own comments too?!
It's more like a minivan with a bed, awd and a turbo. Which if you think about it is kinda sweet taken it is what it is. The problem is people think these are actual trucks, which they absolutely are not.