Yeah, Mavericks are starting to get pricey. Strangely, I find the Maverick more comfortable inside than the Ridgeline, even though the Ridgeline is bigger. The one area where the Ridgeline leads hands down is interior quality. The plastics feel a lot better, in my opinion.
I have a 24 xl turbo awd, that has a constant buzzing noise on left side of dashboard. I am terrified to take it to the dealer and let them tear my dashboard apart trying to fix it, but the buzzing is starting to drive me nuts.
I hear you. You never know what you are going to get with the techs in these dealerships. I actually had a couple of bent clips on mine. Asking for a more senior technician or even someone who is very familiar with the Maverick won't hurt. In my case, they kept saying the vehicle is so new it's going to take us a while... and they did.
What did you get for it? Thankfully, I have a good one, so I'm keeping it until someone makes a vehicle I can legally operate asleep, but I and curious what the resale market is for these.
Mavericks have good resale without getting super specific... just a 1k short of 30k. My vehicle was in really good shape with a lot of mods and 21k miles.
They will probably never be on the reliable side considering the current trajectory of Ford and other car companies. Too much electrical needing to be run by computers and the notorious made in Mexico curse. As of now people should probably consider the Maverick to be an end of warranty trade in or a 6 year around 100,000 mile get the hell out before something major is likely to happen vehicle. I want to see how the 2025 and 2026 Hybrids hold up after 3 years to determine if Ford cleans up their act and sources higher quality parts. Build quality is likely to always be an issue on any vehicle made in Mexico and using cheap low quality components compounds that issue. If car makers continue to source CPUs or other parts that have a 20-40 percent failure rate to save a little money over another source that only has a 1-3 percent failure rate we will for ever have these recall issues. Modules and computer components with a 40 percent failure rate is no exaggeration, as my friend works for a company that makes computer parts for vehicles and the factory that supplies critical components is in Mexico. 40 percent of those components are bad from the factory. No way quality control catches all those, and who knows how long the parts that initially pass will last. The Energizer batteries are another example of cheap imported crap vs higher quality made "in house". The Energizer batteries made in America were packaged with a label stating they last as long as Duracel batteries. However, the imported Chinese Energizer batteries did not state anything like that on the packaging because they had a much shorter life. In fact, 30-40 percent of every shipment from China was bad, with cracked batteries, but that did not matter because the profit margin was still higher. How would you feel buying an Energizer Bunny batterie that is supposed to keep going, and going, and going to only have it last half as long or crack open. Companies are sneaky like that. Make a good product and advertise it as that, while also sourcing a cheap dumpster fire version, and put both out in the market, but get away with it legally because you leave wording off of the packaging for the Chinese version. The American made and Chinese made Energizers were still packaged in Wisconsin and Illinois a decade ago, and I hope those jobs are still there, but I remember hearing they were opening a factory in Mexico around that time, too.
The leaking issues experienced were inside the vehicle. I have a couple of videos talking about the leak issue. Ford looked into a variety of different things over many months, including the sunroof, the HVAC system, the cowl...
I hope Toyota will make a Maverick style pickup soon.
If I had a cabin water leak, it would be gone in short order. Luckily my 2023 Ford Maverick XLT hybrid seems to be built ok. No real issues, 30k.
For what I would’ve gotten optioned in the AWD Hybrid it was just worth going with the Ridgeline instead.
Yeah, Mavericks are starting to get pricey. Strangely, I find the Maverick more comfortable inside than the Ridgeline, even though the Ridgeline is bigger. The one area where the Ridgeline leads hands down is interior quality. The plastics feel a lot better, in my opinion.
I have a 24 xl turbo awd, that has a constant buzzing noise on left side of dashboard. I am terrified to take it to the dealer and let them tear my dashboard apart trying to fix it, but the buzzing is starting to drive me nuts.
I hear you. You never know what you are going to get with the techs in these dealerships. I actually had a couple of bent clips on mine. Asking for a more senior technician or even someone who is very familiar with the Maverick won't hurt. In my case, they kept saying the vehicle is so new it's going to take us a while... and they did.
What did you get for it? Thankfully, I have a good one, so I'm keeping it until someone makes a vehicle I can legally operate asleep, but I and curious what the resale market is for these.
Mavericks have good resale without getting super specific... just a 1k short of 30k. My vehicle was in really good shape with a lot of mods and 21k miles.
@@padfoowhat did you replace the maverick with?
I don't want a moonroof. I think the lemon law gives them 4 repair attempts before they have to buy it back
They will probably never be on the reliable side considering the current trajectory of Ford and other car companies. Too much electrical needing to be run by computers and the notorious made in Mexico curse. As of now people should probably consider the Maverick to be an end of warranty trade in or a 6 year around 100,000 mile get the hell out before something major is likely to happen vehicle. I want to see how the 2025 and 2026 Hybrids hold up after 3 years to determine if Ford cleans up their act and sources higher quality parts. Build quality is likely to always be an issue on any vehicle made in Mexico and using cheap low quality components compounds that issue. If car makers continue to source CPUs or other parts that have a 20-40 percent failure rate to save a little money over another source that only has a 1-3 percent failure rate we will for ever have these recall issues.
Modules and computer components with a 40 percent failure rate is no exaggeration, as my friend works for a company that makes computer parts for vehicles and the factory that supplies critical components is in Mexico. 40 percent of those components are bad from the factory. No way quality control catches all those, and who knows how long the parts that initially pass will last.
The Energizer batteries are another example of cheap imported crap vs higher quality made "in house". The Energizer batteries made in America were packaged with a label stating they last as long as Duracel batteries. However, the imported Chinese Energizer batteries did not state anything like that on the packaging because they had a much shorter life. In fact, 30-40 percent of every shipment from China was bad, with cracked batteries, but that did not matter because the profit margin was still higher. How would you feel buying an Energizer Bunny batterie that is supposed to keep going, and going, and going to only have it last half as long or crack open. Companies are sneaky like that. Make a good product and advertise it as that, while also sourcing a cheap dumpster fire version, and put both out in the market, but get away with it legally because you leave wording off of the packaging for the Chinese version. The American made and Chinese made Energizers were still packaged in Wisconsin and Illinois a decade ago, and I hope those jobs are still there, but I remember hearing they were opening a factory in Mexico around that time, too.
Leak? LEAK...??? LEAK???????????????? WHAT IS LEAKING???? Transmission? engine oil? braking system???? Try to be more specific...
I would have thought when he said they thought the sunroof was leaking that that wold have been a clue.
The leaking issues experienced were inside the vehicle. I have a couple of videos talking about the leak issue. Ford looked into a variety of different things over many months, including the sunroof, the HVAC system, the cowl...
You need to pay attention......musty smell?