2022 Ford Maverick problems
Owners have filed 209 complaints about the 2022 Ford Maverick with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 20.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 18.7%.
Complaints209
Crashes11
Fires5
Injuries7
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 20.6% · 43
Power train 18.7% · 39
Unknown or other 11.0% · 23
Structure 7.2% · 15
Engine 7.2% · 15
Back over prevention 4.3% · 9
Air bags 4.3% · 9
Service brakes 4.3% · 9
Severity
Of those complaints, 11 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire and 7 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings are rising — 170 in the last three years against 39 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 36,000 miles.
In owners' own words
In cold weather -6F The cover over the positive terminal used to jump start the vehicle is impossible to remove. This causes a situation where the vehicle can not be jump started or render assistance to another that needs jump started. The issue stems from the fact that the plastic cover over the positive terminal is unable to bend when it is cold and can not be "unclipped". Electrical system
The radio head unit often is unresponsive. Needs to be reset multiple times a week. Volume will either not work or no sound at all. Screen freezes and pops. Music cuts out. Skip button from steering wheel does not work sometimes. All operations on the touch screen are slow and laggy. Has had this problem since owning the vehicle. Electrical system
The vehicle constantly goes into deep sleep mode and will not start. Battery was tested good at the dealer but would die after 2 hours of sitting. Battery was replaced with an AGM and still has the same issues. Dealer cant find an issue. Happened again today and left me stranded. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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