Ford recalls over a half million vehicles, the 2025 Maverick is on the list

[cvollers]

For all the flake the Cybertruck gets, I think it's still a cool work of engineering. At first it may look like a vanity project but Tesla pretty much use the CT platform as a testbed for various new technologies like 48v power, steer by wire, new CANBUS architecture, and the gigacasting process. If you put it into that perspective, the issues it has as an experimental car made for the masses are more understandable. It's basically something like a Pontiac Banshee or DMC Delorean of the current era.

If it came with a flux capacitor, more people would buy it.

 

[Shay]

Being one of the first 2022 Maverick owners, and continuing to own it there have been plenty of recalls to manage. It hasn't meant there have been problems with the truck so much, just extra things they had to do here and there to prevent things from becoming problems. At least one round of the software recalls, they came to my house and did the work in my driveway. I think people get way to worked up over recalls. After all, recalls themselves aren't necessarily "problems with the vehicle".

 

[Luxrage]

For all the flake the Cybertruck gets, I think it's still a cool work of engineering. At first it may look like a vanity project but Tesla pretty much use the CT platform as a testbed for various new technologies like 48v power, steer by wire, new CANBUS architecture, and the gigacasting process. If you put it into that perspective, the issues it has as an experimental car made for the masses are more understandable. It's basically something like a Pontiac Banshee or DMC Delorean of the current era.

Absolutely, I don't like the Cybertruck for a lot of reasons but one thing I will always stand by is automakers making outlandish, off the wall, headliner cars that show off design work or technology, even if they end up burning money. Without it we wouldn't have stuff like the Subaru SVX, the Pontiac Aztek, the Lincoln Blackwood*, Dodge Stealth, the Chrysler Crossfire, or the Chevy SSR. Whether or not they were successes is a debate, but they turned heads when you saw one.

*The BlackWood is probably not the best example but it had a carpeted bed... with lights!

 

[metroshot]

Ford Mach E has not been a problem, as a matter of fact, of all the cars I have owned in over 45 years, the Mach E has been the least problem for a new car.

Used cars, well I'd rather not talk about it - my BP would be over the charts....

 

[Ewwgas]

Ah a recall. Ha dumb ford. Luckily for us Slate will never have a recall.

 

[zipn]

We have a 25 Mav lariat hybrid AWD with 4K tow. Purchased in April. Recall was silly and was handled by a tech who came to the house and clipped 2 pieces of plastic onto a dash piece. Mine was in no danger of falling out but Ford wanted to make sure I guess. No fuss and took about 5 minutes tops. Also recently had an over-the-air update done at 1:00 to improve diagnostics but seems to have had no affect on the truck. It's been trouble free and exceeding our expectations. Often run in pure EV mode and see mid 40s MPG for trips into town.


We still have a SLATE reservation but just because we want a low cost, simple, reliable EV... not that we need a truck. We'll see how the Slate compares to the market once it is in production and we'll decide what to get.