2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid complaints

On my way home from a 200 mile trip, approx. 10 miles from home, engine lost power so I glided to the side of the road, as it slowly lurched to a stop on a rural highway. I wasn't able to get it off the highway as there was little to no shoulder so I backed it into a driveway, shut it off, looked under the hood, under body, tires, everything looked normal. Got back in, turned the key and hit the gas pedal hard and it wasn't lurching and said it was moving under all electric and that got me 3\4 ers of a mile down the road on all electric, then it died again and half the truck was sticking out onto the road. Attempts to put the truck in neutral to push off the road into a nearby residential driveway didn't work as every time i would get it in and try to leave the vehicle seat to push it would pop back into park. Dash Indicator display showed the battery symbol and engine lite and Fordpass alert showed up on my phone. Said it was going into deep sleep mode to preserve the high voltage battery power. Found out this morning 09/26/2022 there is a Ford TSB out to repair these battery cable, battery, electrical issues. The 12v battery cable to the engine fuse box connector has a bad weld connection.

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Maverick. The contact stated that the dealer had informed him of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V594000 (Air Bags) during the sale of the vehicle. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that he purchased the vehicle from the dealer; however, the dealer was prohibited from delivering the vehicle until the recall was remedied and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The brakes are very inconsistent. Low speed applying brakes and truck won't stop, slowly press harder and harder then it goes full 100% brake power and you get lynched by the seat belt, low speed braking in parking lots or traffic hit the brakes softly to slow down gradually and no feed back at all same speed press hard and harder and harder and still nothing.....keep pressing a little hard then BOOM FULL 100% BRAKING POWER AND EVERYONE BOBS FORWARD!

Vehicle wouldn't start, had to jump start it under the hood. 12V battery under rear seat showed sufficient voltage. Took vehicle to dealer and they reproduced and confirmed the conditions. Vehicle is still at the dealership awaiting repair. Suspect faulty soldered terminal in the battery wiring harness. Safety issue if similar faulty soldered joints exist throughout the wiring harness or electrical system causing more catastrophic conditions, i.e. loss of power while driving.

At very low speed, (<5mph) the brakes will grab very hard when you try to gently come to a stop. A thud is heard many times, which sounds like the regenerative braking locking up. SOmetimes the brakes Do not work

Like many others have reported, when I apply the brakes in low speed situations, there are times when the brakes respond as if they are not going to stop. Then, there are other times when the brakes seem to grab and stop the truck abruptly with a clunking sound. The brakes at times respond normally and without problem and then other times unpredictably grabbing or appearing to have no stopping at all requiring driver to reapply the brakes to safely prevent an accident. May be a software problem in the regenerative braking to mechanical braking system but definitely needs to be addressed.

When turning off the vehicle, all electrical is powered off, and will not turn back on. This includes all door locks and shifting abilities. The vehicle cannot be switched to neutral to be moved without battery power and a manual override.

Vehicle can not power on after shutting down. You must jumpstart the vehicle everytime. Dealer stated wiring harness is the issue

Under 5 miles an hour, brakes are sometimes unresponsive or inconsistent for the first couple of degrees. When creeping up on another vehicle, parking spot, or building it gets nerve-racking when the breaks don't catch causing me to react and gradually press the breaks harder until it catches all at once and I'm jerked forward. When the breaks catch, there's also a loud thunk. I suspect it's something to do with the regenerative breaking system.

Drove vehicle, stopped and turned off the vehicle. No lights, no power nothing at all. Jumped vehicle and drove the vehicle home with no issues. I tried to restart the vehicle and nothing at all again. 12 volt battery was tested and found to be in good condition so it was not the battery. I had the vehicle towed to the dealer.

Since taking ownership of this vehicle I have regularly experienced low speed braking anomalies. Sometimes it seems as if the vehicle may not stop and when I apply slightly more pressure the brakes grab and come to an unnerving quick stop. Sometimes there is a loud clunk sound that accompanies it. It is unpredictable as to which low speed braking attempts will cause it to occur and I am always wary in stop/go traffic. I have been driving for almost 50 years and have never had this problem with a vehicles brakes unless there was something wrong!

The vehicle lost all electrical power with no response from any of the vehicle systems (i.e., door locks, lights, ignition, etc.).

My car goes into deep sleep mode for no reason. The battery is fine, the harness is having issues.

When driving at slow speeds the brakes seem to have a “dead space”. The brakes slowly engage, don’t engage at all (hence dead space) then abruptly stop the vehicle. There is also a loud clunk associated with it. On one occasion the brakes would not engage at all causing me to nearly hit the vehicle in front of me. I had to pump the brake in order to stop abruptly, creating a dangerous situation. I took it to one ford dealer who claimed they couldn’t replicate the issue. The following week I took it to another in which they were able to replicate it however advised the can’t seem to find anything wrong with the system to be able to fix it.

At slower speeds (typically in congested traffic situations) the brakes will sometimes 'lock up' when vehicle is traveling below 5 MPH. The sudden and unexpected brake application will sometimes cause the vehicle to suddenly stop, jarring the passengers and could potentially cause a following vehicle to collide with the rear of my vehicle. This occurs sporadically, and despite my best efforts to adapt my driving habits, I am still unable to predict when the brakes will suddenly apply themselves.

(2.5L Hybrid) The brakes are not consistent at low speeds - (i.e. when creeping up in traffic). The physical brakes often fail to react to any driver input for several seconds or until brake pressure is increased significantly. There was recently an event when the adaptive cruise control was activated in stop-and-go traffic where traffic ahead moved up slightly, but the vehicle failed to slow to a stop until the driver intervened. A red warning message popped up, but was not able to be read before disappearing, and adaptive cruise control was unavailable until the next ignition cycle. There is a high risk of a low speed accident with the way the brakes are currently calibrated.

Dynamic brakes are activated at very low speed, under 5mph when in drive-thru lanes or stop and go. This has happened many times Loud clunk, truck jerks forward and delays stopping. Very dangerous when picking kids up at school. The dynamic brakes engage and electronic brakes fail. Pedal goes down to floor. Delay in braking, making this unsafe. Reported and taken to local Ford dealer, Autonation Tustin, Ca. Tech unable to duplicate but service writer did duplicate

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Maverick. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle decelerated as if the transmission was slipping. The contact pulled into his residence driveway when he noticed smoke coming from under the hood. The contact opened the hood and a large amount of gray smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact used a garden hose to put out the smoke. The contact stated that he never saw a flame; however, he smelled the odor of burnt plastic. The contact stated the vehicle then failed to start-up. The contact had the vehicle towed to a local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the 300 AMP fuse was burnt and needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact stated that he received a letter from the manufacturer for NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V484000 (Engine and Engine Cooling, Structure). The failure mileage was approximately 4,700.

Faulty wire harness, (part # C1617E-1) causing the vehicle to die without warning!

I got back to my Ford Maverick Hybrid after work yesterday and it was completely dead. Nothing at all worked. I was able to jump start it with a friend and drove it straight to my local Ford dealership. They checked the batteries and they were good. I have been reading online Ford Maverick Hybrid forums about these 'dead Mavericks'. Most of the murmor is that there is something wrong with the harness connector or cable of it. But for what it is worth I do want to report my dead Maverick after only six months and 7k miles and zero issues up til now. I love this truck to death I hope they solve this issue.

Only had my Ford Maverick for 3 weeks and went to start the truck and it was completely dead. Couldn't even use the key fob. It went into Deep Sleep Mode. Had to have it towed to the dealer. Still waiting on it.

Yesterday I pulled into a gas station and the moment I turned the key off everything went dark. Usually the radio and instrument cluster stay on for a bit until I open the door but not this time. 5 minutes later it finally came back on, after me trying to investigate what's happening. Thought it was a fluke and drove about 45 minutes away to an appointment and got stuck for an hour or two until I could get someone to jump me. Then drove home, turned the key off same thing happened again. The only way to get the vehicle on is to jump it. 12v battery reads 13.6v on my voltmeter, but under the hood near the fusebox it's only reading 3.36v. They are supposed to be the same which means there's an electrical wire harness issue or a loose connection somewhere. Been driving this since Jan with no issues at all. I drive around 2 kids aged 4 and 16 months. Getting stranded over 45 minutes away from my house with 2 kids isn't safe, it could have been worse on a 86 degree day. I've read online forum multiple people having these same issues with this hybrid truck. Picture below with purple circle is where people are stating the issue is from.

Compete electrical failure while driving on highway. Car engine cut off and “stop safely” message came up. Jiggled loose connection on wiring harness positive termination under the hood and everything came back to life and car operated normally. Engine/electrical system failure at highway speed very unsafe- faulty wiring harness needs recall replacement issues.

The entire electrical system failed and couldn’t be jump started by the Roadside Assistant.

Went into a Walgreens,came out 10min later truck had no power what so ever, had truck jumped, drove to dealership truck was @ the dealership for 1month due to wiring harness on back order.

Random shaking when I step on gas. Makes the whole truck shake but stops when I take my foot off gas and reapply. I took it to the dealership and they said they couldn’t find anything wrong and there’s no check engine light. It happens 2-3 times a month and only under light acceleration.

Upon turning off the vehicle the electrical power throughout the entire vehicle will fail, leaving vehicle stuck in park, with no ability to move. After this occurs, vehicle will no longer start. If you are able to get vehicle to turn back on (either through jumping or putting pressure on the wire terminal near the underhood battery) the vehicle will die again once turned off. Issue began occuring at 8,000 miles, it has been reproduced at the dealership, and no warning lights alert the issue. Safety at risk due to high probability of being stranded when vehicle does not revive, and a possibility of the issue occuring while driving.

There is a wiring harness that connects the 12v battery in the hybrid Maverick versions with the components in the engine bay -- dozens of users in one the Maverick Truck Club forum have posted about this wiring harness failing due to a poor solder connection. This has now happened to me as well. In my case, there was no warning, the truck completely went dead after I came back to work from lunch. The entire electrical system, which runs off the 12v battery when you turn off the truck, was 100% dead. The battery was fine, at 12.5v, but the rest of the system couldn't access the battery power, and you couldn't turn the truck on to access the high voltage battery power since that relies on the 12v battery to engage the contactors. I had my truck towed to the dealership and it took them more than a week to get the part replaced. I told them what I knew about the issue and they determined that this wiring harness was indeed the problem. They said there is STILL no official bulletin by Ford and no recall at this time. This part needs to be recalled and fixed so people are not left stranded when it could be easily prevented due to a faulty part. I've attached my dealer's service notes.

Electrical power harness failed, shutting down all electrical systems. The emergency brake, engine, and instruments immediately ceased to function. The dealer diagnosed a faulty wiring harness and replaced the component, Ford Part# LX6Z-14290-PA. No warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms of the problem were observed before the shut-down.

Vehicle on multiple occasions exhibits a dead condition (no power delivery from battery). Essentially nothing is operating requiring a jump to reset the vehicle. Ford was unable to resolve on the first visit. Concerned that the vehicle will suddenly die while operating. Multiple occurrences of "dead vehicle" reported by hybrid owners

Purchased new 7-22-2022. On 8-10-2022 drove 14 mi, parked for 2 hours, tried to start truck, message on dash said “stop safely now “, with red triangle, check engine, battery warning lights. Tried repeatedly to start truck waiting 15 minutes each time, wouldn’t start. Used ford pass on phone to call for tow. When tow arrived 30 minutes later the truck started like normal. Drove around parking lot while tow truck waited seemed normal so I drove home. Had dealer check 12v battery on 8-12 and it was fine. Made appointment for diagnostic testing for 8-22. Other owners have received “stop safely now” message while driving on highway, engine lost power and coasted to stop on side of road - obviously a serious safety concern.

Returning home from vacation. Stopped for lunch. Went back to vehicle and Vehicle was dead. After repeatedly hitting unlock button was able to unlock vehicle. Since I was aware of this potential issue I had a battery booster jump pack in the vehicle...but if you can't unlock the vehicle you are out of luck. Luckily after repeatedly hitting unlock...it eventually unlocked. When I got in I tried to start it but instead got a message saying "No Key Detected". I got my battery pack out and hooked it up...hit boost. Went to start the Mav and instantly it started. When I got ready to go, I could not move the dial from Park to Drive and still was getting the "No Key Detected" message. It took about 2 or 3 minutes for the key to be detected. Drove vehicle to dealership and and am awaiting repairs. Suspect this is a wiring harness issue that have been reported by numerous Maverick owners. Seems like a TSP/Recall is in order! Only have 1,155 miles on this new vehicle.

Sometimes when coming to a full stop and when moving slow and braking in parking lots the brakes seem to not fully engage and then at the last second they grab hard to stop the truck. I can see this as being potentially hazardous ,especially in a parking lot or when conditions are slippery.

Had vehicle towed into shop because it was dead and jumping it couldn't sustain a charge. Dealer took a week to determine it was a DC converter problem and ordered part to replace. After replacement, it was determined it was a battery cable and has been backordered for 2 months. Parking brake error message was present randomly, otherwise no other warnings occurred.

I was driving on the highway at about 70 MPH when the truck gave me a "Powertrain Malfunction/Reduced Power" notification & the red battery light came on. The truck then had a "Pull Over Immediately" (Not 100% sure on the wording) notification on the dashboard and stopped accelerating. Once the notification popped up and the truck stopped accelerating, the air conditioning & power steering also stopped working. I was able to coast long enough to get over to the shoulder where I was able to call a tow truck. While waiting for the tow truck, the truck would not start, the hood latch would not open, and it was unable to shift gears so it could not be put in neutral to be towed.

Hybrid vehicle. Very jerky and rough low speed braking. The transition from regenerative braking to mechanical/hydraulic is extremely jerky and rough. Sometimes the hand off between regenerative and mechanical leaves me with no brakes at all and I am forced to slam the brakes. In a parking lot I look like a rank amateur driver. I've been driving for 52 years and have never experienced anything like this. It always happens no matter what I do. Over 5000 miles on the odometer.

Loose connection for positive cable on wiring harness under the hood causes intermittent complete failure of electrical system. Car is unable to start when the connection is loose without a jump.

Vehicle would not start due to electrical connection, check engine light on, all driver assist features disabled.

Sudden lose of braking due to a specific set of circumstances. I've had this about 7 times now inside of 1,000 miles of driving (new car). Seems to happen when: Traction battery is near full. I've only been able to read the traction battery capacity for a day now, seems 70% is near full as far as regenerative braking is concerned. I started my car today as 55degrees OAT with a 63% full battery. My initial drive is downhill for the first 1.5 miles with the first .5 being very downhill. This event normally happens at the bottom of that .5 miles. I went from 63% to right at 70% inside of that. This car has a "ev coach" bar that shows (if you turn it on, which I only did very recent). Normally this bar stays within the lines. When this happens it goes beyond the lines. I get NO CEl/warning lights. I just lose braking suddenly (regenerative) and have to brake it myself (a very sudden loose). I do have videos of this happening now.

At low speeds the brakes would jerk violently. Pressure on the brakes would change making seem like the car will not stop at times.

I just wanted to share that my Maverick intermittently makes a hard clunking stop during low speed stop and go conditions. It also takes more brake pressure to stop as the truck feels like it’s trying to lunge forward. This occasional happens when parking the truck as well.

Occasionally, when driving at very low speed (<5mph) the vehicle does not easily brake when I apply the brakes. The vehicle will continue to pull forward and it feels as if I am not applying the brakes at all. When this happens, I will push on the brake pedal with much more force and the vehicle will brake and stop. There is sometimes a clunk, or thudding sounds that accompanies the transition from pulling forward to braking.

I, and many other 2022 Hybrid Ford Maverick owners have noted that the braking system in this vehicle is very inconsistent when at very low speeds. When approaching a full stop, the relatively linear (relatively smooth) feedback of increasing brake pedal input suddenly transitions to a very hard jerky stop near the end of the braking. This does not always occur, but most often it does, and one has to either guess or interpret when that will happen and release pressure brake pedal at just the right moment and then repress is very very gently to come to a smooth stop. This affect also makes stop and go driving extremely annoying. On one hand it makes you look like an idiot as your car jerks to a stop every few feet, but on the other hand it could be dangerous for some drivers and have less finesse in their foot and can't compensate and thus always come to abrupt stops in front of other vehicles in traffic. None of the other vehicles I have ever driven in my life were like this. It's a really bad brake system implementation. I believe it is software related since it does not always occur. Some of us theorize it has to do with the system transitioning from regenerative braking to the disc brakes. Ford company has not acknowledged this as a problem so far so there's nothing dealers can do, there's no "fix" since it isn't quite broken, but it's just bad and *potentially* dangerous.

Brakes seem to be reluctant to react to pressure on brake pedal at low speeds, like slowly rolling forward, and eventually a higher pressure is needed and an abrupt stop occurs. Also on a slippery road some abrupt stopping occured in a similar manner.

When I shift into drive gear it hesitates to go until it kicks into the battery drive mode. When I am at a stop sign you can feel it switching over and when I go to push on the gas to go from the stop sign it doesn't go immediately until it shifts to the electric mode. When I am in a drive thru and it switching from electric to gas mode it jerks like the transmission is going to fall out

Hybrid braking system has poor and potentially dangerous modulation when at slow speeds 0-3 mph with low or medium brake effort. The transition from regenerative braking to hydraulic braking is such that in these situations the vehicle fails to slow to a stop predictably and then suddenly jerks or grabs unexpectedly. This happens often in common situations like pulling into a parking space, to a stop sign or at a drive through. Mild to medium pedal effort results in a sensation of the vehicle failing to react to you. When pressure is gradually applied the brake system slams on creating a sudden and jolting stop. This is a problem I have had since the vehicle was new, and now has 10,000 miles. I filed a complaint with Ford and they took my information months ago but never followed up. I feel this problem is potentially dangerous as the system is not consistent from one stop to the next and could create an accident if the driver cannot negotiate its behavior and fails to stop in a controlled manner before hitting something or rolling out into traffic. A slippery surface like ice could cause a loss of control if the brakes grab suddenly.

The Ford Maverick Hybrid system attempts to use electrical regenerative braking at speeds that are too low to generate a braking effect. When creeping forward in stop and go traffic below 10 mph, depressing the brake pedal has zero effect on slowing the truck down. Depressing the brake pedal further does engage the hyrdaulic brakes to finally stop the vehicle. This has been a problem since I took delivery of the vehicle and I've had many close calls in traffic thanks to this defect. No warning lights are associated with this problem.

I went to use the vehicle. All electrical components were not working. Unable to unlock car doors, shift the vehicle to neutral. Dash has no illumination at all. Occurred on July 5 and had used the car earlier in the morning without any issues. I had to have the vehicle towed to the dealer. Tow truck able to jumpstart vehicle to move onto the flatbed. Upon arrival at the dealer and subsequent inspection, found fuse had blown from the jumpstart of the truck. After the fuse was replaced, the dealer found a negative terminal connection from the harness had broken at the flat section. The harness is on national backorder. Repair is still waiting to occur.

Vehicle is dead. Jump start, took to dealer. Defect in wiring harness. Wiring harness back ordered. Been without vehicle 9 days so far.

With the initial instance (it has happened 3 separate times), I was traveling on the interstate on the way back from Tennessee to Georgia and stepped on the accelerator (basically punched it) to get around a big rig, all of a sudden I get a "tow truck" icon on my dash and the accelerator is unresponsive, so I think I was in electric mode only if that. Fortunately, I was close to an exit and was able to coast to a stop in a parking lot. I put it in park, whereby the shifter dial then locked into park, could not change it. My wife read a blog on the internet (the owners manual is useless) to wait a few minutes and everything should work, that turned out to be true, so we were able to be on our way, but scary as heck to be on the highway and your vehicle suddenly shuts down. My Ford Pass app showed a "High Voltage Battery warning" message and also the MIL (check engine light came on solid and stayed on for at least another day, but eventually went out. This happened 2 other times, the exact same scenario, but this time light to moderate acceleration. I believe my safety was put at risk because the vehicle was rendered useless while traveling at high speeds on the highway. My dealer had it for 2 weeks, and said they read some transmission codes but tell me Ford doesn't know what to do to fix the issue at this point.