2022 Ford Maverick
Complaints about this year name low far more often than the model's other years — 12% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 3.9%.
First year of a new generation. The Ford Maverick was redesigned for 2022. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 604 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 165 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 28 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- axles — 7.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: axles, shakes, front axles.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- check engine — 9% of complaints, 4× usual
- engine light — 9% of complaints, 4× usual
- amount time — 7% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
Driving around 20 mph, when the car lost power /almost felt like it was stalled. Check engine light came on (yellow wrench icon) and pop up message "service soon". Had to stop vehicle and restart several times to get car going again. Ford Pass app shows a code…
While driving on the highway the engine would not go over 50% power, there was no check engine light and the truck felt significantly slower. When I exited the highway the problem persisted and the truck was slow even on city streets. I completed my 100mi trip…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V979000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V976000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 22V193000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 22V484000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V594000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V730000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V380000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V848000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 28. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Maverick was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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