2023 Ford Maverick
This year drew an ordinary 338 complaints for a Ford Maverick — the model's median is 165. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.9% of them mention axles, against 3.6% across the model's other years.
Generation 1 of the Ford Maverick, which began in 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 338 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 165 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 21 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 24.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- axles — 10.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: axles, vibration, failing.
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.
What owners wrote
Truck shakes when accelerating and limits acceleration and safety. Belief is the CV axles failing.
CV axles failed prematurely, at 20,000 miles. Wheels and steering column vibration at highway speeds.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V160000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V380000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V848000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V140000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V223000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 24V267000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V293000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V330000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 21. 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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