The Ford Maverick was an undeniable hit from the day it launched for the 2022 model year, which made a lot of sense – after all, it isn’t terribly easy to find good vehicles, let alone pickups, with reasonable price tags these days. The Maverick has since gone on to also accumulate a literal boatload of critical acclaim for many of the same reasons shoppers love that model – it’s affordable, efficient, and capable. Thus, it’s no surprise to learn that the Ford Maverick has once again landed on Consumer Reports‘ list of its 10 Top Picks of 2025 yet again.
The Ford Maverick has now wound up on Consumer Reports‘ Top Picks list for three straight years after making the cut in both 2023 and 2024, in fact. To come up with this list, CR looks at the vehicles that performed the best in its own road testing, as well as the categories of predicted reliability and customer satisfaction stemming from its owner surveys, and all eligible vehicles come equipped with a solid list of standard safety features, too.
This year, the Ford Maverick once again landed among CR‘s Top 10 Picks and atop the small pickup category thanks to the fact that it’s a “fun, frugal small truck” with a comfortable interior, decent power, a refined ride, and excellent fuel economy ratings. “Overall, this freshened pickup is an appealing alternative to many of today’s high-priced full-sized models,” CR noted. The Maverick earned an overall score of 74 out of 100 possible points, with above average ratings in road testing and predicted owner satisfaction, along with an average predicted reliability score.
Maverick is once again a @ConsumerReports Top Pick. 3rd year in a row! Proud of our @Ford team. Shows how listening to customers, focusing on quality and offering choices leads to great products! pic.twitter.com/QzlFf9NJ7Z
— Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) February 25, 2025
In addition to landing on the Top Picks list for three straight years now, the Ford Maverick also made Consumer Reports‘ 2024 most reliable new vehicles that cost under $30,000 list, was among the most reliable used pickups of 2024, and was named one of the most satisfying pickups of 2025, too.
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My wife & I had to sell our hybrid Maverick. Like the many thousands of other customers who have suffered the same problem, ours also developed the infamous no-start condition. Things would be fine, then for no reason, we’d go to start the truck, and it was just entirely dead. Two Ford dealerships tried at least six times total to fix it with no luck (they replaced the battery 4 times, did parasitic drain tests, installed the improved battery cable, etc.).
Ford was no help either, and didn’t take the problem seriously.
So, we sold it. From time to time I still browse the forums at the Maverick Truck Club website, and guess what? – Ford STILL has no solution to this problem, and even 2024 models are now experiencing the issue as well.
Please understand, we loved this truck when it worked – it was brilliant in its ideal size, incredible fuel efficiency (we saw over 50 mpg city in the summer!), car-like ride, and clever little things – but in the end, we couldn’t keep a totally unreliable vehicle, so we traded it for a 2024 Corolla SE.
It’s a shame that Ford hasn’t bettered themselves and figured out by now how to engineer products of high reliability, or at least properly commit to fixing issues with their products. Seeing how Farley worked at Toyota for 17 years in upper management, you’d think he’d know by now how this works…I dunno, perhaps he never studied Edward R. Deming like the rest of the leadership at Toyota.