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Has any owner driving have air cabin noise when all windows are up and AC shut off when driving on highway?

i HAVE NO SMART PHONE AND WILL NEVER GET ONE. I AM ONE OF THOUSANDS OF SENIORS WHO HAVE LANDLINES AT HOME AND WORK.

I OWN A 2023 FORD MAVERICK XL AND HAD OIL CHANGED LAST WEEK, BUT COULD NOT SIGN UP FOR THE FORDPASS REWARD PROGRAM, DUE TO THE IDIOT GEN-X REQUIREMENT OF PAYING FOR A SMART PHONE
TO REGISTER FOR THIS PROGRAM AND SAVE MONEY WITH FORD SERVICE.
WELL, THE WARRANTY SAYS I CAN GET SERVICE ANYWHERE AS LONG AS I HAVE A PAPER TRAIL. I CAN GET A SIMPLE OIL CHANGE AT DISCOUNT TIRE FOR UNDER $70. IINSTEAD, I WAS CHARGED $122 BY LITHIA FORD IN FRESNO, CA.
IN MY DAY WE CLIPPED COUPONS AND HAD EQUAL RIGHTS WITH ALL USERS. WE SENIORS WITHOUT IDIOT SMART PHONES THAT HAS DESTROYED THE INTELLIGENCE OF AMERICA AND ALLOWS THEM IN THE CLASSROOM TO PLAGERIZE, WITH AI IN THE CLASSROOM, IS THE DOWNFALL OF AMERICA.
FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE DISPENSATION CARDS TO ALL SENIORS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS UNTIL WE DIE OUT FOR THIS REWARDS PROGRAM TO BE EQUAL TO ALL VEHICLE OWNERS, FACE FACE POSSIBLE LITIGATION FOR DISCRIMINATION!! WE WOULD APPRECIATE AN IMMEDIATE PROGRAM REVISION, SINCE WE LOVE OUR FORDS, BUT MOST LIVE ON FIXED INCOMES! GARY DALOYAN

End of August I read here that the 2025 Ford Maverick Hybrid was towable behind my RV with all 4 wheels on the ground, Flat towable. So I order one and patiently waited. About a week ago I was notified my vehicle is in production. Being one that preps, I saw the owners manual was finally available for download and proceeded to read it. I get to the part where recreational vehicle towing is discussed and low and behold the manual states the AWD Hybrid can not be towed behind a RV unless it is on a dolly… I head over to the Maverick Forum and see the discussion there about flat towing and it is still a huge question.

Seem that back in August the approval was to flat tow. But the manual is not stating that and now that the manual is out, the questions are coming and there is no firm, solid answer yet. I suggest If you have one of these Mavericks on order to get with your dealer for verification and DOCUMENTATION in case the manual is not corrected. You could be on the hook for tranny replacement, could, we don’t know yet. I haven’t had any luck so far getting any Ford person to acknowledge one way or the other besides showing me the article by Ford Authority.. which isn’t exactly Ford, but an Independent media outlet.

Can someone explain to me why this truck is “coming to thailand” and not America? Why must the USA be locked in on 4×4 off road when a very small percent of buyers are actually driving off road? Not to mention the slide downward in performance.

My 2018 Ford Escape with a 1.5 liter, 4 Cylinder Ecoboost engine failed at 35k miles even though it was regularly serviced at the correct intervals including the comprehensive 30k mileage service that was done in April of this year (i.e., all the documentation is in Ford’s database). Ford is now telling me that I need a new engine at a cost of $7400 for the engine and $5700 for installation. According to Ford, the failure was oil leaking into the cylinders. Of course, the engine is out of warranty due to time, not mileage. I know there have been issues with these engines for coolant leaking into the cylinders due to a defect in the engine block or in the cylinder head seals. Apparently, Ford felt the same way and initially offered to pay for the new engine as long as I was willing to pay for the installation (i.e., this was a verbal offer from my Ford dealer after they requested Ford assistance since they also agreed that this was an unusually early failure for such an engine). Even though I suspect that I had a faulty engine, I verbally agreed to the terms, since the car is out of warranty. However, Ford is now tied up in their internal approval process that has lasted >1 month with no approval in sight. I have a couple of questions for this forum: 1) Has anyone experienced an engine failure on a Ford Escape like mine, and if so, how was it resolved? 2) Any suggestions on my path forward to resolving this?

I am extremely disappointed in Ford’s decision to stop providing vehicle owners manuals. My parents are in their 80s and have been purchasing Ford vehicles since the 1950s. When they asked for a manual, the dealership said it is online and if they wanted a paper copy, could print it out or go to the Helminc.com web site and order one.
We went to the website and since March 2024, the manual has been out of stock. When speaking to Ford customer service, the best they could do is give a phone number where I could order a manual for $54.
This inconvenience and inability to provide a paper manual to vehicle owners really makes me wonder why we continue to purchase Ford vehicles.
My parents live in a rural area where cell phone service is spotty, they do not own a smart phone and have limited computer skills. To ask them to read the manual online or reference it on that ridiculously large screen that is in the Edge demonstrates to me that Ford no longer cares about their older customers.

Hi I read that these engines share most of the components except the turbo. The compression is a lot higher in the duratec so I am assuming the pistons are different but I’m not a gearhead so I don’t know if there was a way to raise the compression through another way like the new vct?

I am wondering this because I am looking at pros and cons of the 1.0 and 1.5 3 cylinder Ecoboost engines. I am wondering if there would be a way to add a twin turbo setup to a duratec and get a tuner to use figures higher than the formula race car of 200hp/tq

My goal was to find the power to weight similar to the cobra 260 V8 engine in a much lighter 3 cylinder and total car weight of 1500lbs.

I’m still looking at other motors but for and Nissan are clearly available, affordable, and the most powerful for size compared to a 1.6 Toyota GR.

This is a daily driver not for racing, but I know when I am no longer able to drive it, the next person would love it.