2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid driver assistance & safety tech problems

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What owners say

1. Filed Mar 6, 2025NCDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   While reversing into my driveway towards my garage, the rear parking aid did not show the truck with the radar bars on the reverse camera on the infotainment screen. The rear parking aid was on and was beeping, but did not show the radar on the screen. I restarted the vehicle and put the car in reverse and the radar began showing in the top right corner. I will attach pictures to this report.

   NHTSA complaint #11646717 · source
2. Filed Jan 8, 202532,000 miPACrashDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   The contact owns a 2022 Ford Maverick. The contact stated that while reversing from the driveway, the backup camera display had malfunctioned and the image suddenly froze. During the failure, an inaccurate image was displayed which caused the driver to crash into a small tree. The vehicle sustained rear-end body damage and the tree was damaged. No injuries were reported and no police report was filed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The VIN was included in the…

   NHTSA complaint #11634888 · source
3. Filed Jan 6, 2025MIBrakesDriver Assistance & Safety TechSteering

   After performing a panic stop where the Pre-Collision activation message and chime activated, nothing happened until a few miles down the road. At that time, The "Service AdvanceTrac," "Pre-Collision Assist Not Available" and "Hill Start Assist" warning messages scrolled on the cluster with a chime to go with them. Additionally, the amber tell tale warning lights for the ABS system, electric park brake system, stability control system and pre-collision assist were…

   NHTSA complaint #11634398 · source
4. Filed Sep 26, 2024ORDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical SystemAcceleration & Cruise Control

   vehicle suddenly lost power while travelling at freeway speeds, and decelerated to 35 mph with no speed control. All electrical systems showed warning lights, and I was suddenly driving 30 mph under traffic speeds at a freeway interchange with no escape lanes or emergency lanes for half a mile. I am a paramedic with extensive EVOC training, and I can say with my extensive experience that this was a near-fatal situation, only avoided by the attentive drivers around me, and I…

   NHTSA complaint #11616614 · source
5. Filed May 8, 2024MADriver Assistance & Safety TechEngineTransmission & Drivetrain

   I was driving down the freeway and my truck when into reduced power mode, displaying " Powertrain malfunction/Reduced power, engine service soon, and precollision assistance not available". This ended up slowing me rapidly from 65 down to under 20 miles. I almost had a semi slam into the back of me missing me by inches.

   NHTSA complaint #11587621 · source
6. Filed Apr 28, 2024VADriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

   The component in question is the powertrain control module for my Maverick. After having the relevant powertrain recall reprogramming done (23E09), I was driving down the highway when I received a rapid series of warnings from my car including "Pre-Collision Assist Not Available", "Service Engine Soon", and "Service AdvanceTrac" [sic]. I lost all engine power at that point, and was steadily decelerating with no response from the accelerator. There was no advance warning or…

   NHTSA complaint #11585685 · source
7. Filed Apr 17, 2024NEDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical SystemEngine

   I was driving in town going about 20 MPH when I approached and intersection and stepped on the brakes. The brakes locked up, multiple warning lights, messages, audible alarms went off. I though the truck died and I put it in park and turned off the key. Then I turned the key back on, all the lights and warnings came back on, but it also said ready to drive. I was not able to accelerate using the gas pedal, truck was moving slowly on its own, it gained some speed but only ran…

   NHTSA complaint #11583721 · source
8. Filed Apr 15, 2024ORDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical SystemTransmission & Drivetrain

   Installed update and my truck randomly thinks it is in collision. It will not turn on and no longer is responsive to anything. No lights or electrical working.

   NHTSA complaint #11583207 · source
9. Filed Apr 15, 2024MNDriver Assistance & Safety TechEngineAcceleration & Cruise Control

   When coming to a stop on a 25 mph road, saw a cascade of warnings come up, including: Hill start assist not available, precollision assist not available, service AdvanceTrac, service vehicle soon, check engine light, service light, traction control light. Once stopped the car turned the parking brake on and requested that I put it into park. After putting the car into park and turning off the parking brake the car began to accerate on it's own, unresponsive to how hard I…

   NHTSA complaint #11582977 · source
10. Filed Mar 28, 2024TNDriver Assistance & Safety TechEngineTransmission & Drivetrain

    2022 Maverick shuts down without warning. Driving at highway speeds, 65mph, the car simply loses all power. This started happening after factory recall work was completed on 3-11-24. I have stranded 7 times on the shoulder.

    NHTSA complaint #11579858 · source
11. Filed Mar 24, 2024WIDriver Assistance & Safety TechEngineTransmission & Drivetrain

    Powertrain malfunction/reduced power, pre-collision assist not available, service engine soon warning, truck went into limp mode and was a hazard by reducing power and speed which cause a tariff hazard

    NHTSA complaint #11579157 · source
12. Filed Mar 20, 2024NYDriver Assistance & Safety TechEngineTransmission & Drivetrain

    While traveling on the highway at approximately 75mph the instrument cluster began to flash warnings, (Selected gear will be changed to when speed slows down, precollision assist not available, service engine soon) the accelerator pedal was unresponsive, and the vehicle began to slow. I parked the vehicle, shut the engine off, and restarted. upon restarting the vehicle would only move at approximately 10mph, the accelerator pedal was still unresponsive. I then parked the…

    NHTSA complaint #11578510 · source

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology