[Rob XLT-CG]

I personally would prefer to not deal with the warranty at all if possible. And the CMAX owners had theirs fail around 90-120k miles. Some got covered and some got a $4-7k bill.

Sad that those transmissions didn’t even make it to the first service. According the Ford Maverick the first fluid change for the eCVT is 150k miles, unless under “special operating conditions” (see page 442 of owners manual) than it is 30k intervals. Seems like Ford should stagger this like they do the oil changes too. If the car recommends oil changes more frequently I would also consider transmission fluid changes more frequently. For example instead of 10k intervals for oil it says 5k, cut the 150k to 75k for trans fluid.

 

[Rob XLT-CG]

Ford's warranty appears to have shortened since I bought my Focus with 3yr/30k bumper to bumper and 10y/100k powertrain warranty. This might not be a great sign for Maverick durability over time.

Many dealers offer 10yr/100k mile warranties with stipulations. As far as I know though, Ford powertrain has been 5yr/60k for a very long time. And the 3 yr 36k mile standard warranty has not changed either. The hybrid power system gets 8yr/100k miles.

 

[Rob XLT-CG]

My wife has a Cmax 2016, the manual says to service the transmission at 60000 miles. Her car has 57,000 on it and will have serviced soon. We really like the car which is why I opted for the hybrid Maverick.

Thanks for the correction. I was comparing the service to the eCVT for the Maverick and wrongly assumed similar recommendations