I recently purchased a 2023 Ford Maverick AWD FX4. A beautiful and capable little truck. I’m considering putting a GFC on it and would love to hear from other Maverick owners about their experience with the GFC. How has it been for you? Any surprises? Anything you wish you would have known before buying? What kind of mpgs are you all getting? Thank you!
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I had a GFC installed on my 23 Maverick Tremor back in December! Granted a handful of factors of gearing, ride height, and a handful of other things exist between the FX4 & Tremor packages, I only have seen a loss of 1-2 mpg on my pickup. I was always seeing slightly more mpg than the 24 mpg EPA rating the Tremor, but I still averaged 24.9 mpg on my 600 mile trip back to Colorado from Bozeman with some seriously cold temps!
The biggest surprise is that the truck still drives exactly like it did pre-installation, which I am quite thankful for. Honestly I’m surprised how little wind noise I hear too seeing how much of an overhang the top has with such a short bed on my Mav. I also did not notice any notable suspension sag adding the GFC to the Maverick, and I believe you even have a bit more payload with the FX4 over the Tremor.
Overall, I love the practicality it adds to an already very practical platform.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. Very helpful. And your build is beautiful! I’ll follow up with a direct message as well.
I have a '22 FX4 Maverick and drove from SC to GFC HQ last August to get it installed. We love it. Like the previous post said, there’s no wind noise and no noticable effect on performance (acceleration, braking etc). I have noticed a pretty big hit in mileage - I would get 27-29 mpg consistently before installation per the trip computer but now I’ll only get 22-24. Oh well, it’s worth it to me. I did get 2 beef bars but I took them off for now because I wasn’t using them and I thought it might help my mileage. I installed a Bedrug and that makes the bed quite comfortable to hang out in while camping. I also just recently upgraded to the TurboNap. It’s obviously a pretty small bed so it can be a bit tight when it’s me, my wife and the pup but it’s still very useable. Overall I’m very happy!
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience. Must have been an epic trip from SC to Montana for the install. The truck looks beautiful.
What is a TurboNap?
Turbonap is the new mattress. You’ll get it when you buy your gfc.
Got it. Thanks.
I haven’t been very scientific in tracking with mine. But I appear to lose about three miles a gallon. I have the 22 FWD hybrid.
That’s helpful data. Thanks.
Just discovered this forum. I have 22 hybrid and get about 35 mpg since I had my GFC installed. I was getting 39-41 around town.
I have a ‘25 hybrid awd maverick and recently installed a GFC with a front runner wind fairing. I went from 40-42 mpg to 30ish. It’s honestly a much bigger hit than I was expecting based on other people’s experiences in the forums I thought I’d be losing closer to 5mpg. The season change may also be a contributing factor. I plan on upgrading to a larger fairing with a better angle but am curious if anyone has any other tips to improve mpg after installing gfc?
I have a 24 Maverick Hybrid front wheel drive. I’ve had my GFC for a little over a year. I added a wind fairing a few months ago. I average 35.7 mpg’s (according to the Maverick) over the past 12,000 miles which has been mostly mild to hot weather. Most of my driving is local and the mpg drop locally is minimal, maybe 2mpgs. I see the biggest drop on the highway, from about 32mpg to 27mpg. If I keep it at 70 or below I get 30mpg’s on the highway. It drops fast above 70. The wind fairing doesn’t make much of a difference, if any, on mpgs but it does reduce the wind noise quite a bit.
I was getting 42/38MPG City/ Highway as just the truck. The GFC knocked me down to 35/33.
I hand made a 17” plexiglass wind fairing at a 45 degree angle, which got me to 38 in the city, but my thanksgiving highway travel was still only 34mpg. The wind fairing also adds a whistle and rattles against the roof of the truck. I have a bulb seal front edge I need to install to see if it improves those issues. It’s also not very elegant, I bent the brackets on my table top vise. not getting an airbnb is worth the extra in gas, still way better mileage than a larger truck.
I’ve noticed the biggest mpg drop in the city, oddly. Highway I can get closer to 35, but in the city I’ve been getting way lower, sometimes as low as 20mpg. I’m only one tank of gas in since my gfc install, is there a break in period? Would adjusting tire psi make a difference?
If the weather has been cold, that could make a difference. The hybrid engine is not as effective in cold weather. You might give it a few tanks of gas to see if the mpg’s shift. I’m not an engineer, but I believe the GFC in the city shouldn’t have as significant of an impact on mpg’s because the wind impact isn’t as a much of a factor as on the highway, and the weight of the GFC is modest compared to the impressive payload capacity of the Maverick. I have the factory tires and keep them inflated at the recommended 36 psi.
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trip to trip the MPG readout isn’t helpful. I live in the mountains so on the way into the forest I’ll get 20mpg and on the way out get 60mpg. I reset my trip odometer for each tank and just keep an eye on efficiency. The hybrid also is made for city driving, the ICE does more work at highway speeds. the GFC takes does cause a hit, but to me it’s worth it for the utility. the fairing doesn’t do a whole lot at highway speeds, and it’s negligible in the city. In all having a chill affect will give you better gas mileage.