"Built Ford Tough" is a household slogan at this point, with the Ranger and Everest making waves with their capability and overall toughness, as you'd expect. My colleague Sean Nurse had the Everest in Wildtrak trim to review, and you can check out his thoughts here.
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The Everest Wildtrak seats itself neatly below the Platinum variant as a brutish high-end variant compared to the illustrious Platinum. You'll find 'Luxe Yellow', a new colour unique to the Wildtrak, along with a few other styling cues inside and out. Powering the Everest Wildtrak is the same 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel producing 184kW and 600Nm. This is paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission, sending power to all four wheels via a permanent four-wheel-drive system. Real tough, but is it expensive to repair?
Something to take into account
The Everest Wildtrak was launched in May 2023, which makes it a relatively new vehicle. Now, because of this, there isn't enough data available yet to accurately determine a parts basket cost to see if the Wildtrak is expensive to repair or not. For peace of mind though, as standard, the Everest Wildtrak is available with a 4-year /120 000km warranty and optionally service and maintenance plans of up to 8-years /165 000km. Even the warranty can be extended to 200 000km. With this, at least, you needn't worry about forking out to repair something on the vehicle unless it's something the warranty doesn't cover.
What do you do when the Everest Wildtrak is out of warranty, though? What we can do for now to give an indication of parts pricing is to draw data from previous studies like the AA Spare Parts Pricing Guide from 2021. Although we'll be using an older Everest for extrapolation, this will give an idea of what Ford's spare parts pricing is against the Everest's competitors. We'll be using a 2021 Ford Everest 2.0 BiT XLT.
Service Items
| Service Items | Ford Everest 2.0 BiT XLT |
| Air Filter | R128.57 |
| Oil Filter | R154.74 |
| Pollen Filter | R563.50 |
| Glow Plug Set | R1169.32 |
| Wiper Blade Set | R384.72 |
| Front Brake Pad Set | R1904.73 |
| Rear Brake Pad/Shoe Set | R3780.97 |
| Parts Basket Total | R8086.56 |
Maintenance Items
| Maintenance Items | Ford Everest 2.0 BiT XLT |
| Cam Belt / Timing Chain | R3458.05 |
| Front Brake Discs Pair | R5850.88 |
| Rear Brake Discs/ Drums | R2157.72 |
| Front Shock absorber | R5330.39 |
| Rear Shock absorber | R4165.76 |
| Fanbelt | R230.40 |
| Parts Basket Total | R21 193.20 |
Exterior Body Parts
| Exterior Body Parts | Ford Everest 2.0 BiT XLT |
| Bonnet | R4182.19 |
| Front Bumper | R2561.12 |
| Grille | R7693.50 |
| Left Front Fender | R1437.50 |
| Wheel | R4008.18 |
| Left Headlight | R5680.76 |
| Aircon Condenser + Radiator | R6911.50 |
| Right Front Door | R7139.28 |
| Right Rear Door | R6503.78 |
| Right Front Window | R302.45 |
| Rear Bumper | R7219.70 |
| Left Rear Fender | R7475.00 |
| Bootlid | R9998.41 |
| Rear Windscreen | R3232.19 |
| Front Windscreen | R4807.69 |
| Right Tail light Assembly | R8604.19 |
| Parts Basket Total | R87 757.43 |
*Please note that the pricing mentioned here are estimates due to the age of the data and pricing stated here excludes the labour costs involved for repair and fitment.
What we can deduce
From the pricing above, the Everest, compared to its competition at the time, was the cheapest to service and obtain body parts for. It came in 3rd place out of its competition for maintenance items. Judging from this history, we can assume that this could be the same case with the current generation of Everest Wildtrak. Still, alas, we'll need current data to determine this accurately. We'll see as time goes on. For now, though, you wouldn't have to worry too much with the current comprehensive warranty.
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