Falcon1772

I think it must've just been a fluke short drive that got me all worked up over nothing. Car seems fine. Figured I'd update so there was some sort of conclusion.

Ok driven it a few more times. idk still seems like its just running cooler and/or cooling off faster than I remember. Its not a problem persay and again, maybe I'm just being hypervigilant on watching the temp gauge now, but idk, just feels off. I put on my winter front today. We'll see how it goes after a few drives with it on.

yeah man I'm starting to wonder if I just really never paid enough attention before. I normally have heat coming out the vents by the time I pass a church on my normal route. and thats how it is now. I'm really wondering if we somehow were mostly on EV when I went to that restaurant as its only about 3-4 miles away, not one we normally go to and is a route that does'nt go above 45mph. Maybe I'm just a tard and thats all it was and that made me monitor everything way too much. lol Not sure. But the last couple trips its seemed fine. Will keep updated.

Took the car to a restaurant about a week ago. 30 ish degrees outside. Car didn't wanna warm up completely so it was a cold drive. Coolant temps would drop anytime we came to a stop. Replaced the thermostat and O=ring with an OEM ones. Same issue. Replaced the Coolant temp sensor. Same issue. Car will warm up to about the 2nd line up if I just let it idle and thats about 145 degrees-ish And then it will shut off and go into EV mode. I cannot recall if its always done this... Got the old T stat out since this is really weird and checked it in a pot on the stove and it opened at 180, so it was fine all along. Tried doing the bleed procedure thing with holding the pedals and whatnot that didnt seem to change much. Checked the water pump fuse. it was good. I assume the pump is fine or I'd be overheating. So what the heck. is this normal behavior that I've somehow just now tuned into after 2 years of ownership?? I guess my current plan is to just drive it like normal and see if it becomes a bigger issue as we get into the teens and then into the negatives. I live in Alaska so that will be soon. oh and this is a 2014 C-max Hybrid SEL

This took too long to get "approved" by a moderator. if you find yourself on here with the same issues check out my reddit thread.

2014 C-max SEL Hybrid. Went to drive to my birthday dinner tonight. Tried to start the car, and it sorta started but was shaking real bad like a misfire. hybrid battery was very low. Not sure how it got low since it was driven 100% perfectly fine yesterday. Tried restarting it about 10 times, it'll "start" but shakes a lot and will shut off saying Stop Safely Now with a red triangle. No check engine light or anything, just a car that won't start or go into gear (I can move the shifter but it will not move the car). Hybrid battery is currently about 1 pixel line of charge on the indicator. What do I do? I have the 12v on charge, despite it seeming to be charged enough to run the lights, lift gate, dash etc. Had this exact same thing happen earlier this summer but after a couple retries at starting it, it worked as normal, wrote it off as a one off situation.

I just picked up a 2014 Cmax. Loving this car, its my first hybrid. Wondering if theres any fellow Alaskans on here. Particularly interior Alaska. Wondering how this car does in our extreme temps. It has a block heater already, I also have an oil pan heater and a cold weather compensating trickle charger coming to finish the winterization. I also have a Sync 2 to 3.4 upgrade kit coming, as well as some lights.

Is it possible to do this with the android version of Forscan. I just got this Cmax. I'm use to AlfaOBD for my Ram 1500. its incredibly in depth and you can do SOOOOOO much stuff. But it all works via the app and my bluetooth obd tool. I'm seeing that most stuff with Forscan has to be done with a laptop.