I used to love my C-Max, then........ I bought my car in October and drove it about 4500 miles with absolutely NO problems. I loved him more every day. Then, one morning I went out to go to work and the car was totally dead. My husband used a trickle charger on it and it was fine within 5 minutes (the trickle charger should not be able to totally charge it in 5 minutes). I took it to the dealer which told me that they had, that very day, received a service bulletin on it and they did their mojo on it and it was fine. Two weeks later exactly, same thing. The dealer kept it over night because it had to be totally reprogrammed. Two and a half weeks later, same thing. My husband charged it and it was working fine. I was trying to consider my next step. Then, this morning at 6AM, I discovered a dead car again. This is getting ridiculous and Ford needs to do something. Over these instances, I have seen numerous posts from other C-Max owners about this problem--some of them having Ford replace 2 or 3 batteries within a short period of time. One thing I did read was that the early Prius cars had the same problem and that someone discovered they were "on" unless locked. So, even in the garage, I have been locking my car and it has been fine--until last night when I forgot to lock it. One guy at the dealer said it is like 'driving a Dell' and that it is probably like a computer-at the ready unless totally turned off. Well, first of all, that guy should be fired for his attitude, and secondly, drivers should be warned. I have asked the service guys if the car should make noise when parked and off, and they don't seem to know, but it does sometimes do that for a while after I have shut off the car. Ford, please help me love my car again.
