Tim Ryan

This is so frustrating - love the little Cmax, but if your car won't start, its not a car

3 times I have found my car dead, and the dealer always asks if I left a light on, all patches and now 2 new batteries.  I take it in tomorrow for a third one?

Anyone have info or success with California Lemon Laws

Driven Fords my entire life - very dissappointed

No one has ever said anything like this to me.  My commute to work is only 8.6 miles, so almost all my driving is short distances.  I wonder if the C-Max owners who are experiencing the battery problems are those whose typical driving patterns involve short trips.

 

I have a trickle-charger for the battery.  I've been thinking of hooking it up, say, every Friday evening in an attempt to prevent any more dead batteries.

I drive 35 miles to work each way - and mine died for 3rd time today

No one has a solution

So, I'm joining the legions who have woke up to a dead battery on my new C-Max.

 

I called the roadside assitance, and they promptly came out jumpped it with-in 30 min, but I thought it odd and suspected a defective battery so I called the dealer and took it in. They poured over it and called in for tech help, but ultimetly said there wasn't anything wrong with it and reccommended not plugging in accessories to the USB, 12V or inverter when the vehical isn't being operated.

 

I expressed some disbelif at that suggestion and, in fact, if my iPod being plugged into to the USB port can Kill the car, I told them thats a pretty big design flaw as far as I was concerned.

 

Even the Ford Service manager seemed to agree and said he didn't know how they could stand behind that solution.

 

I can't help but think there is an issue like other members have reported that is slow draining the battery.

Very frustrating - 3rd time I have come out to find a dead car, one of these is after the recall fix to software specifically to address this issue

I was also shown a bulletin form Ford that if you have an apostrophe or any punctuation in the name of our cell phone, the sync can get stuck and not shutdown, keeping the computer / battery on all night.  Silly but it was form the dealer.

My battery is dead for 3rd time - once since upgade 

I have found my radio stuck on twice after shutting car on and walking away

Called Ford, they said take another day off from work and take car to dealer.