mikekoz

It has about 65500 miles on it. I think the battery warranty is 7 years, so we actually may have a few more years on it now that I think of it. We bought the car in May of 2014.

We have a 2013 Energi. The battery did great until it was just over a year and a half old. The battery capacity started dropping quickly since then. At first I was able to drive 2500 to 3000 miles between fill ups. My avg MPG was about 246! It has been dropping like a rock ever since. The car is about 5 years old now, and my MPG is showing as 108. That is not the only reason for the MPG drop on the dash as I do not fully charge it any more on some nights. The big difference is seen on my route to work, which is the same every day. I only get about 10-12 miles now on all battery when I used to get 18-22. Ford says the battery is not defective so they will not replace it. It will be out of warranty after about 4500 more miles so I hope the Energi can run on just gas. We cannot buy another car.

This happened to our Cmax yesterday. We left in my wife's Escape to go to get a few things, and when we returned, all of the Cmax's windows were open. It was not caused by the key controller hitting something in my pocket as I was nowhere around. The two controllers we have were in the house on top of a dresser and a basket right near the front door. This happened once before. Fortunately, it was not raining on both incidents. I actually had the car at the shop for something else the first time this happened and I told them to please disable that feature, and they could not. I do not keep anything worth stealing in the car when it is at home, but what if we have groceries or other things locked in the car when we are travelling and this happens? And what if it rains after this occurs? Will Ford pay for the internal damage to the car?

If you did that, they might not have given you your check!!! ;)

We bought ours a year ago and have not seen the check.

Thanks for all the information folks! I learned a lot about my car just by posting my question. Too bad Ford could not have been more informative in the article I read about this upgrade before it was available. The upgrade did seem to make a difference, just not in the way I was expecting.

I tried that and it would briefly go into EV mode, but only for a few seconds.

The tire pressure is at 41. I actually initially put them at 48 but thought that was too high. Is that what you keep yours on? Our car has about 15000 miles on it and it is almost a year old.

I think you are missing my point. The upgrade was supposed to make the Cmax work in EV mode up to 85 MPH. On this trip, it did not and worked as it did before the upgrade even on flat terrain and going a steady 70 MPH. Maybe it will not give you 47 MPG because of other factors like speed, aerodynamics, etc, but there was no change.

CD's are superior to MP3s in sound quality. MP3s are compressed files and you lose audio quality. How much depends on the MP3, some you can hardly tell a difference, but they are inferior nevertheless. MP3's are just easier to deal with and you can put tons of them on a USB device, which is why I use them now and rarely use CD's. Actually the CD's I do use, are burned with MP3's!!! ;)

My wife and I just came back from a 130 mile trip, actually 260 miles both ways. About 200 of those miles were on Interstate 40 at 70+ MPH. Before the update, we would get an average MPG on this trip of 36-38. Surprisingly, that did not improve at all. The car would not stay on EV mode for any length of time no matter what I did. This trip is also pretty flat terrrain. It seems to do fine on short trips at faster speeds, but not longer ones. One thing I should mention is that I am normally the one driving the Cmax to work and back, and it is just me in the car with nothing else. This trip had my wife and luggage, laptop, etc in the car also. It was nothing too excessive and I would not think that would make much of a difference. Either way, I am pretty disappointed in the update at this point.

That seems to have worked! I did that before I left work and when I got home yesterday. EV+ kicked in when I got near my workplace this morn. I am enjoying this update! It seems that not only am I getting better mileage at higher speeds, but the battery seems to charge quicker and it is easier to keep the car in EV mode. I am getting more consistant gas mileage at lower speeds also!!

Has anybody noticed if this update improves connectivity or compatibility of various USB devices or MP3 players? The 3.5.1 update made my 160GB iPod almost unusable, but improved USB hard drive and thumb drive functionality. It is working the way I like with my Toshiba 320GB drive and I do not want to mess that up!

Thank you! I will try that. For the life of me though, since that is the case, I do not see how EV+ is going to make a noticable difference in gas mileage. In my case, it is just going to add a half a mile of EV driving a day! :sad:

Do I need to do that at my start point and my destination? Thanks for the response by the way!! :worship:

My update took and is working, but my EV+ locations have not kicked in and I have been driving it now for 6 days. Does anybody have the link to the thread that has the trick for getting it back? I know it involved turning the car on and off a number of times. I do not think EV+ does a whole lot for your gas mileage, but would still like it to kick in. I did make sure it was on. On a side note, does EV+ just help keep the car in EV mode when you are about a quarter mile from your destination, or does it help the car stay in EV mode from the beginning and end points of EV+ locations (Ex. home to work)?

Took the letter and other info to our dealer in Wake Forest this morning, and they knew what it was when I handed the car over to them! They finished at about noon and I just got back from picking it up. Hit the highway very briefly on my way home and was able to get EV mode at 70MPH, so it looks like the upgrade went well. I will know more this week when I drive it back and forth to work. My EV+ locations are gone, but I guess that is normal.

Got the letter today. My dealer still has not heard of any upgrade. What are they going to do if this car actually needs real service? I have little confidence that Ford can support or maintain this vehicle. I am going to take the letter I got, and other information from the internet to my dealer on Saturday morning and show it to them. I will talk to a supervisor when I get there and see if I get anywhere. I could try another dealer, but they are pretty far away.

Are all of you just calling your dealer and setting up an appointment? I called mine last week and the person I spoke to at the service department had no idea what I was talking about. I am going to call again this week. I am reading about others on this forum who are having problems with their dealers just trying to explain the upgrade, and a few dealers apparently are up to the task. Don't you think it is kind of scary to have a dealer upgrade your vehicle when you know more about the upgrade then they do!! ;)

Just called my local dealer and they have never heard of it!! :doh:

My wife and I have both noticed this. The problem is not the audio system, it is Sirius! It was the same in our Honda Pilot. Sirius sounds tinny and a bit bass shy compared to FM radio. We were never offered any deal when our subscription expired either by phone or mail. I have an external 320 GB hard drive with about 16,000 songs on it and it is more than enough! My iPod no longer worked after the 3.51 upgrade so that is all I use now.

It came on today on my way to work about 100-200 yards from where I park. It looks like it just activates when you get close to your destination. Is this normal or should it also come on sometimes between my start and destination? :confused: Update! I just read another post on this forum which answered my question!! Apparently it is working normally. :)

I have had the Cmax since last October and drive the same route to work every day. It is 25 miles each way and I use the same route. About 10-12 miles of the route is speed limits below 55 MPH. The EV+ indicator did not come on until I was about 100 yards from our house on my way home. Would the 3.5.1 upgrade wipe out the EV+ information in the vehicle? On Monday I was fiddling around with some of the settings, and I did turn off EV+ for a second, then cut it back on. Would that have wiped the information clean??

Thanks! I actually figured it out this morning, but the video was still informative, if not brief!!

Ours seems to be getting less since the upgrade, but it could just be the higher AC use. How can you tell when the EV+ kicks in? I do not see any indicator on the dash that shows this, but I know it is turned on. Sorry if this is a dumb question!! :)