dhouse1946

Seems consistent with my observation that the jump seemed to immediately "reboot" the systems... I drove 10 miles to the dealer, shut it off and immediately restarted it with no problem or hesitation. They only had it a couple of hours so I'm skeptical the battery was fully discharged and then recharged in a 10 mile drive. They said all tests were positive for battery health and "leakage"... Lots of theories and snake oil, hard to pin down facts, but all of this tells me a "jump" seems to restore life so I'm going to buy one of these small 12v battery jump pack gizmos to keep charged and in the garage (seems to be a first start of the day phenomena reading all the posts) and perhaps take it along on overnight trips until some resolution is forthcoming. I can use it on other vehicles as needed... Not sure the cigarette lighter outlet versions would be a good idea though with all the complexity of the electrical components. I suppose a "pre-jump" battery test would be a desirable diagnostic but who knows when/if this will occur again... Has anyone done this? Living Better Through Electricity

As of yesterday, after approx. 10k miles of no issues, our 2013 C-MAX came up dead in the garage... Called FORD road service, got a jump, drove to the dealer, left it for testing... Got a call with "we found nothing wrong" but no mention this is apparently a larger issue... Did experience abnormal radio (stuck on one station, volume and tuning unresponsive, CD player would not eject or play a CD that was loaded) when driving it a couple of days before Easter and drove to the dealer immediately but had to set up an appt. Went home, parked it in the garage and used other car until we went to drive it into the dealer when we discovered it was dead... Glad to find this forum and to realize this is real issue. Will contact FORD directly to voice my dissatisfaction.