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Perfecto !!!

Err, seriously, what post are talking about to ban me for? Nasty and asking for fights? Negative.

Ditto on DIY wrenching. I'll run what the Dealer had in this '13 SEL with 64K on it, have a Ford Dealer put it up on their rack for the next oil/filter change to run for another 8-10K, then switch over to my preferred 100% Synthetic Amsoil. Filter changes at 50% of oil life, do a BlackStone eval., etc.. Great thread.

I'm interested too, just to put that monster "foot bumper" back there to better stop the back-ins in parking lots. My F250 PSD is overkill for many of the same trips, too.

Our used '13 SEL with 64K miles still has the factory installed battery in it. 08/12 Production date.

Cool, the pro-active recall notice is already out; 5 MY for Prius V and 1 MY for C-Max. Interesting.

If you want the easiest way to remove oil from the Dealer's possible overfill, grab yourself a Pella oil vacuum pump from any mariner supply shop online; straw hose goes down the dipstick hole, and vacs oil out. Great for complete oil changes as well.

I ask because I have a '13 which has (3) campaign notices, to be dealer completed yet. Have you had all the listed updates done, as can be acquired from the ETIS page with your VIN?

So, the C-Max has "...problems of unexpected stops related to software."?

45-50 PSI in tires, use ethanol free fuel, have the oil level in your car at the halfway point between the 'stick marks of High & Low. If your commute is nice and level, NOT hilly, use the Eco-cruise function. Enjoy. Our Dealer I just picked the car up from had the Oil level over the "Full" mark and the front tires were both under 40 P.S.I. Simple fixes. Enjoy!!

Have you done all the Dealer updates to your '13?

THAT's the secret right now.....Yeah, the Honda will pull from the devoted Honda crowd. Just left the Hastings/ S. St. Paul area-insane traffic metrics.

Hey Hey Congrats!!! Like a kid at Christmas !! :happy feet:

Hey Mr. B.C., What's going on in your neck o the woods? Any snow left? Who started all those wildfires and can we blame it on a C-Max?

No, I've read the thread and look at it in the light of a statement analysis, so let's start at the rear of your comments and go backwards: a.) I don't have warranty issues, my trans. is NOT making noises, your alleged trans. failure notation = 1 failure. No internet hearsay. b.) Trying to blame the trans. failure on Grill shutters not opening, when you have been running with grill blocks on, does what? I take it THAT is what you told the dealer in NM and they do NOT know about the grill blocks, correct? You've skirted THIS question several times now, so we can assume you have lied to FoMoCo. for free parts and labor. c.) What YOU said is that YOU found it too difficult to check/change the fluid-and there was ZERO mention of an Advisor telling you to not do so. Anyway, that does not negate the actions which you did NOT take responsibility for. Plain and simple. Trans. was indicating a state of overheating on your gauge(s), you can audibly hear abnormal noises from trans., but you drive it anyway? Sure.... d.) A heater on an aluminum transmission case, heating away for hours in an enclosed garage, is what I have seen you write. IIRC your one notation is of 57 degrees F in the enclosed garage, that day in particular. I'll bet you have cooked the trans fluid yourself, between the heater, and the grill blocks you use. Period. e.) I saw that the Dealer had an approximate 35% lower temp. read than your gauge, and you were working out some of the math differences in your incorrectly programmed reader. You then switch to a hand held infrared reader, IIRC. That means there were no "high temp." problems to begin with, and you actually created them in the chasing of none-solutions. Can you understand that? Occam's ... (8) pages and (5) months wasted when all you'd had to do was check/change the fluid, but no. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever, unless you have another motive set, which is pretty obvious you do. How unfortunate for Ford.