I bought a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi Titanium about 2 months ago, and have been very happy so far. About one month ago, I got a "Stop Safely Now" when starting the car. I pulled the code P0AA6. I reset the DTC, and the car ran fine, but as the car still has the powertrain warranty, I took it to the dealer. The dealer kept it for a day, told me they couldn't find anything wrong aside from the 12v battery being near-end-of-life, charged me an hour of diagnostic time, and tried to gaslight me saying that code didn't even exist for this car ?. I changed the 12v battery myself, and the worked fine for about a month.
Yesterday it happened again, but now it persists. I can still clear it and drive the car, but it returns next on-off cycle.
After some searching, the only interesting info I could find is from a forum discussion of the Ford Escape Hybrid, but seems to hold true here as well:
So, with this information, I checked the leaks on Forscan. When the car is in "stop safely now" mode, the leakages all read as 1,638,375 ohms. However, (after reset) when the car is running, LEAKRESCON and LEAKRESNEG are still 1,638,375, but LEAKRESPOS and LEAK_RES_OVERALL are around 30,000-40,000 ohms.
So, from this, I'm guessing there is some sort of leak in a harness or module AFTER the contactors (since there is no leak when the contactors are open). I ordered the appropriate wiring manual from ebay, but while I wait for delivery I figured I'd ask the forum to see if anyone has any experience with this issue or any useful suggestions.