DonRobbie

I know on my 2018 the unique hybrid components (including the battery) is warrantied to 8 years/100k miles (Bumper to bumper was 3/36 and powertrain is 5/60). Might want to go to the Ford warranty site and run your VIN.

Speeding suspect taken into custody after leading authorities on pursuit on 405 Freeway | ABC7 - YouTube Saw the preview on YouTube and thought "that looks like a c-Max". Sure enough it was, a well optioned one at that. Mine is speedy enough (haven't really done any highway speed driving yet). The perilous thing for my perfect record of no speeding tickets ever is how quiet and smooth it is in town. Easy to be going 40+ in a 30 and not realize until I look down that I'm really booking.

Well the AC is working great today. Fingers crossed that it was a one day glitch. Have a cabin air filter on the way and will change that out this weekend when I put the seat covers on. Found the automatic parking buttons finally. Probably will take a while before I work up the courage to try them. Think the radio and I are starting to come to an accommodation. Plan on trying to the Sync update via USB key this weekend. Our Wi-Fi apparently isn't strong enough for Sync to download the update.

It appears that the A/C will only blow hard out of the dash after it's switched to "Max A/C" (there is some airflow from the dash vents). Otherwise it makes lots of noise but most of the air just goes through the floor vents. Also after starting the car I have to cycle MAX AC off and back on again to get the airflow going. I'm assuming a vacuum line or control unit is boogered. Once we got it blowing it's good and cold but I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to work that way. The radio works....very.....slowly. Tried hooking my phone up via USB instead of Bluetooth. Google maps and Audible work fine, Amazon music does not work at all. We also had decent luck hooking the wife's iPod up via USB. It's painfully slow to switch inputs but once it's going it works fine. When you turn the car on, but don't put it into "ready to drive" mode the check engine light comes on. It goes out once you put it into ready to drive. I thought I remember reading in the manual that was normal but I need to double check.

Other complaint was the wife didn't like the AC was blowing cool air on her feet which bugged her since she was wearing sandals. It was set to dash only. I suspect it might be one the small vents on the driver's side of the dash that's been turned to an odd angle so I need to play with that and see if I can find it. The brakes aren't as good as the Soul. Also the regen braking on electric only sort of sounds like a distant siren when it gets close to a stop (When she drove it I kept expecting to see a cop). The car is very quiet and has plenty of get up and go. She was amused/happy with the little leaves on the right side of the dash and the "thank you for driving a hybrid" message when it was shut off.

Car was delivered today. The radio is a mess. It was horrifically laggy (the voice responses came out in 2-3 syllable chunks over several minutes, and the screen would respond several minutes late). Looks like the last time it was updated was May 2018. Did a master reset and turned automatic updates on which got it to the point where it was just slow. Then the radio wouldn't turn off. Finally wound up popping the cover and pulling fuse 79 so it could be shut off and not run the 12v battery down. Does this thing ever work right? The car also has a couple of scrapes that were not called out on the website description. None of them are absolute showstoppers (I mean it's a 4 year old car) but I'm aggravated that they called out water spots on the B-pillars but neglected to mention a couple of 3"x5" scraped sections on the paint.

Purchased a 2018 cMax Titanium from Carvana. It's scheduled to be delivered Friday. I've never driven a cMax, or a hybrid in general so it's going to be...interesting. Trading in a 2016 Kia Soul. Liked the maneuverability and the fuel economy but the car just isn't very comfortable. It's lame but I miss power seats. Spouse and son who both use my car are much shorter than I am. Fore and aft adjustments are stone simple but raising and lowering the seat is kind of a PITA. It works fine for my 15-20 minute commute but anything over half an hour is pretty miserable. Our favorite vehicle was a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. Loved all the space and it was great car for road trips. Had power everything. The kids are grown now and I really couldn't justify another big minivan. So I hope the cMax will still be easy to park and get good mileage while being a better travelling companion. So what do I need to know about living with a cMax? I'm not trying to hypermile, if the car gets nearly 40 MPG that's an upgrade (think according to the trip computer the Soul is getting 23). I've read the section of the cMax manual online about driving a hybrid.