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Fuses can also go resistive, this causes them to lower voltages on that circuit. If it is a charging circuit then it could lower the charging voltage. In this case the fuse would also get hot. One possibility to consider .

Did you consider getting an energi model?

I took two of my grandaughters for a ride in my C-max the other day. The oldest is 4 years old. When we started down the road she said she was a little scared, she had never ridden in my car before so I told her it would be ok. Ten minutes into the trip she said Grandpa why is your car little on the outside and big on the inside. "Why" is her favorite question at this age. I laughed thinking it would make a good Ford commercial. How do you answer that one? :)

Number dials on center console for heaters

Last year after reading about some of the cmax's with the dreaded dead battery problem I came up with a similiar idea to Paul's to implement if my cmax ever exhibited that problem. The idea was to get a smaller 12V battery small enough to fit in the little storage compartment above the original 12v battery. Then wire the batteries in parallel except with a series diode in the positive wire to the secondary battery. This diode would allow the secondary to charge when the car was running but would prevent the secondary battery from discharging. There would also be a switch which could short out the diode so that in the event the main battery was discharged you could "jump" the main battery and get going again. Never had to test this out since my car has never had a battery problem in the year and half I have owned it. Having a external battery jump box would do the same function but with my idea but you would only have to flip the switch to get going again and it would be out of sight.

You may have had a heavy load rapidly draining the battery rather than a charging problem.

Ebay says it was compatible for 13 & 14 C-max. BTW that was a year ago. Cheers

Same here C-MAX Energi 2014- (CCG) on the ford site. But, Looked at the side of my car and there is no plugin door so I guess my car is still just a plain hybrid. :)

I am sure they run the trannies prior to installing to make sure they are functional but maybe they should also rotate the entire transmission chassis to help ensure there are no loose parts inside.

+1

No brake needed According to the Owners Manual Stopping the Engine When Your Vehicle is Stationary 1. Move the transmission selector lever to position P. 2. Press the start button. Note: The ignition, all electrical circuits, warning lamps and indicators are switched off.

Should look like this after entering vin. 14B03 - FUEL ECONOMY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Why did you get rid of the 13?

Yeah you reset the problem by starting the car, you have to wait until you get into failure mode again to find the circuit that is drawing current.

Without starting the car I would monitor the total current draw and start pulling fuses one at a time to find the circuit that is pulling down the battery.

Wonder what Ford does with the lemons that they buy back? Do they crush them or just send send them in for service and after the service department says "No problem found" put them back on the lot for sale as a used c-max?

Went on a day trip this week to Cannon Beach and Seaside OR. Its about 1hr 15min drive from our place. Was expecting about 45mpg since we had to drive over the coast range mountains. On the trip over there we got slightly over 50mpg with no AC. Maxed out the hybrid battery a couple times. On the trip back we got about 48 running the AC.

I don't like it either. IMO, I don't think a good design should require you to turn the steering wheel to tell what gear you are shifting into. Would have been better to light up the shifter letters as they are always visible.

homestead, on 25 Jul 2014 - 11:31 AM, said: Maybe I didn't say that clearly. I took what he said to mean not all the reprogammings are successful and they must rerun it until they get a successful reprogram.

Let me start this rumor, Ford and Apple are working on integrating the iPad in place of MFT. And Siri will drive the car. :)

Good advice for any Microsoft product. ;)

Delivered to our door and handed to me ,no signature required.

Our check arrived today.

Had our car reprogrammed this week. It only took 30 minutes and 14S04 has already dropped of the fordetis site. The service guy said "it took it the first time" so maybe some cars have to be reprogrammed.

Sirius is activated when you purchase car for 6 months for free.