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Decrease from the new tires may have started in April but you may have not have noticed it because of the spring warmup. Especially if you switched from the Michelin Energy Saver to a tire that has a higher rolling resistance. Which tires did you install?

How about the last tire change did you stick with the low rolling resistance Michelin tires?

Could be the colder weather, mine always drops 10mpg in the winter. What kind of mpg did you get last winter?

How many miles on the car? Was it running rough, is that why you changed the plugs and coils? What about injectors? Any codes?

Glad your sync 2 was working great for you and yet you decided to spend hundreds to upgrade to sync 3.? I upgraded to 3.10 several years ago and didn't notice a difference from 3.8 except they removed the car self-test. It is currently working ok with a few quirks, sometimes I need to press the home button to refresh the screen. Sometimes it will display the wrong fm radio station as being selected and you have to change stations and re-select the correct station. And the worst a couple times a year it will freeze up entirely and you have pull the fuse so it will reboot. Just barely OK for us but not willing to spend $$ to upgrade unless it starts having more serious bugs. And I wouldn't buy another sync 2 car or truck. Even the Ford Engineers call sync 2 a polished turd. ?

I wouldn't buy a 2013 -2015 with the transmission or sync 2 problems. I bought in april 2013 before these problems where known. I would find the cutoff date when Ford started putting in the correct trans. part and buy that year or later. I would also steer away from SE models as they had battery discharge problems from wet wiring. 2015 may be ok for the transmission but it still has sync 2 thats why I suggest 2016 model. I haven't had any serious problems with my 2013 SEL so far. I was considering buy a 2017 Energi to replace my 2013 but decided that I wanted more storage area in the back so eventually I will probably go with a PHEV Escape. My son has a 2016 Energi that has been working well too.

5K is a good deal I think they are going for about 10k now. As far as the transmission it will be expensive to pull it and install the correct part. But the c-max may get 100k without doing anything. Look at the 2016 C-max's, no transmission problem and sync 3 to boot.

No recall. Transmission would have to be removed to inspect, too costly plus I think they knew when they started putting the correct parts in. My 2013 has about 62k, no problem yet. (fingers crossed) I think most the transmissions failed around 100k. If yours failed before 8yrs / 100k miles ford would replace under warranty.

Here is the thread where I found the info above. My 2013 has 5-20 on oil cap and I think most people and myself switched to full synthetic when that news came out.

Apr 16 2014 4848 -2013 - 2014 C-Max, Fusion and MKZ Hybrid/Energi - Oil Viscosity Specification For 2014 C-Max, Fusion and MKZ Hybrid/Energi, SAE 0W-20 is the initial fill oil and the recommended service oil. The oil viscosity recommendation of SAE 5W-20 on the oil fill caps on some 2014 Fusion and MKZ Hybrid/Energi vehicles may appear to conflict with the owner guide and other service publications which recommend SAE 0W-20 oil. Both SAE 0W-20 oil and SAE 5W-20 oil are approved for use in these vehicles. 2013 C-Max, Fusion and MKZ Hybrid/Energi can also be serviced with either SAE 0W-20 oil and SAE 5W-20 oil.

Whenever our floor matts get wet and we get cold weather the moisture will condense on the inside of the windshield. Just a thought, Perhaps getting a portable dehumidifier and leaving it in the car running for an extended period would remove any trapped moisture in the car.

We had rear wiper fluid tubes pull apart in the front passenger ceiling liner and caused fluid to pool on the passenger seat floorboard area. Just had to push the tubes back together in the ceiling under the liner.

Yes mine is a hybrid. So energi's may have more headroom with the hvb.

I think this is a normal situation for C-max. My car's timer was 10 min. after installing new battery and BMS reset and a few years later it is down to 2-3 minutes. No problems even last year when it was hardly driven. Original battery was working fine but was replaced because it was 5 yrs old.

Your picture of the windshield on top driver side looks just like my car. Windshield was replaced a few years ago. I watched them change it, There was no trim at the top just lots of sealant. Ours doesn't leak.

tcesni, Was the mileage driven mostly highway miles or city?

What version of sync did you update to? You might try pulling sync/radio fuses. My car shuts sync down to save power less than 5 minutes after turning car off.

Question for Paul; What kind of mpg's do you get in just the hybrid mode after the ev batteries are depleted on the phev escape?

Sounds like it is stuck in low. Mine does that sometimes if accidentally stick it in low.

Yes working much better now.

Yikes, glad you are ok. Did the deer survive?

I would check the brakes. Probably can only hear it at low speed.

Paul Does the 47 miles on EV include any coasting in neutral or drafting?