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My 2016 Energi died at 143,000 from this.... The imbalanced battery pack was causing the power train to fail. So the car is totally unreliable on the road. Salvage. There are no battery packs in California, and it would cost $8000 to $9000 to repair it. Good riddance. It ain't a Toyota. A project car for Ford that failed the long haul.

Mine died this week, at 143,000 .. my son put 48,000 miles on it as a used vehicle. The sad part is that Ford has no HV battery packs in northern California, even if I wanted to replace the battery pack. Cost at the dealer is roughly $8000-9000, but again no parts. The dealer is not saying much they are mum on this issue, I wonder if Dearborn wants it that way. The vehicle is essentially salvage. I wonder what the percentage is that fail between 100,000 and 150,000 (maybe because of bad thermals, or other issues that may be supplier related). The C-Max was a throwaway vehicle for me. Sad!

This data in late 2024, looks different now, I think Consumer Reports found some transmissions with issues maybe built around 2015 (MY 2016) and in early 2013 releases, but overall the eCVTs are very reliable. Consumer Reports is stringent with giving out double green arrows. And if you do a bit of research on eCVT from Toyota, these things are iron clad. If Ford used Aisin (Toyota's transmission house) then this should not be a grave concern, outside of what is noted.

Current Consumer Reports data show reliability at 5 out of 5 only for the 2016 and 2017 model years of the C-Max. And CR does not differentiate the Energi from Hybrid in its ratings. 2015 rated the worst at 2 out 5. 2013/2014 4 out of 5. And the final year (2018) strangely rated at 3 out of 5. CR won't report unless they have enough respondents.

My 2016 C-Max Energi is new to me, it has 95K miles. It seems C-Max's can easily run to 150k miles and probably 200k when properly maintained. Is this true? What are experiences out there in realm of 150K and above? Is the C-Max capable to 200k and even well above? I saw one post about 310k miles on a 2013, with a CVT replacement in between, but what about a post to cover this topic now that the vehicle is exactly 9 years since introduction into the United States in October 2012.

I recently bought the 2016 Energi and I am pretty sure from a rather complete carfax report that the CVT has never had a fluid replacement. Is this wise even though the manual says 150K miles for a fluid replacement? What are thoughts on that, change CVT fluid, or wait the vehicle has 94,000 miles on it today. Single owner, basic local commuter from what I could tell. It is my understanding CVT's run quite hot, and am thinking CVT fluid replacement is relatively cheap compared to a CVT replacement of x thousands.