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Coincident with, and possibly cause by, updating of the several electronic module’s software versions at a Ford dealership, the proximity alarms of my 2013 C MAX SEL no longer sound when they should. They still do lower the radio volume, if it happens to be on when a nearby object is detected. Here are the changes that were made: 2013 Ford C MAX Software Updates Software Ver. Ids-118.01 "A later calibration is available." Electronics Module Software Version Was Is SOBDM-C DM58-7P120-AGA DM58-7P120-AEC PCM DN5A-12A650-DP DN5A-12A650-TG ABS FV68-2C219-ZA FV68-2C219-CC IPC DM5T-10849-AJ DM5T-10849-SEA GWM CM5T-14F642-AF CM5T-14F642-BC GPSM DE8T-19H463-AD DE8T-19H463-EA DCDC FM58-14B227-AF FM58-14B227-AG BCM BV6N-14A073-PD BV6N-14A073-PF Note that the software tool used to perform these updates (Ids-118.01) was not the then current version. Can anyone confirm that one or more of these upgrades resulted in the proximity sensors no longer producing an audible alarm when detecting a nearby object? Can anyone explain how to recover this functionality? Another change I observed after the updates is that when backing, a bell sound no longer repeats until the transmission is shifted to Drive. A third change is that when I step on the brakes, I no longer see a spinning circle overlaid the HV battery icon in the left panel of the dashboard. The up-caret symbol still indicates HV battery charging during braking, and the battery charge does increase. (The reason for upgrading the software versions was it was the only thing the dealership though might fix the problem that the 12V battery was losing its charge while the vehicle was parked more rapidly than it should have been. I was charged $418 for the upgrades and it didn’t fix that problem. According to Ford Co. records, CSP 15B04 had been performed 7/31/15 before I owned the vehicle.)

Hi, I recently bought a Ford C-Max Energi I had a yellow wrench signal come one, so decreased power though. When I turned the car off and back on it had gone away. I took it to the mechanic and they read the error code (P0dd6) and said one that indicates one of the batteries needs replacing but they couldn't tell me which one although they think it’s the electric one. Is there any chance this is a weird glitch that a software update might resolve or maybe the 12v battery needs to be replaced? Nothing has happened to the car and it isn't acting weird except that light coming on one time. It also only has 102,000 miles on it which seems really odd for the battery to die that young. I'm a student without that much extra cash on hand. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated! Is there any way for me to find out if the electric battery actually needs to be replaced without paying a large fee to have a ford dealer look at it? And if it does and it's not some weird glitch, is there anyone who fixes ford electric batteries? I definitely can't afford a new one... Anyway this is all super stressful for me.

Has anyone created a thread to track the software update noted in "Ford Communication" posted yesterday to the gallery. Apparently, Ford doesn't push these to the cars and we'd have to head to the dealer for service to acquire them. Hmm. I hope Ford doesn't adopt Microsoft's patching model. Patch frequently. Patch often. God, I hope not.