TomM Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 given all the challenges that Chevy Bolts have been having with their battery packs (https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gm-wont-repair-recalled-chevy-123900179.html), are there any steps that Ford is recommending for their plug-in hybrids/pure EV cars with regards to charging or other? I recently purchased a used 2015 C-Max Energi Plug-in Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolenmoment Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 As with some phone batteries, this was a manufacturing defect, rather than a base technology problem. There's no more connection with our batteries than a lemon Chevy has with our Fords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Ford's battery defects showed up in the Escape Plug-in, not the Hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyk24 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 5:38 PM, TomM said: given all the challenges that Chevy Bolts have been having with their battery packs (https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gm-wont-repair-recalled-chevy-123900179.html), are there any steps that Ford is recommending for their plug-in hybrids/pure EV cars with regards to charging or other? I recently purchased a used 2015 C-Max Energi Plug-in Thank you. Recent purchase of an used 2015 CMax Energi/ Then you need to do the hvb capacity as soon as possible to determine how degraded the hvb is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomM Posted September 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) ok thanks all. Billyk24 - re "you need to do the hvb capacity as soon as possible to determine how degraded the hvb is." how would I do that? A few months ago before purchasing the car, I asked the ford dealership that 'inspected the car' for a pre-purchase inspection about this kind of thing and the guy there said that an HV battery test is not possible. So I asked him is there some sort test comparable to the 'battery health' feature on an iPhone and he said no. Sounds like there may be one? thanks tom. Edited September 8, 2021 by TomM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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