12 volt battery keeps going dead rendering car inoperable and stranding driver. Car has been returned to dealer several times and problem has not been fixed.
2013 Ford C-Max electrical complaints
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We purchased this car used in september, 2016 and it had 33,000 miles on it. One week after we bought it we returned to the car from dinner and found it wouldn't start. Had it jumped and continued on our way. One week ago we went to start the car after it sat in the driveway overnight and the same thing: battery was dead. We had it jumped. This morning, after sitting in the driveway overnight, it wouldn't start again, battery dead. This is the third time in just over a month our battery has gone dead. This site is full of reports of this happening, and ford dealers are unable to fix the problem. Why hasn't this car been recalled? Ford needs to offer replacement vehicles to anyone unfortunate enough to have purchased one of these lemons.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford c-max. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The battery was replaced, but the failure recurred three weeks later. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic; however; the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 300.
My "regular" battery died and needed to be jump started on 16 jul 14. I noted that my clock/date on the dashboard had stopped working at the same time. The dealership checked the computer but didn't find the cause. The same thing occurred on 16 nov 14. This time the computer showed that the battery was bad, and the dealership replaced it under the warranty. I am a very low mileage driver. I was very careful to make sure that the car was locked and electrical accessories were shut off after the july incident.
Car would not start. All electrical functions not working. This is the 2nd time in 9 month this has occurred. Both times the car had to be jump started. The dealer said that the car is not driven enough in gasoline mode so the battery becomes drained and needs to be recharged. Dealer claims there is no other reason for this happening. I have noticed that other people have reported the same problem on this website. Isn't the purpose of buying a hybrid vehicle to save fuel and drive in hybrid mode as much as possible? This situation makes the car extremely unreliable. Please help find the reason.
We stopped at a stop sign before taking a left turn on to texas 77, when I started the gas motor failed to start but the electric carried us forward to the center line. A warring came up a triangle with ! Tell us to stop but of course we were on the center line. An 18 wheeler was coming fast behind us and was able to pass on the wrong side of the road as no cars were coming. Could have been a mayor accident. I have but told by ford dealer that the gas motor which cycles off did not start. This is the second time this has happened.. As of today they can't find anything wrong. I an afraid to drive this car even though I like it very much.
Battery fails to charge on early model 2013 c-max ses. Ford recognizes problem and has applied 3 firmware updates which do not work. Blames problem on low-mileage drivers. Yet problem has occurred after 2 previous days of long distance driving and in both hot and cold weather. No longer own the car because it could have left my wife or me stranded.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford c-max. The contact stated that all the electrical components failed and then the vehicle stalled. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,400.
Upon returning to car and attempting to 'start' the engine, complete catastrophic electrical failure. Every dashboard component dead. Called ford roadside service (a different nightmare), car eventually towed to dealer and bcm replaced, bcm and PCM both reset. Then issue occurred again 9/2/2014 at 22000 miles. Towed to dealer, still awaiting word on what went wrong this time. It is becoming very unsettling to drive this car fearing it will fail while driving. Additionally, there have be at least 5 failures of the mysync - all during trips, loosing navigation. Twice with a fatal software error message and complete loss of navigation, radio, climate control for several days. Then mysteriously starts working again. Dealer has no answers because problem can't be replicated. Now always have a GPS in car in case of failures in mysync.
Vehicle parked in garage over night. Dead battery. Towed to dealer. Could not find a problem. June 1 vehicle parked in garage over night, dead battery in the morning.
Car will not start, nothing left on, car jumped with jumper, took place again yesterday 5/27/2014. Unable to jump start this time, ford road side assistance applied a jumper able to get electrical system up, but car will not run. Ford dealer received car, stated that their road side assistance did not know how to jump car. Also stated battery was dead, but tested fine. Asked why this would happen, could not tell me. They stated that all power systems like lights or phones are automatically turned off after 45 minutes. Have called ford customer care and given a case number. When battery is dead, gear shifter cannot be moved to even push the car out of the carport to be towed.
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