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  1. Hybrid Braking Issue

    Any car with regenerative braking has the limitation that the car must be moving to regenerate. It's hard to see, but regen braking falls off as you slow down, and then around 5 mph, it transitions to friction brakes, like conventional cars. The transition from regen-to-friction sounds like what...
  2. Hybrid Battery Replacement Anxiety

    True, but it's more than borne out by the performance of the product over those 10 years. Lots of 250K C-Max's out there, and the C-Max Hybrid forum has no HVB issues. The C-Max Energi (plug-in version) has all the normal, air-cooled plug-in issues. Different beast.
  3. High voltage battery not holding a charge? (Hybrid city mpg dropping)

    Here's some data for C-Max. 4 cars were run in Arizona for 600K miles over three years. The first half is flat, the second seems to show a pattern. A big effect should be consistent, don't you think? Great data set BTW. https://avt.inl.gov/
  4. High voltage battery not holding a charge? (Hybrid city mpg dropping)

    No, go to the dealer, explain what you see and ask for them to interrogate diagnostics for any codes. My dealer will do that for free. Love to see data from a hybrid with electric AC showing any mileage impact. I can't find it in my driving. My highest mileage is in the hottest months, but...
  5. Hybrid Battery Replacement Anxiety

    Without knowing battery technology, you can't tell if failures are clustered in obsolete technologies no longer in common use. - Li-ion battery technology doesn't fail in hybrid applications, it's a life-of-car part, as predicted by Ford's Key Life Test data in 2012, at Gen-3 C-Max...
  6. Plug in Conversion?

    If you drive like this author, hybrids are not for you. You are misinformed. Same motors in all Escape Hybrids, the higher output traction motor is in the Maverick/HP445+. The power limitation is the inverter, the electronics that turn DC into AC. Hybrid inverter is good for 35kW, Plug-in is...
  7. Hypermiling Challenge for 2.5L Hybrid

    Anyone have Lariat Luxury option package? The "Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go" is designed to maintain a minimum following distance when overtaking slower traffic. You select from four levels, which is kind of ideal for drafting, as you select your comfort distance. It never lets you get...
  8. Tires for Hybrid

    Look at OEM tires. Car makers need their EPA ratings. For the AT crowd, that means there's a new Falken to consider; Ziex are showing up on a lot of new cars with AT aspirations. Perhaps better in cold weather than Trail or Wildpeak, per their blurb?
  9. First Oil Change on Hybrid Maverick XLT -- my notes / tips

    I follow the OLM, and it's averaged 16.5K miles between changes (after an intitial change at 5K miles). The OLM will discount EV miles, leading to an extended mileage interval. I've attached my oil analysis data here, and in the other hybrid oil change thread.... (Note that an asterisk (*)...
  10. When are you doing your first Hybrid oil change?

    For those that do... using the stock filter and listening only to the Escape's OLM (after an initial change at 5K miles), used oil analysis said to leave it in after 17.4K miles (9.3K ICE miles). It looks better than what came out of the C-Max, at 10K vehicle miles. Anyone using 1950's oil...
  11. Lets talk AT tires on Hybrids

    Can be relative... Tires are a tradeoff, and you can't get a low rolling resistance tire that's also a really good AT tire. The pattern is consistent; you have to choose one or the other. https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/Whats-the-best-type-of-tyre-for-your-SUV-or-Pickup-truck-HT-AT-MT.htm...
  12. Admin pls Delete Post

    That clock has EVERYTHING to do with it. Miles / run time = speed, and speed matters if you want to quote mileage. Here's some representative, round-trip data at seasonal extremes from my Escape's HF45 drivetrain. Maverick patterns should be similar.
  13. 2.5 Hybrid - Power Gauge at full-throttle

    True, but there's a third path that's not shown in my Escape Hybrid's power meter... generated power. The traction motor is capable of far more power than the HVB's inverter can provide, while at low RPM, ICE gearing is bad for traction, but good for generating. This path, ICE-to-AC, may not...
  14. Last 1000+ mile MPG for my HYBRID = 42.7 MPG

    1000 miles in 37 hrs. is 27 mph. That's 22% highway, according to EPA formulae.
  15. When are you doing your first Hybrid oil change?

    Ford has been known to change specs... My C-Max oil fill cap said 5W20 in October 2012, using synthetic blend. A year later, oil caps said 0W20. Google fails me when I search for API viscosity standards, which I've seen in the past. They show that there's a huge degree of overlap between 0W-...
  16. Portable Jump Starter - a Necessity?

    A hybrid just needs a 12v potential to activate the HVB engagement process. Any battery pack designed to start an ICE is overkill. Altruism is a wonderful thing, but an 8-pack of AA batteries would do the job. In nearly 10 years, neither C-Max nor Escape have needed a jump or battery...
  17. Hybrid when switching to ICE issue

    Sounds familiar... in some HF45s, the harmonic balancer on the driveshaft is noisy. https://www.fordescape.org/threads/marbles-in-the-motor.116456/#post-1149508
  18. Oil condensation

    I've done used oil analysis in two hybrids. They have never reported water in the oil. Fuel in the oil is common. A high %EV in cold weather means a lot of cold starts and little time at operating temperature.
  19. Hybrid Pedestrian Alert Noise (Reverse/Drive)

    Funny no one's mentioned the financial reason an owner would never want to disable a car's safety devices. If your insurance company finds out, and decides it's relevant, your claim may be denied, and the ambulance chasers will be assessing your personal worth.
  20. Hybrid driving experience: Just like a Maverick - but different.

    Not true... Plug-in hybrids all track fuel age, and will not let gas get old. It forces the engine to run until the old fuel is gone.


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