https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Ford C-MAX Energi. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:30:05 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2171110 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (BACK OVER PREVENTION); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2171272 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while in reverse(R), the rearview camera failed to display an image as intended on the center digital screen. No warning light was illuminated. The local dealer was not conta https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2170877 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention). The contact called the local dealer and the manufacturer for an ETA on parts availability and was informed that a date was not available. The contact was informed that another letter would be sent from the manufacturer whenever the part was available. The contact https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2167206 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-MAX Energi. The contact stated that while reversing, the rear-view camera displayed a black screen. The contact stated that occasionally the rear-view camera displayed images of previous displays. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevent https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2112409 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while attempting to reverse, the rear-view camera displayed a blank screen. Several unknown messages were displayed. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, and the contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer to be diagnosed and it was determined that the https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2105751 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while charging the hybrid battery, the battery stopped charging after 15-16 minutes. The contact stated that the battery could only be charged for 15-16 minutes at a time. The contact stated that there was a red triangle warning light illuminated on the charger but there was no warning light illuminated on the vehicle. Additionally https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2105752 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while charging the hybrid battery, the battery stopped charging after 15-16 minutes. The contact stated that the battery could only be charged for 15-16 minutes at a time. The contact stated that there was a red triangle warning light illuminated on the charger but there was no warning light illuminated on the vehicle. Additionally https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2059123 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the message "Service Power Steering" was displayed, and the steering wheel suddenly became difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the steering rack was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer has not ye https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-2006747 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the contact attempted to honk at another vehicle, but the horn failed to respond while depressed. The contact stated that the horn occasionally responded while depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was repaired temporarily with electrical gel on a fuse. The contact attempted to check https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1983837 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while in reverse (R) and backing up at 3 MPH the back-over prevention camera failed and displayed a black screen. The contact stated that when the back-over prevention camera failed to operate, the radio and the GPS became inoperable. The contact stated that the back over prevention screen occasionally turned blue or showed a distorted https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1983838 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while in reverse (R) and backing up at 3 MPH the back-over prevention camera failed and displayed a black screen. The contact stated that when the back-over prevention camera failed to operate, the radio and the GPS became inoperable. The contact stated that the back over prevention screen occasionally turned blue or showed a distorted https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1907213 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while reversing, the back over prevention camera displayed the image upside down. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 144,000. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1889392 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, the vehicle was idling rough. The check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train). The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who confirmed a transmission failure to the contact. The manufacturer was not made aware o https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1885499 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while starting the vehicle in the parking lot of her residence, there was a strong burning odor and several unknown warning lights illuminated. Additionally, the steering wheel and the brakes were inoperable, and the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the hybrid battery system ha https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1885500 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while starting the vehicle in the parking lot of her residence, there was a strong burning odor and several unknown warning lights illuminated. Additionally, the steering wheel and the brakes were inoperable, and the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the hybrid battery system ha https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1885501 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while starting the vehicle in the parking lot of her residence, there was a strong burning odor and several unknown warning lights illuminated. Additionally, the steering wheel and the brakes were inoperable, and the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the hybrid battery system ha https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1884359 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, there was a grinding sound coming from underneath the vehicle; followed by the vehicle shaking abnormally. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer stated that the front axle and the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1884360 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, there was a grinding sound coming from underneath the vehicle; followed by the vehicle shaking abnormally. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer stated that the front axle and the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1880087 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacture https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1862434 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the transmission inadvertently downshifted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined that the rear bearings needed to be replaced. The dealer replaced the rear bearings; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was then taken to Sheehy Ford Lincoln of Gaithersburg (901 N Frederick Ave, Ga https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1853037 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the steering wheel locked up. The contact stated that it was difficult to turn the steering wheel. The contact received help from her passenger to pull off the road. The contact stopped and turned off and restarted the vehicle and the power steering functionality returned. The contact stated no warnin https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1849018 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated while driving 3 MPH, the vehicle started to stall and failed to accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and was informed that gasoline was leaking onto the wires and spark plugs. The contact was informed that the canister pur https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1847520 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, a message appeared on the screen indicat https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1826611 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2015 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated upon parking and turning off the vehicle by a river, the vehicle later rolled away into the river. The vehicle was unoccupied. The contact was able to extract the vehicle out of the river with the assistance of professionals. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot where the vehicle was deemed a total loss. The dealer was notified of the fa https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1823693 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the charging cord overheated and became inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V592000 (Equipment). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1823694 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the charging cord overheated and became inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V592000 (Equipment). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1822927 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact's father owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that several electrical features including the horn, hazard lights, power locks, and power windows engaged independently while driving at various speeds. The contact also stated that on multiple occasions, all four windows had been lowered upon returning to the vehicle even though the vehicle was turned off. The dealer had been https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1819973 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that the manufacturer label indicated that the vehicle was drivable for 22 miles when fully charged; however, the vehicle was only drivable for approximately 14 miles. Additionally, the contact stated that occasionally, the vehicle was only drivable for 8 miles. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that the fai https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1802157 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-MAX Energi. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a message to Stop Safely was displayed. The contact stated that the vehicle would slow independently and lose motive power. The contact stated that the failure occurred approximately every 6-months. The contact stated that during the failure, the contact would pull over and restart the vehicle after https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-energi#complaint-1788067 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Energi. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was locked and failed to open. The contact used the key to enter the vehicle. The contact read the Owner’s Manual and utilized the option provided to start the vehicle. The default power steering message was displayed with an additional message to See Dealer. Additionally, the vehicle failed