https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Ford C-MAX Hybrid. en-us Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:56:46 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2163651 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. 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 the vehicle was in reverse(R), the rear-view camera was inoperable or displayed a blank image on several occasions. The message "Rear-view Camera Unavailable" was displ https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2157431 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. 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 made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2142334 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while in reverse, the rearview camera failed to display a rearview image, potentially compromising the back over prevention system. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The rearview camera warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent m https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2116301 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 15-20 MPH, the steering wheel was wobbly. The contact exited the highway immediately and was able to pull over to the side of the roadway. The contact then pulled into a parking lot and the vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the rear subframe was rusted, causing the control arms to s https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2116302 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 15-20 MPH, the steering wheel was wobbly. The contact exited the highway immediately and was able to pull over to the side of the roadway. The contact then pulled into a parking lot and the vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the rear subframe was rusted, causing the control arms to s https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2115654 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while in reverse(R), the rearview camera image appeared upside down. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for ass https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2068390 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that on several occasions while in reverse, the rear-view camera failed to activate as needed, with the message to “Contact the Dealer” displayed. The vehicle was restarted, and the screen reappeared, but the failure reoccurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer were it was diagnosed and determined that the rear-view came https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2055813 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the rearview camera screen intermittently be darkened and was inoperable. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the residence. The dealer was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approxi https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2047066 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving on three occasions at approximately 30-55 MPH, several unknown warning lights were flashing. The message to shift to park(P) was flashing. The vehicle was shifted to park, and the vehicle stalled and failed to restart. The contact's husband assisted with restarting the vehicle. The contact determined that the battery was w https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2047067 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving on three occasions at approximately 30-55 MPH, several unknown warning lights were flashing. The message to shift to park(P) was flashing. The vehicle was shifted to park, and the vehicle stalled and failed to restart. The contact's husband assisted with restarting the vehicle. The contact determined that the battery was w https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2039550 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact's wife owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated there was an abnormal hissing and crackling sound coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with a defective transmission. The vehicle wa https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2031047 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that upon exiting the vehicle, the driver’s side doors failed to latch closed. The contact also stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to get another driver’s attention, he became aware that the horn was not functioning as needed. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular oc https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2031048 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that upon exiting the vehicle, the driver’s side doors failed to latch closed. The contact also stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to get another driver’s attention, he became aware that the horn was not functioning as needed. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular oc https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2031049 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that upon exiting the vehicle, the driver’s side doors failed to latch closed. The contact also stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to get another driver’s attention, he became aware that the horn was not functioning as needed. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular oc https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-2026123 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the hatchback ajar message was displayed. The contact attempted to raise the liftgate; however, the liftgate failed to raise up. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1993629 Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made an abnormal sound. The contact stated that the more the accelerator pedal was depressed, the louder the sound became. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with wheel bearings failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the wheel bearing https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1991786 Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while reversing, the rearview camera failed to activate as needed. Additionally, the contact stated while reversing on other occasions, the rearview camera image was black. A message advising that the rearview camera had failed and to contact the dealer was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined tha https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1852730 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was made aware of the issue and informed him that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amou https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1845441 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard a loud screeching noise under the hood of the vehicle while shifting gears. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact then received notification of NHTSA Campaign number: 22V413000 (Power Train) however, the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair and the vehicle w https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1829965 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid. 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 while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was able to restart after several attempts. Additionally, the vehicle remained on after the contact ha https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1828694 Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) and 20V331000 (Latches, Locks, and Linkages) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had ex https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1828695 Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train) and 20V331000 (Latches, Locks, and Linkages) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had ex https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1825240 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds a grinding noise was heard with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was diagnosed with a defective passenger’s side rear wheel bearing. The contact was informed that the wheel bearing needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1817319 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle started making an abnormal sound. After exceeding 20 MPH, the abnormal sound stopped. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the transmission to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact took the vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1816506 Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The vehicle previously had the passenger's side front door latch replaced by an independent mechanic; however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that the front driver's and passenger's side front door latches were inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1805153 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that the rear doors had seized and failed to open. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the doors were repaired three times. The manufacturer was contacted but no additional assistance was provided. The https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1781823 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that the small battery in the vehicle had malfunctioned on several occasions and the vehicle could not be started. The contact indicated that the battery had been replaced by the dealer on at least 5 separate occasions. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offer https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1771838 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid. The contact stated that on several occasions, the vehicle failed to start up or unlock due to a defective battery. The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer several times to have her battery replaced or her software updated; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The vehicle had b https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1762425 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would shut-off without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer on three separate occasions for service. Each time the vehicle was towed to the dealer, the vehicle would resume normal operation upon arrival and the failure could not be duplicated. The https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid https://plaincars.com/make/ford-c-max-hybrid#complaint-1762426 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would shut-off without warning. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer on three separate occasions for service. Each time the vehicle was towed to the dealer, the vehicle would resume normal operation upon arrival and the failure could not be duplicated. The