Pebbleskn Report post Posted September 17, 2013 Hi , I am considering purchasing a 2013/2014 FFH. I have been reading everyone's posts and wanted to see if anyone could provide any helpful tips or information to help me. With as hot as it gets here, I am miserable with the leather seats in my van so I definitely don't want the leather. In my search though, there are a lot of new features that seem to only come with the luxury package that includes the leather. What options does everyone highly recommond - are there any that you don't think are worth the money? What about battery life? I tried going through some of the forums, but ended up a little confused :(. I understand that Ford gives you the 8/100,000 mile warranty. Has anyone researched what the cost for replacing the battery outside of warranty is and when it would likely need to be replaced? I plan on keeping this car a while and ideally turning it over to my daughter in 7 or so years when she starts driving, so I want something dependable and this car gets a really good reliability rating. I drive mostly around town, but am always on the go so I am definitely excited about the mileage and am hopeful that it is at least close to the EPA rating, but don't want to overpay and be let down with multiple problems (I saw that a lot of the early manufactured 2013s had and lot of mechanical/electrical issues right after purchase). Sorry for the rambling. Any help readers here can provide will be greatly appreciated!! Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acdii Report post Posted September 17, 2013 The reason you aren't finding anything regarding the HVB(High Voltage Battery) is because, so far, no one has had to replace one, and the few that did have an issue were replaced under warranty. When and if the time comes to replace it, consider it about the same cost as to replace a transmission. The lifetime on the pack is roughly the equivalent to a well designed transmission, good for at least 300K miles. With the computer management systems keeping the charge/discharge rates in set parameters, the batteries will last the life of the car. It is too bad you cant get many of the nice features unless you go all out, but for me, the HyTi was well worth it. Great car, just wish the seats were as comfortable as the SE Luxury package, thats the only grip I have. The drivers assist package is well worth the money, and the adaptive cruise is great if you do a lot of highway driving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites