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saif hasn't logged on in over a year. I doubt you'll hear from him unless you PM him on here and it is linked to his email.

Energi forum is no longer. Haven't been able to post for 6 months, now nothing - just an error message. Server isn't there anymore. Hope this site stays up at least as long as our cars keep working, but my suspicion is it won't.

Thought I'd stir the pot a bit. Found these guys who have replacement HV batteries for the Fusions (both Hybrid and Energi). Probably more interesting for Energi owners as the degradation is more obvious to them. https://www.besthybridbatteries.com/categories/hybrid-batteries-by-make/ford/fusion Anyone ever replaced a HV battery? There was one guy on the Energi forum who did it himself with a salvaged battery. At least it's good to know they are available from other sources than your dealer (and cheaper too).

My 07 Escape Hybrid had to change the rear pads for the first time at 140k miles. Not because of wear, but because one of the shoes lost its pad. Still had about 30-40% left on the other shoes. Fronts still haven't been done and we're over 160k miles.

Count your blessings while you have them. The Fusion Energi forum has been down for 2 months now. You can still read posts, but can't write anything anywhere on the site. Even if it does come back will there be anyone checking it?

I have to laugh at my old post. Here it is 11 years later and sure enough, I'm paying $.34/kWh now. Yikes. Of course, gas is more now than 11 years ago too, so EV driving is still (slightly) cheaper than ICE.

Unfortunately murphy moved on a while ago. Both the hybrid and Energi forums have his most recent login as Feb 2022. Any moderators here that can help reach the Energi forum moderators? jeff_h or meyersnole are alternate moderators there. Please help!

Thanks... at least I know it's not just me.

There are 2 ways to do this. One is to have preconditioning turned on via using a 'Go Time'. It will turn on the A/C to reach the desired temp at the prescribed time. The other way is to turn on the car manually (either by getting in, or remote start) and turn on the A/C 5 minutes or so before you want to leave. Note that the "Go Time" method is less effective with 120V charging, which only delivers ~1440 Watts. As noted above, the car can pull more than that running the A/C. On preconditioning in heater mode (cold mornings) it will only use what is being delivered through the plug. I assume the same for cooling. However if you start the car manually, it will draw from both the plug and the HV battery as needed.

Sorry to crash the Fusion hybrid forum, but the Energi forum has been down for me for over a week. Keeps saying "a configuration or server error has occurred" and error code EX6. murphy, any idea what is going on?

Posting these because they include the Fusion Hybrid in them: http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2013/07/the-penalty-for-speeding-a-loss-in-fuel-economy.html http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/08/the-mpg-gap/index.htm While the accuracy of Consumer Reports is questionable, in the mpg gap article they do an "across the board" comparison of different manufacturers and come to the same conclusion that everyone falls short of the EPA MPG estimates. This indicates that it is not a hybrid issue nor a Ford issue, but rather a testing issue. The speed vs fuel economy article is interesting in how large the % decrease in efficiency is. That is probably a large part of the issue with those claiming the Fusion Hybrid falls so far short of the EPA 47mpg combined number.

Hey acdii, is there any chance you could do a compression test? If you truly are getting blow-by, I would think it would show up in compression readings (ring issue?).

An Atkinson 2.0 liter 4-cyl by itself should be quite efficient (though gutless). It should easily get into the mid 30's by itself, with the electric adding ~20% or so to get well into the 40s.

B25Nut - 34¢/KWh ?!?! for real? I think the national average is about 1/3 that much. No, you won't get the added cost of the Energi back at that rate.

Hey acdii, As more 'documentation' for your issue, I was wondering if you wanted to take the car to a mechanic who can do an exhaust measurement to see what is coming out the tail pipe (in CA any smog station can do this). You could get a printout of the results and compare that to what it should be. The dealer would be hard pressed to say there is nothing wrong when you have proof on paper. Just a thought.