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have a 2013 FFH. Just bought it a month ago. Drove it for a couple thousand km and all seemed normal, fuel economy was decent etc.. then one day recently z seemingly out of nowhere, fuel economy got quite a lot worse as a result of EV mode disengaging with nearly any gas pedal input. Some research suggested this could be the result of a bad 12V battery. Fast forward to last night. After driving throughout the day, I parked the car and attempted to start it about 2 hours later. It wouldn't start, and I got a message to "Stop Safely". When trying to start the car again, it was as if the gas engine would half engage, but pedal and gear input did nothing and car wouldn't move and a short time later the gas engine would just shudder to a stall. I have a phone charger that has a voltage readout on it. It was getting low, reading as low as under 8V. I attempted to boost the car, and even with the voltage reading 12.6, the car wouldn't react, eventually getting a Wrench icon. Throughout all this, the hybrid Battery icon showed empty/no charge Fast forward to this morning, the car started fine, all warning messages gone and after a few mins the hybrid system appeared to be charged as expected. I drove it to a local shop to have the 12V battery tested. It drove fine, other than still having the issue where EV mode won't stay with any real amount of gas pedal input. The battery tested fine, and I'm now not sure where to go from here. Any help or insight, other than just suggesting I take it to the dealer, would be greatly appreciated