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Dead 12 Volt Battery - 2013 Fusion Hybrid

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Cost me over $100.00 for "deductible fee" on extended service warranty to get the "wire module" fixed. I asked the service manager if this would be the last time.. she basically said.. "ah yeah, sure"... :drop:

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Oh well.. so much for that... The dealership I went to in New Orleans (Premier Nissan) was a complete waste of time...

 

Offered me 13K for my FFH (I wanted 14,500 at least)

Then offered 28,500 for an SV (I said 27,000 without incentives)

At this point the "salesman" said- "What incentives?"

He went back to the sales manager and then came back and said "Oh the manager said he already gave you all those incentives to get to the 28,500...

 

I thanked him for his time, and walked out...

 

Praying to God Sylvia has somehow been healed and I can drive her for another 100K miles or so..!!!!

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On 1/18/2013 at 12:53 PM, acdii said:

Seems Ford got a bunch of bad batteries. Wonder what else they got that were bad besides batteries and headlights.

FORD (Found On Road Dead).  Funny, but starting to believe it.  When my Ford Fusion hybrid was brand new the 12 volt system failed within a week.  After multiple trips to the dealer, eventually they replaced a door handle unit and then it was fine.  Over the last 11 years, the 12 volt system seems to be a design weakness in the otherwise great hybrid vehicle.  If your 12 volt battery or 12 volt charging system is faulty for any reason, the entire car is useless, you can't even unlock the doors, except with the manual "back-up" key.  What is really annoying, the vehicle self diagnostic tells me the Li-ion 7.5 Kw battery is fine, but does not report on the health of the 12 volt battery; so eventually when your 12 volt battery dies, and they always die eventually, you don't know it until your car is totally without power.  The Fusion  hybrid uses the 12 volt battery to energize all the 12 volt components, including the computer that runs everything.  Although the 7.5 Kw battery will keep  the 12 volt battery charged, it won't tell you if the battery can't hold a charge.  You cannot even do a diagnostic of the battery, unless you disconnect the battery from the vehicle (per the owners manual), because it will give you a false reading that the battery is good, when it may not be.  If you disconnect the battery, to check it....hmmm, I worry I would lose all my settings. 

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On 12/5/2024 at 12:32 PM, Tom153 said:

FORD (Found On Road Dead).  Funny, but starting to believe it.  When my Ford Fusion hybrid was brand new the 12 volt system failed within a week.  After multiple trips to the dealer, eventually they replaced a door handle unit and then it was fine.  Over the last 11 years, the 12 volt system seems to be a design weakness in the otherwise great hybrid vehicle.  If your 12 volt battery or 12 volt charging system is faulty for any reason, the entire car is useless, you can't even unlock the doors, except with the manual "back-up" key.  What is really annoying, the vehicle self diagnostic tells me the Li-ion 7.5 Kw battery is fine, but does not report on the health of the 12 volt battery; so eventually when your 12 volt battery dies, and they always die eventually, you don't know it until your car is totally without power.  The Fusion  hybrid uses the 12 volt battery to energize all the 12 volt components, including the computer that runs everything.  Although the 7.5 Kw battery will keep  the 12 volt battery charged, it won't tell you if the battery can't hold a charge.  You cannot even do a diagnostic of the battery, unless you disconnect the battery from the vehicle (per the owners manual), because it will give you a false reading that the battery is good, when it may not be.  If you disconnect the battery, to check it....hmmm, I worry I would lose all my settings. 

 

How old is your current 12v battery? If it's more than 5 years old, I would say just replace it and you're good for another 5. Even high-end cars don't tell you that you need to replace your 12v battery.

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