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Back to the cooling fans for the big battery. I don't like the fact that these can go on when I get near the car, and the car hasn't been powered on yet. Again, all these things have happened only in the last two weeks as the air temp. started getting into the upper 80's/90's. When I first got the car, and for several months, the cooling fans would only go on when charging the car at night, and it appeared that there were a few fan power levels...like low, and high. High would kick in, in a hot garage.

I just wonder with the heat why we haven't seen more people in Phoenix and other parts of the country complaining. I have to go on vacation in Aug. and the car will be sitting at the airport for 6-7 days. I have a battery powered jumper ordered but you shouldn't have to do this with a $42,000 car.

12 volt died again today after a full big battery charge late last night. Drove to work today in 80 deg. temps, a/c, radio, cooling fans go on when I stop in traffic. 2 miles of range left when I parked. 8 hours later, dead as a doornail. I need to take a day off to get this fixed but will be forcing them to install the latest battery TSB, even though it references cold weather. Car is still in a garage in DC. When I arrive in DC, could the battery be at such a low state that the built in AT&T connectivity (to update the cloud) is killing it? Build date was 2/12/13

My battery tested fine. I've since disconnected my phone and bluetooth until I can figure this out (which I can't imagine draw that much power). The fans are running a lot more though with the extreme heat. They run everytime I stop in traffic or at a light. I saw another thread about how the Volt works, because people have had 12 volts go dead on them too, after sitting for a while. This thread talks about how the Volt 12 Volt battery gets charged: http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?58489 I'm working to get an answer from Ford on how the Energi models work in this regard. Murphy above said this "The 240 volt charger will charge the 12 volt battery after it finishes charging the HVB." Which could be the case, but I want to verify with Ford. I would hope the 12 Volt is charged like the Volt, during the HVB charge and while you are driving.

I got it working last night. I setup a value charge (creating a new one called HOME) at my home location and my car charged after midnight. I only wish the settings allowed you to start at a specific time, like 3 am, but it doesn't give you that much control in the overnight window (midnight to 6 AM). I also downloaded the latest Android App. I use the Chrome browser.

The fans always go on when charging, but I've noticed what appear to be two modes. Regular and super. In this heat, my fan also goes on when I stop at a traffic light. With the heat in MD today, I'm going to park outside tonight and try the value charging. I hope it works. I don't think it's good to be charging in a very hot garage, even though it would probably work.

Value Charging by location is now up on www.myfordmobile.com and the My Ford Mobile App. I will try this tonight!

I recently had my 12 volt battery go dead. We don't know why. I borrowed a friend's battery charger and got the car running again. I've disconnected the phone permanently because I don't know what else could have possibly drained the battery. SInce the weather has been hotter, the fans go on constantly...when I stop, and when I get near the car with the keyfob. I'm wondering if this is possibly draining the 12 volt. I would like an engineer to tell us exactly how and when the 12 volt gets charged (all the scenarios) and what is drawing power from it, other than the internal electronics. The 12 volt battery tested fine at the dealer by the way.

Thanks. The car has been fine since, and it is in for service this morning for a 12 volt battery check and a few other minor things. I included the battery tsp. I've also been careful with my cell phone and the connection to the car (but this is still all a mystery to me).

I wanted to post my recent experience. I've had the car since March with no problems other than some minor annoyances which I will have fixed. I use a Motorola Droid Razr and the MyFordMoble app. I receive text alerts from the car with status configured online. I last drove the car Tuesday evening. I came home at about 6:30 PM. It was hot that day, so I left the garage open for a while and started charging on Level 2. I unplugged the Level 2 early, at 7:55 PM, and got the warning alert that the vehicle had an accidental unplug while charging in the app. The vehicle had about 17 miles of capacity. My phone was set to charge and was sitting near the garage, in the house. When I returned home from work on Wednesday (I did not drive), about 21 hours later, I tried to start the car and it was completely dead. No lights went on when I entered it, and nothing would work. I had not received any low 12 Volt battery alerts. I did try to plug it in with the Level 2, but there was no response from the car. The ring by the port on the car did not light up like it normally does (which makes sense if the 12 Volt was dead). I did receive a text alert though, which I saw at 5:30 pm. Perhaps at that moment, it somehow got enough power to send a message to the cloud that the 12v battery was low? The message was odd...it said "ENERGI'S 12 volt battery is low. Please plug the vehicle in." When I plugged the Level 2 in, the communication to the car did not initiate, so the light on the SPX was not blinking, so I figured nothing was happening. But perhaps there is some way it can draw power and charge the 12 volt battery? I don't know. I did not leave the Level 2 plugged in. I used a friend's 12 volt battery charger (not sure I even used it right though...the car had a positive and negative terminal, but this appears designed for jumping, because the negative just looks like a bolt. I connected it for about an hour, and it appeared to do something because I was able to power the car on and get the engine running in EV hold mode by pressing the accellerator. So my question is, will the Level 2 somehow trickle charge the 12 volt battery if it appears not to be initiated with the car? I did plug the Level 2 back in and completely charge the large battery after the 1 hour 12 volt charge session. Hopefully during this process the 12 volt was also charging more. I don't know. We'll see what happens when I get home tonight after the car has been sitting for another 18 hours or so. I'm still going to take it in for service to get the 12 volt battery tested.

My 12 volt battery was completely dead today. I've had the car since march with no problems. Fortunately it was not my turn to drive. I returned home last night at about 6:30 pm. The car was sitting for about 20 hours before I noticed it was dead when I got home today. Any ideas? I do have a phone with bluetooth with MyFord Mobile.

I've got a couple things for the dealer to check when I take my Fusion Energi Titanium in for its first service. One of them is a vibration in one of my rear speakers. It happens when there is bass at low volumes. I don't hear it all the time. Not sure there is anything I can do to try to fix this.

Semi-custom plate...I guess. Local EV car club.

Yes, I joined the Mustang Club of America to get the X-plan pricing, which I didn't have any problems using with my dealer. Especially now...I think you could probably negotiate a better deal, especially because of discounts on the Volt. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my Energi Titanium. Hoping to see more of them at our meetups which are usually in Maryland, near Washington, DC, but we have some upcoming ones closer to Baltimore. www.mdvolt.org

I noticed over the weekend in 80 degree temperatures that my battery fan was going on when I got into the car when it was parked outside in the sun. The fan would also go on when I was stopped at a traffic light. This was after the battery had been depleted earlier in the day. I haven't had the car go into hybrid mode yet because of the heat. Previously, I only heard the fan go on in my garage when the car was charging.

Stupid me...I had a 2.5 gallon jug of Deer Park water in the trunk, and the top was already punctured. Well, it tipped over and I would say a gallon to 1.5 gallons of it spilled into the trunk area. One thing to note here is that the wells that hold the air unit and charging unit do not have holes in them to drain, so they just hold water. I would have to say though that the bottom unit of the trunk that opens up to reveal the lower area did absorb a lot of water. At any rate, be careful when transporting liquids in this car!

I've been to the MyFordMobile website and app. It appears some new features are forthcoming, but can someone explain to me how I can set my car to start charging at 3 AM (not interested in heating or cooling the cabin)? Is this possible? My garage gets very hot during the day and late evening so I'd like to delay the charging until it has cooled off a bit. The problem I see right now though is if I pull up to a charging station elsewhere (not home) it will not charge my car because I have this setup. Any ideas? I'm hoping someone who has used this extensively will respond in detail. Thanks!

Does not appear to be Energi related. I keyed my VIN # in too.

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Ok, it's coming from the rearview mirror or assembly. I have the camera up front, but at least I know now it's not coming from the dash. It's funny how the sound in your car bounces and it really sounds like it's coming from the dash.

I have a vibration when going over large bumps in EV mode or when the engine is running. It sounds like it is from behind the dash. I notice the plastic holding the front camera behind my rearview mirror (for lane departure and auto brights) is a little loose, so that could be it. Anyone experiencing noises in their car? This could almost be impossible to find if behind the dash. I checked all the vents, hazard button, power port cover, etc.

Dual exhaust? How 'bout a bigger engine? Ha ha ha...note on the Volt, they try to hide the exhaust, which I think was done on purpose.

I guess anything is possible here. But to eliminate the guess work, when I had my level 2 installed, I went with a master electrician in the Washington, DC area who installs residential and commercial EVSE's for a living and who is a member of EVA/DC (www.evadc.org). His name is Sean Ryan and I would gladly give you his contact info. if you email me at mark@mdvolt.org (for a level 2 install). He actually had a suitcase with a test port with some electronics that he could test the level 2 on before I plugged the unit into my car for the first time. I was fortunate to also have a 110V outlet near my panel, but he installed a new one on a new 20 amp circuit (with nothing else running off of it), for those cases where I might need to use the level 1. So, for anyone reading this who has a car on order, it might be worth the effort to have an electrician look at your panel/outlets and make sure everything is up to code and dedicated. When the master electrician opened my panel, he discovered a screw missing from my house's main ground (a thick wire inserted into a metal hole was missing a screw). He fixed it for me. I also don't intend to keep things plugged in during a lightning storm.

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