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I just had to call the dealer, they looked up my car, ordered the part and called me a couple of days later to make an appointment. Had it replaced Monday. Washed the car for me too, but didn't charge it. That's ok, I'm just happy that they got it done in a day and it was waiting for me when I stopped by after work. I, too, found that MFM is not updating the miles. It is reporting 0 miles for me, which is what the car was at when I dropped it off (seems consistent with what others have seen). I just now deleted the car using the MFM website and am adding it back in. Have to wait 24 hours to get it reactivated. I'll let you know if that fixes it.

I had a similar issue with the blinking ring and the prompts about being plugged in several times last month, as did a co-worker. It seemed to happen after charging at a particular bank of chargers at work over the course of a couple of weeks. After a couple of restarts and/or charging at home, the issue would go away only to return after I charged from those chargers. I haven't had the problem in a couple of weeks now, so I would recommend that you see if it seems to be related to the specific charging station that you are using, and so perhaps reporting the issue to the charge station owner.

I know that this is a bit late, but... You say TSB is for Energi "built in 2013." If that is what it really says, then yes, your 2014 Model Year Energi could well be covered, since the 2014 MY vehicles were built from around July, 2013 - June 2014. If the TSB is for 2013 Model Year Energis, then it is less likely to apply, but might be worth checking.

The last letter of the suffix is incremented with each design change, so AH is more recent than AG.

Wow, that's great! I didn't think it was possible using the existing screen -- I wonder if it includes a new 8" screen as well? Speaking for myself, it's more than I'm willing to spend on the upgrade, get it down to $1k and I'll think about it. But I'm happy to see that it is possible and available to those willing to spend the cash.

I bought a Nissan charger and upgraded it myself using instructions on the web. Cost me $250 for the charger on eBay and $20 for a cord and crimp connectors. Only 12 amps, but works fine for my Fusion as that is as much as it can take anyway.

The Ford/EPA estimate is 19 miles, not 21. Also, it is a mixed commute cycle, which I'm sure includes a lot of in-town speeds (45mph and below). I have an 18 mile commute each way, about 11 miles on the freeway (50-70mph), and I can make it most days all electric. This is in Detroit and I bought the car used in November with 20k miles on it, so I am talking winter weather, temps from 50 degrees down to 10 degrees. As it has warmed up around here lately, I've been getting home with up to 5 miles of estimated range left (~20% SOC). There is an alternate route to work that I sometimes take which is about 5 miles longer, but all surface streets (max 50 mph). I can usually make it home using that route also, even though it is longer, but no 70mph highway driving. This is Detroit, so it is pretty flat - no hills. Oh, and this is all with the heat off. If I have to turn on the heat, then my range is can be cut in half. So that is my experience, I hope it helps.

I can't tell what broke off from your picture. All that really matters is that the contacts are properly aligned and undamaged - if it plugs in and the car charges, you should be fine.

Note that all of the Hybrid components, including the HVB, have an 8 year, 100,000 mile warranty.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I'm going to have to take it in. The charge rate seems to vary on a single ESVE, starting out fast and then slowing down. 2 days ago it charged relatively quickly at home, but then last night it took 5 hours. The temperatures here have been in the 20's (below freezing), but I suppose that the high capacity battery could still become overheated if the fans were not working properly. When I had it in for service last week, they did repair some chafing of the battery fan harness wires, perhaps one or more of the wires was inadvertently broken or severed. Who knows. Back it goes...

And now it is charging at the slower speed again: I got 4.5 kwh in 3.5 hrs of charging. I get the first 4 hours of charge time free here at work, so I moved my car between meetings, that's why I didn't charge it all the way. Any ideas anyone?

I watched the progress in terms of both % of charge (using myfordmobile) and kwh (using the gewattstation app). It was charging at about 1kwh/hr as opposed to the ~2.5 kwh/h rate of the level 2 charger.

Update: I did the system reset and now my car is charging at the faster speed as it should! I did have to re-link the car to My Ford Mobile, so it'll be 24 hours before I can check on the charge status using my phone app, but that's ok, I'm just happy it is working the way it should.

This just started this week - coincidentally when my 12V battery went bad. Last weekend, I was checking the 12V battery by unplugging my car after it had fully charged and then coming back 5-6 hours later and checking the voltage (via a voltage meter plugged into the power point outlet). The voltage was down to 8.8V! I plugged the car back in and on Monday I drove to work. Here is where it got interesting. We have L2 chargers at work so I snagged a spot and plugged in. Instead of charging to full in 2 hours or so, it took almost 6 hours. I chalked it up to the weak 12V battery. I took the car in to the dealer on Monday and left it with them for a couple of days. I forgot to mention the slow charge. I got the car back yesterday (Thursday). They said the 12V battery was bad and it was replaced. When I picked up my car, the 12V was fine, but the large battery was at 0%. Gee, thanks for charging it up for me. I got home and plugged it in to my L2 charger - it took 5 hours to charge. Drove to work this morning and... that's right 5 hours! I'm going to try doing a system reset this weekend, and if that doesn't work, it's going back to the dealer. In the mean time, I'm open to suggestions...

Convenience: Just do it - you'll be happy you did! Cost: Just to reiterate, it shouldn't cost you $1,000 for a level 2 EVSE. You can get a 16 amp charger for under $400 (Clipper Creek), and you should be able to get an electrician to wire up a 240V outlet or junction box for $200-$300, so $700 max. If you already have a convenient 240V outlet, or if your breaker panel is in or near your garage, you can reduce or eliminate the additional charge for the outlet.