runnotwalk

I have a Titanium, that had charging issues, the dealer found 50 error codes, The car just stopped in traffic and went 2 mph. "Everything is OK and safe to drive" I'm selling the car it's a POS. They refreshed the software, they "Fixed" the pins in the wiring harness, and other activities. The end of the day, the car is a dangerous vehicle that shouldn't be relied up in traffice.

Here's my update - sorry for the length, I'll try to cover all of the open questions/comments. My car is charged overnight with the charger provided by the dealer. The car is showing flexible mileage on the battery. It goes anywhere from 17 to 24 miles. I don't precondition the car before driving because I'm not putting on the A/C or Heat or Headlights. The battery drops significantly by the time I reach the end of the street (.5 miles) My distance capacity is become less with each day. I used to be able to drive to/from work each way with 2 miles left on the battery. Now I'm depleting the battery 6 - 8 miles BEFORE the end of my trip. Yesterday I turned the car on and the car had a melt down. The Light around the "D" on the dashboard started flashing and I received an error message on the dashboard to stop. The car put the car into neutral and I pulled over. There is a red Triangle with an exclamation point in the middle of it. I turned off the car and turned it back on (rebooted it) I started driving, the car was sluggish, and then couldn't go faster than 2 miles/hour. The gas engine couldn't come on. I was on the side of the road using bluetooth and the display flashed an error message - electrical system failure -shutting down and all of the power in the car went immediately dead I had it towed to the dealer and of course, they couldn't find anything wrong with the car - no codes etc. I'm concerned that the battery is going to spontaneously combust - it's time to have it towed from the dealer to my house to sit on the side of the road.

Thanks for taking the time for the post. I read the manual. It must be a defective car and / or a defective charger. I guess I have the dubious honor of not only being the first energi titanium on the road in NJ, but also the first defective one. The dealer said that ford is reporting failures with the chargers already. It's a shame. Back to the dealer again.

Thanks for the comment. The "POP" sound only started after the charger failed to charge the car. Three days later when the car came back from the dealer, the charger started making the "POP" sound. It never made the sound before and the car was charging fine. Your comment about the car controlling the charging is great information. So something is wrong with the car because it's not charging to full. Something changed with the 110/120 charger because it never popped before there was the failure. It's time to go back to the dealer again.....

The charger that came with the car is failing. The car either isn't charging, or the battery doesn't take a full charge. When plugging in the charger, there is a delay then a loud "POP" the light starts flashing on the charger and then the car begins to charge. It's unfortunate that the car was put in production before it was ready. Shame on Ford for returning to their old ways of getting a product in the market then fixing it.