AKA, "technology is great whe it works". What really blew my mind as an older guy who has worked on alternators in the past, is that we no longer are in the diodes but advanced charging algorthyms era. That is one of the reasons that it it so importnat to reset the BMS on a battery replacement.
They did the reset.
Good point Ralph. Ours falls into that category also. My wife will drive 5 mins up town then 5 mins home and maybe a couple mins around town to various locations. She does this on almost a daily basis but sometimes the car will sit for a day or two, and since the battery was replaced, we've had no problems.I had problems with my S/S a few months back and after waiting 3 hours, my dealer said the battery failed the tests and it was replaced under warranty. The dealer did say the the battery had to pass/fail several tests in order for Ford to reimburse them for a new battery. I also experienced a premature (less than a year) battery failure in my '13 FE. IMHO the reason for all these battery failures is simple. Ford is using "cheap as possible" parts. Both of my FE's were custom ordered and didn't sit on the lot but I agree, that could be a problem in your case. As I'm sure you are aware that a faulty battery can cause several other issues like faulty transmission function and many others. The whole car is run by computers and computers need electricity. I'm sure once the OE's battery is replaced, the issue will go away.
My situation exactly as well. The battery on my 2016 also was replaced, like yours, under warranty. My dealer said about exactly the same thing to me when I took it in. It failed like yours and also was replaced under warranty. Concur with you assesment on parts prices but remember "we went to the moon and back on low bidders"
VERY true!My situation exactly as well. The battery on my 2016 also was replaced, like yours, under warranty. My dealer said about exactly the same thing to me when I took it in. It failed like yours and also was replaced under warranty. Concur with you assessment on parts prices but remember "we went to the moon and back on low bidders"
I merged your thread with this existing one on the same topic. I sounds like a broken record saying this, as many don’t. But in the future, please do a search prior to posting a new thread. This issue was really easy to find.
That is exactly my problem. 2017 Ford Escape SE 2.0 Eco Boost. S/S work intermittently. At full stop I get the gray icon. Sometimes for weeks then suddenly it works with green icon at stop.When working it always stops and restarts. When not working it never stops just idles. Bought new in Nov 16 with 9800 current miles.. Have a service appt. 11-5-19... Anyone with similar??
Yeah..pretty sure it is battery related. I was sitting in my car for around 40 minutes recently with the engine off listening to the radio and forgot my dashcam was also plugged in. After driving off my stop/start would not work properly for around 30 minutes whereas it was fine before.
Actually it is in the manual. One of the many parameters that need to be satisfied is battery Sate of Charge. My estimate is that it needs to be about 70%.
I got my 2017 in March of this year with 30,000 km. The S/S wasn't working, the dealer replaced the battery, all was hunky-dory. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago,it stopped working again at 34,000 km. Dealer said I don't drive enough (retired and walk to a lot of places I need to go to). They charged the battery to 100% and sent me on my way . I live in an apartment so I have no way of putting a trickle charger on it.
Respectfully disagree. It is the amount of driving and type. Short trips and few trips do not allow alternator to charge battery to minimum SOC. Both battery and alternator are heavier duty to support S/S.
Well just think about, the S/S is designed just for stop and go, short trips ..If you take long highway trips, the S/S doesn't do anything anyway...so the logic behind the system is not there...Its proving you have to drive longer highway trips to keep the S/S system working...There are people that dont even hit highway or long mid speed trips at all...just local ones...Solution, turn it OFF.....Problem and future problems solved....
Yeah, I agree with you to a degree. The stop/start thing is more of a gimmick than a fuel saving or environment protection thing in my opinion.
Don’t know how you get to that. Hot weather disables it too.
You didn't read why..The batteries are dying from all those S/S..Need to charge it up by taking highway runs...
No need to use a cig plug adapter. The positive terminal is accessible with the battery cover removed and the remote negative terminal is is just to the right of the battery as you face the vehicle. There's a crummy artist rendering of the location in the owner's manual.
