Mini Me

Hi, Ellaziggy how old is your new max ? I have just taken delivery of a new one last week after my old max CVT brokedown a grand total of 9 times in a year ! It had nothing but electical problems and wiring shorts. After it brokedown again a couple of days before christmas, that was the final straw. I had the flatspot, the not pulling away and then when it did finaly decide to move it shot off so fast it was madness. When it went back to the dealership they could not believe the amount of fault codes and that it had yet another wiring issue between the gearbox and engine. It ended its days wi

I am sorry but, since it tells me on my screen I am in seventh gear when using the manual gears, I assumed I had seven gears.

Hi, Not sure, maybe its because I can also use it as a manual.

Hi, its a Constantly Variable Automatic Transmission with seven gears. :wink:

Hi, been some time since I last posted, but lots have been still going on with my max. I feel its the end of the road for both of us :cry: she has been in and out of the dealers ever month with the same problems and more, I cannot continue with this after 10 months of breakdowns and more and more problems, so I am trying to decide on another, as I like it so much (strange as it sounds) I would like exactly the same, diesel 1.6 zetec CVT but, I understand that changes have been made since they stopped making them last year and they have now reintroduced them this year. Has anyone out there an

Now then boys !! must be our excellent match on saturday making you all hot and bothered :lol: Nice to read some friendly banter at last :)

Hi... Just thought I would let you know that Ford are obviously taking our problems seriously. I have just received an invitaion to take my Max to the Dunton Engieering Centre, apparently this is so they can better understand the problems I am having, so that they can be resolved for future models ! The letter says that I have received this invite due to the quality questionare I completed, and had highlighted a dissatisfaction with the drivability of the vehicle, rightly so since its broken down 6 times. I can see this will be a long afternoon at Dunton next month :lol:

Hi... If its petrol I dont think its a CVT auto like the diesel. I am sure its a 4 speed box not a 7 speed, but do check this. I was told it will average no more than 34mpg, when It was suggested that my diesel CVT be committed, and maybe I would like to replace it with a petrol.

It makes no difference what dealership you got your Max from, its Ford that pay for the hire car, not the dealership. I have now had to take my car to another dealers as where I got mine, they had it for over two weeks and told me nothing was wrong, Ford customer relations told me to take it to another dealership and they found a problem straight away! Do keep on to the customer relations as they can be quite helpfull, they are still keeping regular contact with me to check that mines still ok, even though it keeps flashing strange messages at me on start up :?

Is there anyway of pressing any buttons to try and read or see if it has a fault code or am I going to have to take it back yet again :roll:

Hi Sinky... sorry to hear about your Max :( Do keep calling the customer relations as I got a hire car from Ford for a month when my car went wrong over christmas, and again for two weeks about a month ago. You need to demand that this really is not good enough, or ask them to meet your travel costs while you have no car. They offered to pay for a cab for me to collect my car a couple of weeks ago :shock: also have you tried talking to the service manager, as he/she can arrange a hire car with Ford, tell them your not interested with there 7 day rubbish, I did'nt wait 7 days.

Hi....I have now got my Max back after it having to go in again after the relay ! It seems much better now, the turbo waste gate has been turned 1 turn, and is now pulling away with hardly any delay at all :) I have now noticed that a message flashes up saying something is in PROGRESS, this happens when I first start it, and will come up again a few hours later when its been switched of for a while :? not sure what the something is, as I have only managed to catch the last bit of the message ! Any ideas

Well the RAC are relaying my car back to the garage tomorrow. They have told me not to use my car if this warning message shows with a loss of power, so no car yet again! Thanks for your reply sinky, but mine seems to do this when its warmed up, it seems ok when cold. I was without my car all over christmas and did'nt see it again until well into january, its now broken down 6 times in 5 months, not bad for a 5 month old car thats only done 2,500 miles :roll: :brickwall

not sure, all it says on paperwork is shorten turbo acuator rod by 2 whole turns, ok on roadtest. Should I call RAC to relay to garage, as its about 20 miles, is it likely to damage car or break down ?

Hi again! Picked up my car after having the turbo ajusted, and it pulled away fine for the first 20 miles, then when pulling away, when it gets to about 2000revs it stutters and feels like you have taken your foot off the acceletator and put it back on again. The engine system fault came on after it had done this a few times and it would not go over 30 for a few seconds, so I pulled over and switched off the car, restarted and the message went, but it is still doing the same, also a message ficked up when I switched it on later, saying something to do with the management, but quickly went out

Hi mastertech Can you tell me if there is any way of finding out what milage was on my car when I took it in to the dealer nearly 3 weeks ago. Do you have to take down the milage when a customer brings the car in ? I am quite sure that it had more milage on it, than when it came back! the seats and mirrors were exactly as I had left then, which is odd as at least 3 people were suppose to have been driving my car, and my mileage range was the same as I had left it, with the same amount of diesel :?

Thanks mastertech, I was forced to collect my car today, the technican suggested I go to another dealership to get them to try and fix my car ! I have done this and straight away the new dealership have asked, why have they not adjusted the turbo! I did say that I had asked them to do this, but they showed no interest in doing so. My car is booked in tomorrow, and hopefully this will work :)

They will not touch the turbo on mine !

Hi again Can you tell me if you have had any information from Ford about this delay when pulling away ? Anything would be really helpful, as they are now forcing me to take my car back unfixed, saying it could be a list of things, but who is going to pay for them to try these things, even though the car is only 5 months old ! Is this right, as I would assume that this is down to Ford.

Hi Gwyn I cant really advise you on this, as mine has now been at the dealership for 2 weeks with this flatspot problem, and still no sign of a fix, I am waiting for an answer from the service deparment as they are not keen on adjusting the turbo, as they say that this could create more problems, maybe I will know more next week.

I have asked them today, as I have spoken with one of the technicians how has been testing my car, he said that he cannot adjust the boost until he speeks to ford technical as it can create more problems! I asked what they have done to it over the last 2 weeks, and they have checked the wiring, hoses and vacuum. They now have stopped working on it.

I have already driven one at another dealership before I ordered my one, and that did'nt do it, in fact it pulled away quite quickly, I have said this to the dealership but it seems to fall on deaf ears. I did ask why mine had a delay when I test drove it before I took it, and was told all diesels were like it. I have tried the so called customer call centre, but they say if its a design fault Ford dont have to do anything about it :shock: I have asked if they can find another one for me to try, as they will not attempt to order another one as they are convinced that it will be the same. Mas

Hi Mastertech The saga continues and I wonder if you can give me some advice please. Not sure if you have read my post Flatspot but, Ford or the dealership are trying to tell me that this delay when pulling away is a design fault, do you know of this, as they say there is no fix. I have asked for them to replace my Max with an identical model but apparently Ford have only just started to build this model again, but no one knows why they stopped building it, do you know why ? They are also saying if they replace it with the same, then that will be like it too. Do I just accept this, as I have s

I have been lucky and getting avg 47mpg, so I cannot justify 34mpg when I have no mpg problem with the Max I have got. Maybe I will have to look around for another make :cry:

Hi, thanks for the replys guys... I would change to the petrol, but the reason I got the diesel was for better economy, having to do long trips frequently and having already owned a petrol focus, I know that they are poor on fuel, I thought that maybe the C-Max might be better. I have chatted to the dealership today and they say I would be lucky to get 34mpg max, there seems little point in changing to this model if I cannot afford to run it. I wonder if Mastertech knows if it is true, that this is being called a design fault ?