Recent content by chuckm

Occasionally overnight the 12 volt battery looses all its charge, rendering the car inoperable. The last time this happened I had to have the 12 volt battery jumped. The external charger would not charge the car. I had checked to be sure all the lights were out the night before when I shut it down.

Previous problems I have reported were caused by chipmunks chewing on my wiring. They also like the foam cover over the motor and controller in the front motor compartment. I found two building a nest under the controller, etc. Mothballs didn't seem to help much. I paid a Ford dealership to wrap...

2013

How and when is the 12 volt battery charged? One day I couldn't turn my radio off and over several days the 12 volt battery was drained, even though I had the 120 volt charger plugged into the car. After jumping the 12 volt battery, the car started and ran normally, and the radio controls then...

My radio will not turn off, up/down, or switch stations. Also, when I press the button to talk to the car, nothing happens.

Four times in the past month my 2013 Focus has started as usual, I back out of the drive, shift to drive, it moves forward about two feet, jerks, gives an aural and dash warning to stop safely, the green light disappears, and it is dead. I may have to try to restart it several times before I can...