What is the worst year for a Ford C-Max Energi?

The 2013 Ford C-Max Energi has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 65 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the electrical system.

What is the best year for a Ford C-Max Energi?

The 2017 Ford C-Max Energi has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 13 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Ford C-Max Energi?

Electrical System accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Ford C-Max Energi.

Worst years for a Ford C-Max Energi

Owners have filed 181 complaints about the Ford C-Max Energi with NHTSA across model years 2013 to 2017. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Ford C-Max Energi

65 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2017 Ford C-Max Energi

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford C-Max Energi year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

65 39 20 44 13

13 14 15 16 17

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2017	B	13	1	0	45,625	Electrical System
2016	D	44	6	0	44,500	Electrical System
2015	D	20	6	0	18,899	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2014	C	39	0	1	31,000	Electrical System
2013	F	65	4	4	43,000	Electrical System

What breaks on a Ford C-Max Energi

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 56 30.9%

Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 9.9%

Worst in 2013

Steering 18 9.9%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 13 7.2%

Worst in 2016

Body & Structure 12 6.6%

Worst in 2013

Other & Unspecified 12 6.6%

Worst in 2013

Engine & Cooling 10 5.5%

Worst in 2013

Fuel & Propulsion 10 5.5%

Worst in 2013

Wheels 7 3.9%

Worst in 2013

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Doors, Latches & Locks 4 2.2%

Worst in 2014

Equipment & Accessories 3 1.7%

Worst in 2013

Airbags 2 1.1%

Worst in 2013

Brakes 2 1.1%

Worst in 2014

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford C-Max Energi, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2014 peak 6 Jul 2026

Compare the Ford C-Max Energi

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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