# 2013 Ford C-Max Energi battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-battery/118403>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-battery/118403 "2018-05-31T03:52:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![SONNGUYEN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SONNGUYEN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SONNGUYEN)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-battery/118403/1 "2018-05-31T03:52:34Z")

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Dear Car Talk,  
Recently once in a while my car didn’t start and a message of “System off to save battery” appeared on screen. The manual says nothing about this situation and how to restart. I used a car jump starter to start the car. After the car started, I checked the battery and it always still had the same juice as when I turned it off. It wasn’t dead or drained.  
My questions: what’s wrong with the car and how to start w/o using the car jump stater; what should I do to fix it?  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-battery/118403/2 "2018-05-31T05:29:00Z")

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> [@SONNGUYEN](#):
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> After the car started, I checked the battery and it always still had the same juice as when I turned it off.

Perhaps your test equipment is flawed, have the 12 volt battery tested by a professional, I suspect it is failing.