# 2013 Ford C-Max Energi - Looking for a unicorn **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-looking-for-a-unicorn/188315 "2023-01-04T21:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tulsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tulsi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tulsi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-looking-for-a-unicorn/188315/1 "2023-01-04T21:47:14Z")
I would like to buy a used Ford Cmax Energi from 2013 to 2017 models. Around 60-100k miles on odometer. Is it a good idea to buy a discontiued car? What are the regular problems we see in Ford CMax Energi models? How reliable are the transmission and engine and hybrid batteries? ---
**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-looking-for-a-unicorn/188315/2 "2023-01-05T16:17:47Z")
The old Cmax Energi was a great car. My contact at the EPA owned one and loved it. However, so few were made, trying to track one down is an idea hard to justify. Why not a Prius or Prius Prime, which Toyota made in massively higher volumes, has a large cottage industry supporting them outside of the dealer network, and which is not discontinued? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-looking-for-a-unicorn/188315/3 "2023-01-05T16:36:12Z")
As a Ford hybrid owner (2011 MXZ), I second the Prius recommendation. Mine’s fine, but I’d rather have a Toyota hybrid, which will be my next car. While it may not apply to the C-Max, Ford put a time-based reduction in battery use (about 7 years, I think) that seriously reduced mpgs and performance. I had to reset the battery’s ‘birth date’ to trick the computer. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-c-max-energi-looking-for-a-unicorn/188315/4 "2023-01-05T16:38:34Z")
I would not buy a used Hybrid let alone one 10 years old . Too much of a gamble to find a replacement battery when needed.