2010 Ford Fusion Endgame
 

My mom has a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid with just over 100k miles.

Having learned a lot about my Insight since buying it, I'm wondering what her endgame is going to look like with her hybrid battery.

Right now her car is operating 100% okay, but everything is out of warranty. She says that one of her battery cells was replaced under warranty a year or 2 ago, but only 1 was bad the others have not been touched.

What I want to know is:
- How much do new batteries cost, and is there a superior replacement?
- Can the car be driven w/o hybrid functions?
- Are there ways to preserve the battery as long as possible?
- Has anyone ecomodded a Fusion?

- How much do new batteries cost, and is there a superior replacement?

No idea, but used are anywhere from $200-$1000 depending on which junkyard you go to.


- Can the car be driven w/o hybrid functions?

Not very easily

- Are there ways to preserve the battery as long as possible?

Probably nothing usefull you can do.

- Has anyone ecomodded a Fusion?

Sort of
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rid-10851.html

- Can't help you with pricing. I suggest you google it. I highly doubt there's any kind of superior replacement.

- Probably not past a certain point. As a full hybrid, there is no backup starter like on the Honda IMA equipped cars. Once the battery codes, it's driveability becomes uncertain.

- Yes. It's a Sanyo NiMH battery. It would benefit from grid charging/discharging like any other. Now is probably a good time to pursue it BEFORE there is a problem.

Toyota batteries have much better life expectancy than Honda ones, and it has nothing to do with the battery itself.

It's hard to say what the long-term prospects are, at this point. It depends entirely on Ford's battery management, but northern batteries tend to last a lot longer than those in the south.