an_architect
Member
Hello,
Our 2013 Expedition EL 4WD Limited, with about 65,000 miles is acting up. We purchased the car from a Cadillac dealership about 8 months ago so I don’t know the long term history.
I know we have a slow power steering leak which put a visit to the mechanic on the to do list but I’ve been keeping it at appropriate levels with universal power steering fluid (not the fix a leak kind that mess things up). This has been for the past couple of weeks. It’s my wife’s vehicle and with 4 kids makes scheduling car down time difficult.
Today, something odd started happening, when starting to accelerate from a stop the truck seems to not want to shift gears and revs up like doesn’t want to come out of first. I let of the gas and eventually it shifts. Happened a few times in a row and the last time I heard and felt like a clunk, checking to rear view mirror to see if something dropped off the truck. At that point the service wrench came on and the digital read out said “zero miles till empty, though the needle is at a 1/4 tank (I know there is a 1/4 tank left).
I was around the corner from my house so I pulled in, turned it off and then back on and everything read as normal. Obviously something is going on, I just don’t know if it’s something so severe that I need to call a tow in the morning or if I can drive it the 10 miles or so to a mechanic in the morning.
Thanks for any input as to if this sounds familiar and if so how severe the situation might be.
Our 2013 Expedition EL 4WD Limited, with about 65,000 miles is acting up. We purchased the car from a Cadillac dealership about 8 months ago so I don’t know the long term history.
I know we have a slow power steering leak which put a visit to the mechanic on the to do list but I’ve been keeping it at appropriate levels with universal power steering fluid (not the fix a leak kind that mess things up). This has been for the past couple of weeks. It’s my wife’s vehicle and with 4 kids makes scheduling car down time difficult.
Today, something odd started happening, when starting to accelerate from a stop the truck seems to not want to shift gears and revs up like doesn’t want to come out of first. I let of the gas and eventually it shifts. Happened a few times in a row and the last time I heard and felt like a clunk, checking to rear view mirror to see if something dropped off the truck. At that point the service wrench came on and the digital read out said “zero miles till empty, though the needle is at a 1/4 tank (I know there is a 1/4 tank left).
I was around the corner from my house so I pulled in, turned it off and then back on and everything read as normal. Obviously something is going on, I just don’t know if it’s something so severe that I need to call a tow in the morning or if I can drive it the 10 miles or so to a mechanic in the morning.
Thanks for any input as to if this sounds familiar and if so how severe the situation might be.
