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    My experience and symptoms of both front brake hoses going bad.

    My 2014 had been acting not quite right but not really wrong enough. Keep in mind I can do some advanced mechanical work. Like building cars from scratch and fixing issues as they come up. Looking back know vision is 20/20 right.. So for a while it seemed like the brakes took a bit to start...
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    2014 Calipers not releasing fully, Hoses or ABS?

    So I am sort of in the troubleshooting phase. For a long time I have noticed sometimes when I stop the car is slow to take off. I was thinking the tranny was not fully downshifting. Also once in a while, thinking back after a stop, when I go up an incline the transmission trys to do a funny...
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    2014 Tranny needs oil change symptoms? or do I have a problem

    My 2014 has 120k. Recently I have noticed when braking to slow down in traffic when I let off the brake I am not 'coasting' freely the tranny still is connected. Hard to describe. Sometimes like accelerating while going up and over pass from 40 to 50 I get a very light 'bump' it kind of sounds...
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    Advancetrac light comes on once in a while. Get RCM U3000:49-08 and ABS U0452-20 Looking for thoughts...

    First let me be clear. I have experience in electronics troubleshooting as a research engineer with aircraft. My brother is a very experience Mercedes mechanic. Out modern Ford experience is limited. The car is still driving fine. We are used to opening up electronics and fixing the board...
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    2014 Expedition No GPS symbol but appears to be tracking

    My 2014 is showing the No GPS most of the time. The car icon seems to be in the right position on the road so it is getting a decent position. I am not familiar with how the Ford parts are tied together. I am an electronics engineer that has done some work with GPS. I do have older Ford...
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    Used Expy's seemed to dry up here in the NJ area. When do the best used deals start popping up?

    I looking for a lower mileage EL (under 100k) and I noticed the number of available units has dropped off. I am thinking people are holding off selling because they are waiting for end of year deals on new cars in October. Is this likely what is going on? Any guys who are in the car industry...
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    Need thoughts, 2011 EL with 60K miles looking to buy

    I just looked at a 2011 Expedition EL XLT with like 63K miles. It spent its life in Phila, PA area. The first thing I noticed was the driver door at the back lower area was out of line with the rear door. The front was perfectly aligned. The other doors were good. I could find no damage spots...
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