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I was leaving my lake house this morning to come home to Katy, and my battery was dead on my car. I have a jump starter and everything was fine until I killed the motor at home. I tried to start it again and it was dead. I jump started it again and headed to Sam's to get a new battery. My transmission would not shift out of 1st gear. (2014 Ford Expedition with 42,000 miles). I made it to Sam's...got a new battery and the transmission now works fine. I googled this problem and this is what I found out:
http://www.atra.com/articles/transmissi ... _corrosion

So if you have a weak or dead battery, many things can go wacky on these newer cars.

I've had my fair share of problems with cars through the years. I'm thinking my next vehicle will be a little bull dozer.

howdy wrote:I was leaving my lake house this morning to come home to Katy, and my battery was dead on my car. I have a jump starter and everything was fine until I killed the motor at home. I tried to start it again and it was dead. I jump started it again and headed to Sam's to get a new battery. My transmission would not shift out of 1st gear. (2014 Ford Expedition with 42,000 miles). I made it to Sam's...got a new battery and the transmission now works fine. I googled this problem and this is what I found out:
http://www.atra.com/articles/transmissi ... _corrosion

So if you have a weak or dead battery, many things can go wacky on these newer cars.

I learned a hard lesson when I was being a good Samaritan by jumping a guys car who's battery was apparently completely dead. I hooked up my jumper cables and his car would not turn over. I let it sit a while and it would click and barely move the starter. He talked me into starting my truck engine even though I had heard it could blow an alternator doing that. The stories are true. I unhooked after his engine started and when I got into my truck my alternator light was on. I now carry a 450 Amp battery pack jumper and if it won't work I leave them to their own devices.