Q: Hello my Ford Expedition eddie bauer clicks over but does not start.

asked by on December 19, 2016

Hello my ford expedition eddie bauer clicks over but does not start all the lights come on but the car is not clicking over so it takes about 4 minutes precisely to start it up it turns on and drives like a dream but it has to have 4 minutes before it will start not sure what the issue is? was driving really well until this past week when ti took about 5 mins to start up one moring I thought it was because of the cold but now it is doing it everytime you shut it off. I am sitting there waiting for 4 mins for it then I start it again and bam it starts up and drives like a dream.

My car has 208000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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