Q: My Expedition vibrates a lot when stopped at a slope
Every time I park my car on a slope (my garage driveway for example) it starts vibrating. Two days ago, I was turning right over a mild slope and suddenly I heard a huge sound coming out from the engine and the car almost came to a stop. But thereafter it ran fine, like nothing happened. The dealership recommended I replace the engine ($8000)!! They replaced selenoids, cam shaft and a cam phaser. It drives OK now but I'm not sure for how long. The other weird thing I noticed after replacing the selenoids was that may car stopped heating up. I drive it over two hours and when I get home the engine is kinda cool, isn't that odd? Why cars act up when on a slope? It doesn't seem like an electrical issue but maybe hydraulic. Can you help?
My car has 109000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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