Hey all,
I was heading out for an errand, started the vehicle let it run a few for the RPM's to drop and when I put the vehicle in reverse the RPM's dropped and the engine started stumbling bad, the battery icon on the dash flickered, vehicle wouldn't move and I wasn't even able to turn the vehicle off. I put it back into park, opened my door and then was able to turn the engine off. "Ummmm WTF?" was going through my head so I started the car again and everything seemed normal. I reversed out my driveway and put it in drive... No throttle response, foot to the floor and nothing. The car crawls forward and at about 3 or 4mph throttle kicks in and it starts to take off. More "WTF!!" is going though my head now, I drive around the block, come to a stop and see if it happens again, sure enough no throttle response until the vehicle creeps forward then all of a sudden goes. I have a battery charger on it now to see if all of a sudden colder temps here have caused the battery to drop in voltage, I know these new vehicles are really picky about that stuff. Anyone else have thoughs?
Something else I have noticed recently is more "ticking" noise when at idle, I was standing next to the vehicle while idling the other night and it almost reminded me of an exhaust leak which I don't remember being there before. I took a short video with the engine on, hood up to grab the noise as well. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like the ticking is more aggressive than it should be (injector noise is common, but this seems excessive). Thoughts on if this is normal and I should forget about it would be appreciated as well.
I was heading out for an errand, started the vehicle let it run a few for the RPM's to drop and when I put the vehicle in reverse the RPM's dropped and the engine started stumbling bad, the battery icon on the dash flickered, vehicle wouldn't move and I wasn't even able to turn the vehicle off. I put it back into park, opened my door and then was able to turn the engine off. "Ummmm WTF?" was going through my head so I started the car again and everything seemed normal. I reversed out my driveway and put it in drive... No throttle response, foot to the floor and nothing. The car crawls forward and at about 3 or 4mph throttle kicks in and it starts to take off. More "WTF!!" is going though my head now, I drive around the block, come to a stop and see if it happens again, sure enough no throttle response until the vehicle creeps forward then all of a sudden goes. I have a battery charger on it now to see if all of a sudden colder temps here have caused the battery to drop in voltage, I know these new vehicles are really picky about that stuff. Anyone else have thoughs?
Something else I have noticed recently is more "ticking" noise when at idle, I was standing next to the vehicle while idling the other night and it almost reminded me of an exhaust leak which I don't remember being there before. I took a short video with the engine on, hood up to grab the noise as well. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like the ticking is more aggressive than it should be (injector noise is common, but this seems excessive). Thoughts on if this is normal and I should forget about it would be appreciated as well.
