2014 Escalade ESV...........70k miles. Bought it with 30k, still have 3 months worth of GMEPP warranty that I can extend for another couple years for $2-3k. Car is immaculate inside and out, despite being a Midwest vehicle it's always been undercoated and has no visible rust and very little undercarriage.
Have replaced: all 4 magnetic shocks + compressor, trans cooler lines, radiator.........full tuneup this year with new coil packs, plugs, wires, filters.........all new pads/rotors/calipers.
AFM has been disabled since I bought the car.....
Have early stages of torque converter failure, I believe. Have a slight rumble at highway speeds, an occasional thump that are very similar to the signs we had before my parent's torque converters failed in both their 2015 Escalade and 2015 Denali (different trans, I know, but symptoms are similar). Fluid was changed last year, has always been clean.
I also have a stumble at idle that is intermittent..........with all the tuneup items above, I still haven't been able to pinpoint this. About the only that HASN'T been done is a Throttle Body Cleaning. Think that would make a difference?
I was offered 28,500 trade in for the vehicle last week, which is insanely high, but in-line with current pricing.............was going to pull the trigger on a low mileage, CPO 2018 Escalade but my wife is choking on the price of $58.5k OTD.
For $30k difference, I can obviously replace a lot (more) parts, but at this point I'm starting to lose confidence in the vehicle. We had the radiator catastrophically fail in January (on a very "young" car, in my eyes) and the above 2 issues are making me nervous.
The trans isn't showing any codes, and the extended warranty will not fix it unless it completely fails (ie, when they replaced the shocks, they would only replace the shocks that were seized up, not just leaking oil)........I'm sure they'll replace the TC / Trans, but only after it leaves us on the side of the road, LOL.
Any thoughts?
Have replaced: all 4 magnetic shocks + compressor, trans cooler lines, radiator.........full tuneup this year with new coil packs, plugs, wires, filters.........all new pads/rotors/calipers.
AFM has been disabled since I bought the car.....
Have early stages of torque converter failure, I believe. Have a slight rumble at highway speeds, an occasional thump that are very similar to the signs we had before my parent's torque converters failed in both their 2015 Escalade and 2015 Denali (different trans, I know, but symptoms are similar). Fluid was changed last year, has always been clean.
I also have a stumble at idle that is intermittent..........with all the tuneup items above, I still haven't been able to pinpoint this. About the only that HASN'T been done is a Throttle Body Cleaning. Think that would make a difference?
I was offered 28,500 trade in for the vehicle last week, which is insanely high, but in-line with current pricing.............was going to pull the trigger on a low mileage, CPO 2018 Escalade but my wife is choking on the price of $58.5k OTD.
For $30k difference, I can obviously replace a lot (more) parts, but at this point I'm starting to lose confidence in the vehicle. We had the radiator catastrophically fail in January (on a very "young" car, in my eyes) and the above 2 issues are making me nervous.
The trans isn't showing any codes, and the extended warranty will not fix it unless it completely fails (ie, when they replaced the shocks, they would only replace the shocks that were seized up, not just leaking oil)........I'm sure they'll replace the TC / Trans, but only after it leaves us on the side of the road, LOL.
Any thoughts?