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I've got a horrible, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I just got home with my car purchase, and I already regret it. The reason I got another vehicle, is because I needed something reliable. I'm not sure that's what I got.

I test drove the vehicle before buying. It seemed to drive fine. I didn't notice any mechanical problems. There were a couple more exterior blemishes than the seller had told me about, but I still thought I was getting a good deal. I drove 90 minutes to pick the car up.

The Expedition seemed to drive fine until I got about halfway home, and then the Service Engine Soon light started blinking, and it blinked off an on for the rest of the drive home. I noticed before the light started blinking, the car would begin to decelerate and lose speed and begin to shimmy.

Another concern -- after stopping at a stop sign, as I began to accelerate again, the car began sputtering and seemed to nearly die on me.

I was also under the impression that the cd player was in working order, but I tried to put a cd in it when I got home, and it wouldn't load. It just said CD Error.
In fact, I asked him specifically if the cd/dvd player worked, and here was his reply "The DVD system works well, transmits through the radio or wireless headsets. The DVD sticks, my kids know how to retrieve, my oldest says you just have to grab it when you hit eject or it sucks it back in." He didn't mention the cd player. I assumed that meant it worked fine. I was wrong.

But, I do have some good news.
We had a storm two weeks ago with 130mph winds that did a lot of damage to my roof. I had shingles all over my yard after that storm blew through. Since the shingles were blown off, rain seeped in and did some interior damage too. I filed an insurance claim two weeks ago and have been patiently waiting for them to do an inspection.
The inspector finally came out today and looked things over. I'm going to get enough money to get a new roof! WooHoo!

So it's been a crazy -- stressful -- day for me.

Well, this morning I talked to the guy who sold me the car, and he swears that the engine has never had any problems. He says that before giving it to me last night, he washed it, and it's possible he squirted some water up in the engine. Then he said he hasn't really driven in it 7 months, so maybe the air filter needs to be changed.
Well, I'll drive it some more today and see if it continues to give me trouble.
He did admit, though, that the cd player is very "fussy." It flat out doesn't work, but that's a fairly inexpensive fix.