Would not accelerate from a stop, multiple issues

I am trying to pinpoint the cause of what could be wrong with my vehicle it is the XLT model. It recently started exhibiting multiple problems all at the same time. The first thing that happened was while driving I suddenly heard a sound from the driver’s side wheel like I was dragging something (which I was not after getting out and investigating). So I got in and started driving and it just sounded like a vacuum hose had come loose but after a few minutes it went away. This happened periodically after driving for like ten to fifteen minutes but then it goes away.

After about five days I went about five blocks and stopped at a red light, I tried to accelerate once the light turned green and the truck would not move. I just revved as if I was in neutral. I pressed the brake, put the car in neutral then reversed and still nothing, not even a jerk like it was trying to move. I pressed the brake and went to put the car in park and there was this very loud grinding noise that came from the driver’s side wheel area. I then put the truck in four wheel drive, went to D and then there was this loud pop but the truck jerked forward and started moving and I noticed a large amount of white smoke coming from underneath. I was able to get out the intersection and up about two blocks and then it stopped moving again when pressing the gas pedal.

There was more smoke now but nothing from the engine everything was coming from underneath. Also, once that pop happened, my temperature hand went all the way to C and the heat stopped working. After about five minutes, the truck started moving when the gas petal was pressed and like before went another couple blocks and this time once it stopped it would move again. There was only a bunch of smoke from underneath and nothing from the engine.



I got a tow truck which literally towed me about less than a mile away to my house (towed from the front). Once home, I was able to start it right up and it drove like nothing happened. Since then this is everything that I have seen:

Heat does not work.
temperature hand does not move at all.
internal antifreeze leak.
There was no signs of leaking coolant anywhere and when I replaced the fluid nothing stayed in the reservoir.
Truck drives but then the dragging sound comes back.
white smoke coming from underneath the car right next to the back passenger side door right before the tailpipe.


Again, the engine does not overheat and no smoke comes from under the hood and that with keeping the truck running for about twenty to twenty five minutes. All smoke comes from underneath.