QuestionHey, yesterday car was turned on and working fine, suddenly engine shut down for no reason, car was actually idle, the low gas light was turned on, i thought it was a gas issue, when i placed 1 gallon of gas to restart the car, it didnt start at all, it crank but didnt start, I checked relays and everything fine, while checking on camshaft sensor the electrical part doesnt have fire on it,( i checked it w a multimeter) no spark, what could be the reason
AnswerHi George,
The cam shaft sensor either has 8v (orange wire) of 5v (violet/white wire) when the ignition is in the 'run' position. I know the '99 had that 8v voltage/wire color, and the '04 had the 5v, but either way you should show voltage. If not, then check fuse N in the under dash box and fuse 13 in the box behind the left endcap of the dash. Those are the fuses that power the pcm from which the voltage supply to the sensor derives.
Otherwise, try turning the ignition key:'on-off-on-off-on and leave on', doing that in 5 seconds or less elapsed time. Then watch the odometer window to see if the mileage reading changes to show instead a 4-digit number prefixed with a P. If so let me know that number and we'll go from there. That would be a fault code and it would tell us what the powertrain controller thinks is the problem. Also tell me which engine you have.
Roland
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