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Offline Angus

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Cam/crank sensors kicking my butt
« on: January 05, 2013, 02:06:39 PM »
A few months back I posted about some issues with my Dakota, yesterday I got it back from the shop after having the cam and crank sensor replaced for the second time in 3 months, asked my mechanic if there are other issues causing it to eat sensors and he said no, just electrical parts that sometimes go bad :bash:. Well, now my wifes Sedona has a check engine light on and its running like crap, limped it a half mile to O'Reilly's and hooked it up to their code reader, showed 2 codes, 1 was a tranny range sensor and the other was a cam position sensor :bash:. Can't believe my luck, never had any issues with cam/crank sensors and now 3 in 3 months. Waiting to hear back from Kia to find out if its covered under warranty, with my luck lately, doubtful.

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Re: Cam/crank sensors kicking my butt
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 08:42:15 PM »
My only advice is to replace faulty sensors with OEM parts.  There is a real difference in OEM and aftermarket quality on powertrain management stuff.  It could also be that you had a wiring issue that the mechanic didn't figure out the first time....he may have just thrown sensors at it, and had to actually fix it the next go around.

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Re: Cam/crank sensors kicking my butt
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 10:53:11 PM »
Is it a  4.7L Dakota?
:fire.:

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