Camshaft and Crankshaft Sensors?

call carquest and see if they offer a loaded reman unit

wrote:

> Just heard from the dealership. They read the codes off the Co-Pilot
> and they are getting alternating false signals from the camshaft AND
> crankshaft sensors. This leads them to believe it is either the cam
> sensor, the crank sensor, the wiring from the sensors, or the computer
> control box. They said they tested the wiring and found it to be good
> and since I've had two sets of cam and crank sensors installed, they
> suspect the computer control box.
>
> They said I could continue to do diagnostic work at $107 an hour--for
> example have a guy drive the car and another guy riding along with a
> scan tool attached until the problem occurred, in which case they would
> probably get the same error codes as the Co-Pilot and reach the same
> conclusions.
>
> They asked a couple of technicians for opinions and it was
> unanimous--computer control box. I asked about them calling and
> consulting with Chrysler Corporation and they said they are supposed to
> exhaust every possible cure before calling them and if the computer box
> didn't fix it they would call them.
>
> A remanufactured Chrysler unit is $590 plus the hour worth of
> diagnostic work brings it to a little over $700.
>
> I gave them the go-ahead to replace the box.

OK, three days of driving, about 90 miles, including three cold starts,
and no problems. I think we've got it fixed.