Zachery
Junior Member
Back in august my truck had an issue and died while I was out camping. Luckily had some friends with us that were able to get me out and back into cell reception for a tow truck. I was able to hook my scan tool up and it threw a code for a faulty crankshaft position sensor.
Decided to try there and replaced it. It seemed to work was driving down the road and lost power. Again I was able to hook the code reader up, once again it said the crankshaft position sensor was faulty.
Thought maybe I bought a bad part and so once again replaced the sensor. Drove the truck another 300 miles within just the last couple days and it failed again. I am at a loss on what to do any advice would be appreciated.
My truck is a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.7 hemi in it. I replaced the engine but there is a lot of miles on the rest of vehicle, 240k. When this acts up it throws a red light for check gauges and a red flashing lightning bolt. The part was not OEM and I am thinking about just replacing with a Mopar crankshaft position sensor but I’m not sure if that is going to work. I need this truck especially now that I’m in hunting season and don’t want it to fail but the local shops are weeks out, by then hunting season will be over
Decided to try there and replaced it. It seemed to work was driving down the road and lost power. Again I was able to hook the code reader up, once again it said the crankshaft position sensor was faulty.
Thought maybe I bought a bad part and so once again replaced the sensor. Drove the truck another 300 miles within just the last couple days and it failed again. I am at a loss on what to do any advice would be appreciated.
My truck is a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.7 hemi in it. I replaced the engine but there is a lot of miles on the rest of vehicle, 240k. When this acts up it throws a red light for check gauges and a red flashing lightning bolt. The part was not OEM and I am thinking about just replacing with a Mopar crankshaft position sensor but I’m not sure if that is going to work. I need this truck especially now that I’m in hunting season and don’t want it to fail but the local shops are weeks out, by then hunting season will be over