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P0340 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for March 2004

CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0340
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1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D6T
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. see related repair history BELOW for more information. after replacing the cam sensor with an after market sensor the code comes back but intermittently , sometimes this vehicle seems not to have good ignition switch upon initial start up. the code does not co...
March 04, 2004
1996 GMC Jimmy SL 4.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GKCS13W8T
P0340: CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction. This is a very random problem. May not happen for days. Freeze frame data is all I have to go on right now. Had lab scope hooked up to cam sensor for 2 hours and did not occur. Checked the archives and found a similar post which indicated a TSB 02-06-04-043 fo...
March 08, 2004
1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D6T
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. see related repair history BELOW for more information. after replacing the cam sensor with an after market sensor the code comes back but intermittently , sometimes this vehicle seems not to have good ignition switch upon initial start up. the code does not co...
March 10, 2004
1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5147W
P0340: Cam position malf. Customer complaint: CEL-ON engine dies at idle, Engine miss. Compression good intake vacuum leaks none found. Cam position sensor found to be literary destroyed Replaced cam sensor virtually no improvement (DUH WHAT)? Replaced upper & lower Intake mani...
March 13, 2004
1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5147W
P0340: Cam position malf. Customer complaint: CEL-ON engine dies at idle, Engine miss. Compression good intake vacuum leaks none found. Cam position sensor found to be literary destroyed Replaced cam sensor virtually no improvement (DUH WHAT)? Replaced upper & lower Intake mani...
March 15, 2004
1998 Ford Windstar 3.8L No Start, Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 2FTZA5449W
P0340: cam sensor signal circuit problem. this vehicle has a bad hesitation from idle speed,can stall engine by power braking & letting off gas.by turning the cam synch assy.clockwise about 30 degrees the hesitation goes away.but when i recheck with lab scope the cam signal is off by around 60 deg...
March 24, 2004
1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Stall VIN: 1MEFM6533X
P0340: camshaft sensor circuit. car came in with po340 code and stalls on decel. access mitchell on demand, followed test given, for code, test showed a bad camshaft sensor, replaced camshaft sensor, problem still exist. did test again, problem still showed to be camshaft sensor, replaced wi...
March 25, 2004
1996 Chrysler Sebring LXi 2.5L No Start, Stall VIN: 4C3AU52NXT
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. car was at dealer and they said needed distributor. cust came in a priced a distributor and decided to bring it in to us. We were not aware of why they wanted the distributor. They called and told us a week later that the distributor did not fix the problem. W...
March 29, 2004
2003 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on, smoke VIN: 3D7LU38C13
P0340: camshaft lost. problem happens about 50 to 100ks of HWY driving, lots of white smoke and have to pull over and stop, shut off let sit, restart 2 or 3 times then good to go, CE light on and same codes. Cant get to happen in the shop. Got date recording but no help, thinking E...
March 30, 2004