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P0340 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for November 2007

CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0340
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2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Van 5.9L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1B7HF13ZXY
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. ... It came in with a misfire and cutting out problem. #5 cylinder was dead. Found sunken valve seats and cracked heads. (Common on this engine) We fixed this problem but knew there was something else going on. After the head job, it idles perfectly. The pro...
November 01, 2007
1997 BMW 318ti 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBACG7329V
P0340: Cam Position - rationality check. Have a 97 BMW 318ti with a P0340 code for rationality check between cam and crank sensors. We replaced the Cam sensor because that is what it always is. The car came back 2 days later with the same code. Everything checked fine so we replaced the crank sensor ...
November 05, 2007
1999 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FDXF46F9X
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. tRUCKTURNED OVER GOOD BUT NO START i tRIED EITHER AND GOT IT TO RUN AND STAY RUNNING. IT WAS SLUGGISH AND MISSING AT FIRST BUT AFTER DRIVING FOR A AWHILE i BELIEVE ITS BETTER. i THINK THE THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP LOST ITS PRIME AND THE OIL DRAINED BACK DOWN ...
November 08, 2007
1999 Mitsubishi Galant ES 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4A3AA46L8X
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. hello gents this one will turn on engine light just after start up every time also has fuel pressure regulator thumping loud enough you here it in the vehicle.replaced reg with oe part no change there.checked ckp signal at connector and then at pcm pattern goo...
November 09, 2007
1996 Chevrolet K2500 Suburban LS 7.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNGK26J4T
P0340: CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction. good evening to all.i dont know where to start but i dont understand the cam numbers and i need help. this suburban cam back with a bad surge at idle,almost as if the key was being turned of then back on.the cam retard was going as high as 30 then may drop as ...
November 13, 2007
2003 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG32K23
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor 'A' Circuit Malfunction . Car is storing a [...] cam sensor and p0420 cat below threshold. I was able to see the cat fail on a long testdrive but the cam sensor code is a mystery. Cam sensor was replaced 5 months ago for this code and did not reset until now,and the code stored several...
November 13, 2007
2000 Ford Escort LX 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FAFP13P61
P0340: cam sensor. ... lite on , and a code p0340. Looked it up on alldata and did the flow chart test and everything pointed to the pcm. We replaced the PCM and still the same . So we checked the timing belt alignment, and its fine, and the cam sensor was replaced , cant find a...
November 19, 2007
2003 Kia Optima SE 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNAGD126X3
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. Vehicle was towed to kia due to dying on the road while driving and not restarting. Kia diagnosed that camshaft position sensor reluctor wheel came loose due to screw backing out of camshaft. Customer did not want vehicle repaired and had towed to us for secon...
November 19, 2007
2005 Nissan Altima SE-R 3.5L No Start VIN: 1N4BL11D65
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor (Phase) Circuit Malfunction. car cranks will not start. had cam sensor code. replace sensor. no help. has good injector pulse. verify has power and ground to coil`s. check for spark. spark`s once when cranking. has cranking rpm on snap on scanner.
November 27, 2007
2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSD29M71
P0340: cam postition sensor. Hi guys Hope there are some out there knowing vw's. This car came to me apart so i dont know if this was an issue before. It had a few valves bent and local machine shop did the head. The car runs great. I keep getting a cam positioner code and replaced the ca...
November 29, 2007
1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Cuts out, Misfire, rattle noise VIN: 1MEFM653XY
P0340: . Vehicle has a heistation, poor run quality, a noise or rattle that comes from rear in the intake manifold, does not sound like in bell housing like its the flexplate. Also has poor acceleration and is getting progressively worse.
November 30, 2007