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P0340 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for August 2008

CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0340
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2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNDS13S92
P0340: CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction. Howdy Boys and Girls, This truck came in with a ce light complaint and oh, by the way it stalls sometimes he says. The fail records show that the crank/cam sensor codes occurred at the same time 889 miles ago. The code definitions say that the 335 and 336 code...
August 11, 2008
1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Cool Coupe 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FALP1134W
P0340: Camshaft sensor open. This vehicle came in with a timing belt broke. I replaced the timing belt,tensioner and idler pulleys. Now Ihave a Cam sensor code. According to diag. there should be at least 10 volts at the sensor with key on engine off. I checked all wiring and replaced the...
August 11, 2008
2002 Dodge Intrepid SE 2.7L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3HD46R72
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. ... codes with modis p0340,p0344,p0016 if u unplug cam sensor will start but it takes little longer. i ck timing cain is on the marks replace cam & crank sensor still no start bt u unplug cam sensor will start.tell me something pls.
August 13, 2008
1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L Engine Noise VIN: 3FAKP1138X
P0340: Cam Position SensorCar came into shop. ... engine noise and SES lite complaint. Clean car, well maintained, low miles. Engine runs ruff at idle-has cam code P0340. The noise when accelerated sounds like nuts & bolts rattling in a coffee can comming from the intake manifold area. When you run th...
August 17, 2008
1995 Toyota Tacoma DLX 2.7L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4TAUN73C8S
P0340: Cam sensor. ... when hot and poor running worse when cold condition. The hard start ended up being the coil. Now I am stuck with a sparatic cutting out under load between 0 - 50 MPH. It doesn't feel like a single cylinder. More like all of them. It idles perfect and somet...
August 19, 2008
1995 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L Cuts out, Misfire VIN: JT2GK12E7S
P0340: cmp. when cold, it won't pull past 3000 RPM on a road test. At WOT in the shop in park, It backfires into the intake boot and air filter. CLV, is more than 90%, injector on time is more than 18MS and MAFS shows more than 95 G/sec while it falls on its face. The cam...
August 21, 2008
2003 Kia Optima SE 2.7L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNAGD12853
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. ... ago with the check engine light on with no other complaints. Found codes P0134 no o2 activity B1S1, P1166 Lambda bank 1 control limit, P0304 cyl#4 misfire, and P0030 o2 heater circuit problem B1S1. Replaced o2 sensor & fixed the problem. Came back a mo...
August 22, 2008
2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4A3AC54H11
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. we have two codes---cam and crank position sensor faults...the wiring for either engine looks the same...is there a difference between the two that would cause the ecm to not recognize the sensors on the new engine? This was a complete swap,,all the connectors...
August 28, 2008
2002 Nissan Sentra XE 1.8L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SJNFBAN16A
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. ... actually an Australian Nissan Pulsar, and has been passed onto me by another shop. Problem occurs very intermittantly (maybe once every one or two weeks) where vehicle will hesitate and misfire and set a P0340 for the camshaft sensor. We are unable to dupl...
August 28, 2008