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P0340 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for March 2009

CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0340
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2003 Chrysler 300M Special 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2C3HE76K03
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. Hello to all. Get code P0340 "intermittantly" when CEL light comes on vehicle looses power and looses cruise control. Customer pulls over, shuts the car off and restarts. Then the car is fine. Cam amd crank position sensors were replaced with aftermark...
March 02, 2009
2004 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP56274
P0340: cam sensor sygnal problem. Hello I need a proper procedure how to align the Cam Synchronizer we replaced the Cam Sensor and the synchro that was damaged and aligned it on tdc just like it says on alldata and used the otc aligning tool but still keep getting that code I have checked all ...
March 06, 2009
1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE 3.3L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1P4GP44R0T
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. Here goes nothing, Voyager 3.3 v6 comes into us 3 days ago with intermittent stalling problem, customer stated that he was driving, came up to stop sign and van stalled, tried for about 10 minutes to start it back up but vehicle just cranked but did not fire. ...
March 06, 2009
2000 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22K9Y
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. Code po340 cam sensor circuit keeps popping on I have replaced the cam sensor and checked the timing and it is perfect. I have tested all I know but cant seem to find the problem. I checked the teeth on the crank sensor and they all look fine. I have scoped th...
March 06, 2009
2003 Mazda 6 S 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVFP80DX3
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. The woman called in and told me her oil pressure light was on, tach not working, and a bunch of lights were on in the dash. I told her to first check her oil, 4 QUARTS LOW! When i got the car 4 days later, the oil light was not on but all the other problems st...
March 09, 2009
2004 Nissan Sentra 1.8L No Start, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 3N1CB51D94
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1). ... being a pain. It will start and die repeatedly when cold. It is not an low idle problem, it will idle briefly before dying, or will die when put into gear. Does not seem to set code P0340 when stalling. When warm(or when in the shop overnight), will start ...
March 09, 2009
2000 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22K9Y
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. Code po340 cam sensor circuit keeps popping on I have replaced the cam sensor and checked the timing and it is perfect. I have tested all I know but cant seem to find the problem. I checked the teeth on the crank sensor and they all look fine. I have scoped th...
March 09, 2009
2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTPX145X4
P0340: Cam sensor signal bank 1. This 04 F-150 came in with a cel P0340 and stalling w/runs rough.Ohm tested cam sensors,which are not hall effect,checked ok but replaced with new, no change.Took alternator out of the loop per a tsb I found for a/c voltage spiking the system and had no change...
March 11, 2009
2003 Nissan Altima 2.5L No Start VIN: 1C13452Y1R
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor (Phase) Circuit Malfunction. engine wont run
March 14, 2009
2002 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FAFP42XO2
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. ... this hot rod will violently back fire. Sometimes when driving under 30mph it will back fire too. We had a code of P0340 so we changed the CMP. The CMP is a 2 wire hall effect sensor. NOT the 3 wire magnetic pickup sensor. 2 weeks later he came back and...
March 19, 2009
2002 Infiniti I35 3.5L High Idle Speed VIN: JNKDA31A22
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1). ... this Infiniti I35. Vehicle came in with complaint of hard starting at times and service engine soon light on. Checked PCM for codes and code P0340 cam sensor fault was logged. Checked cam sensor for engine bank 1 and found no signal from sensor. Replaced s...
March 19, 2009
2004 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Surge, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on, Hard Start Cold VIN: 1YVFP80CX4
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. ... That Came from another Shop That Attemped Repairs But Could not Fix. I have Very little Previous Repair History from other shop as the Mechanic is no longer there. Car was brought to us after the another tech spent half of the day to get it running. car is...
March 24, 2009
2002 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L MIL Lamp on
P0340: CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction. car came in with a po 340, 341, we replace tthe cam sensor, we also did a crank relean, computer never losses cam signal, but after hot restart, customers saids it will be hard to start, and check engine light will come on, customer has hard time leaving the c...
March 25, 2009
1998 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Excessive Emissions, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, pings badly VIN: 1FTRE1423W
P0340: cam sensor error. Engine Pinging horribly on accell and cruise. Snap on modis with lates update 8.6 shows all data normal o2's varying, dpfe 1.02 volts, maf normal, fuel trims normal after doing intake and cleaning all egr ports. Engine seems to have plenty of power (dropped fr...
March 25, 2009
2003 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMYU93143
P0340: cam sensor. hello i am haveing trouble with a code for the cam sensor po340. the truck had a exstended crank. i have cleard the code but it comes back even after a cam sensor replacement on the left bank. all data only list one sensor the one a replaced. but ford seems to...
March 27, 2009
2003 Ford Focus LX 2.0L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP34N87
P0340: Cam sensor circut problem. No reference voltage to cam sensor. ohm both leads to sensor which shows good. appears to be problem with pcm but want to see if anyone else seen a repeat failure of the same?
March 31, 2009