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P0340 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for June 2009

CMP Sensor Circuit Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0340
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2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Hesitation, Surge, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FTRX17W5Y
P0340: Camshaft position snesor circuit malfunction. HELP!!! Hope one of you Ford guru's have seen something like this. As I stated in the repair history, vehicle was first brought in a little over a year and a half ago with a PCM wire shorted at the accumulator. Wire was repaired and used computer installed at ...
June 01, 2009
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNDT13SX4
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. vehicle will start and idle fine. when you drive it, it falls on its face like shutting off the key. usually it will then catch itself and keep running but with limited power. I believe thats because the cam phaser quits working. I have had our tech 2 scanner ...
June 14, 2009
2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FTPW14564
P0340: cam sensor. This truck was originally brought in for an engine noise, the noise was as described in TSB's and here as cam phaser noise. I replaced both cam phasers using the ford procedure found on another forum with ford tools to wedge the timing chain and remove 3 rocke...
June 18, 2009
2000 Chrysler 300M 3.5L No Start, Misfire VIN: 2C3HE66G7Y
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. ... to me after a Chrysler dealer replaced the cam senser to cure a P0340. That didn't help. It will not start with the cam sensor connected. With it disconnected, it takes approx 5 seconds of cranking for the PCM to determine firing and begin injection pulsin...
June 22, 2009
1999 Dodge Durango SLT 5.9L No Start VIN: 1B4HS28Z0X
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. Customer states will not start at times, usually after driving when vehicle becomes hot, can let it sit for 30 minutes will start back up. Would not start one time for me, on scan tool the CAM Syn counts were 0 with engine turning. Has several codes see above...
June 22, 2009
2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 3N1AB51D02
P0340: Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction. The two weeks prior to receiving this vehicle were some of the busiest I've had all year, so I was hoping this Sentra would be an easy in and out repair. I knew I was in trouble when it was a no start w/ no spark, and I was not familiar w/ this ignition system...
June 23, 2009
2004 Chrysler Concorde Limited 3.5L No Start, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2C3HD56G54
P0340: No Camshaft Sensor Signals At PCM. This engine was replaced at another shop. They put a vin m used engine in but the car is a vin g. I am told they swaped the harness, intake and flywheel from the engine they pulled out onto the one they installed. They have replaced the sensor with a new one a...
June 25, 2009
1998 BMW 323i 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBABJ732XW
P0340: Camshaft posistion sensor a circuit b1 or single sensor. New car for customer, but he did come by the shop a few days before to have us get the vin off it. He has been driving it back and forth for a few days to his work. We put struts on it and an alingment. Car came back w/ these 2 codes. We cleared and drove it t...
June 28, 2009
2000 BMW 750iL 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGJ034XY
P0340: Camshaft position sensor. I am aware that the CPS can become compromised or outright defective out of the box. My question is are there any other CPS sensors or could a crank sensor produce the same code? Alldata displays only one CPS sensor mounted in the front, left bank right behind...
June 30, 2009