I think my crankshaft sensor has gone out, my car died on the freeway on the way home from the airport, and failed to restart. The upshift light turned off during cranking but it still wouldn't start. I went to try and start it again the other day to double check the upshift light, and it started, and ran for about 30 seconds before starting to idle roughly again and then die. More cranking, the upshift light turned off, but briefly blinked on during cranking. Two questions:
1) Does this sound like a crankshaft sensor to you?
2) More or less just a curiosity, why do these sensors fail? Not simply, due to old age, but what exactly causes them to cease to function?
1) Does this sound like a crankshaft sensor to you?
2) More or less just a curiosity, why do these sensors fail? Not simply, due to old age, but what exactly causes them to cease to function?