The crankshaft position sensor is a less well-known component, but it works hand-in-hand with the crankshaft and the car's computer to keep the engine running smoothly and properly.

CARS.COM — Most car owners probably don’t know that their vehicle has a crankshaft position sensor until the engine dies, won’t start or starts running poorly.

All bets are off. A failing crankshaft sensor can create issues including bad gas mileage, poor acceleration, engine starting problems, sudden stalling, and even full-on component wear and tear.

Problems with a crankshaft position sensor can be complete failure, likely caused by the fine wire breaking, or a more frustrating to diagnose intermittent fault that causes the engine to cut out ...

It's designed to provide a signal to the crankshaft position sensor. In case of engine stall, the vehicle may also lose the ability to restart due to the delaminated material.

Another sign that your camshaft position sensor is bad or failing is a failed emissions test. Currently, at least 29 states require emissions tests before you can register your vehicle or renew ...

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 58,000 vehicles, including model-year 2014-18 Ram 1500 pickup trucks equipped with 3.0-liter diesel engines The Problem: The crankshaft position sensor tone wheel ...

This paper describes a dual-track magnetic crankshaft and camshaft position sensor configuration. It uses semiconductor sensors such as magnetoresistors to pick up the magnetic flux modulation created ...

In our case we had an early (2005-'06) LS2 that had a front-mounted cam sensor and a 24x reluctor wheel on the crank. The problem is that we wanted to put it into a 2007 Trailblazer SS, which ...