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Old 08-25-2010, 07:30 PM
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Once it does it, stop and pull them from the cluster. When the light goes on and off, that means it is an intermittent problem. In your case, it's pretty obvious though.
 
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Old 08-25-2010, 08:42 PM
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exactually what happened to mine the light came on and than went off. Actually mine was the wiring to the tranny and the camshaft sensor. The wiring just made the plugs and wires and camshaft sensor all go bad. Hopefully yours is what went wrong with mine. Did not cost much seeing we did it our selves. I think like 300 bucks for everything even the alternator went bad.
 
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Old 08-31-2010, 09:53 AM
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ALRIGHT!!! **** UPDATE ****

Start my car this morning and the engine light is back! Did the thing and the codes are;

P 0301 AND P 0340

Any one have any idea what these mean? How do I find out what these codes mean?
 
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Old 08-31-2010, 10:34 AM
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P0301 is a misfire in cylinder 1. P0340 is the camshaft position sensor circuit.
 
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I knew it same problem as mine if you fix the camshaft sensor I am pretty sure both codes will go away and your ride will be better than ever. Besure to check the wiring to the camshaft sensor goes bad sometimes like mine did.
 
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You need to check everything. It is something in the entire circuit, not necessarily just the sensor.
 
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Thats what it said and mine was the sensor and the wiring most of the time thats what it ends up being.
 
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Could also be the crankshaft sensor also sometimes shows up camshaft but really the crackshaft.
 
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I am having the same problem with my 2003 stratus. The mechanic has had it for 3 weeks and still can not figure it out. The code that it is reading out is p0344 but when the mechanic had it he replaced the crankshaft sensor and cam shaft sensor cheked all the electrical line between there and the computer and even replaced the computer but I can still not accelarate my car past 2500 rpms. I have the car in my backyard again and really need it to run please help!!!
 


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