Tonight, I am going to attempt to replace the crankshaft position sensor A on my wife's Altima. Stalled last night when she was driving home from work on the train tracks. I have seen a couple threads talking about special tools required. Any help before I get started would be great. I am not a mechanic, but I have installed mods and replaced parts when needed.
Update-Just like I thought, the location of this sensor is elusive. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. The picture obtained from AutoZone was incorrect.
Modified by dgold5201 at 4:40 AM 10/2/2007
2005 Altima 2.5 - Crankshaft Position Sensor A Replacement - Help Needed
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cowboy0203
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Re: 2005 Altima 2.5 - Crankshaft Position Sensor A Repla ... (dgold5201)
Did you ever get any help on this? I am trying to do the exact same thing to my wife's car that stalled on her and my 6 month old son on the highway and I cam having a heck of a time finding it!!!!
Re: 2005 Altima 2.5 - Crankshaft Position Sensor A Repla ... (xeene)
My wife '03 2.5 Altima also been stalling. There is no recall for this, even though it is common. Nissan did have a recall to reprogram the ECM to help eliminate the issue but that does not prevents the crankshaft sensor from going bad. I need help finding a service location in the Houston area that can do this economically.
I went to Autozone over the Labor Day weekend and loaned out a code scanner and it came back with P0335 Code for the Crankshaft Position Sensor malfunction. I bought part#SU6364 which is the new metal/aluminum casing for around $22. I replaced it but found out I replaced the wrong thing which is the CAM Sensor located in the front of the engine. So the problem did not go away. Since both CAM & Crankshaft Sensor use the same part#, I bought another sensor but now I'm stuck as the crankshaft sensor is impossible to get to. I wasted an hour trying to locate it in the rear of the engine and tried to remove the harness/wire but it was immpossible. Even if I was able to remove the wire, getting the bolt on and off will be another challenge. So I gave up.
I called around the dealers today and they wanted anywhere between $350 to $500 to replace. This is rediculous. Anybody know where I can replace this for cheap in the Houston area?
Any help will be appreciated. THX
I went to Autozone over the Labor Day weekend and loaned out a code scanner and it came back with P0335 Code for the Crankshaft Position Sensor malfunction. I bought part#SU6364 which is the new metal/aluminum casing for around $22. I replaced it but found out I replaced the wrong thing which is the CAM Sensor located in the front of the engine. So the problem did not go away. Since both CAM & Crankshaft Sensor use the same part#, I bought another sensor but now I'm stuck as the crankshaft sensor is impossible to get to. I wasted an hour trying to locate it in the rear of the engine and tried to remove the harness/wire but it was immpossible. Even if I was able to remove the wire, getting the bolt on and off will be another challenge. So I gave up.
I called around the dealers today and they wanted anywhere between $350 to $500 to replace. This is rediculous. Anybody know where I can replace this for cheap in the Houston area?
Any help will be appreciated. THX