So my wife called me a few days ago saying her (she appropriated my crossfire, giving me the kia soul) car wouldn't start. She tried turning it on just one more time and it did. I told her to go home and she made it there safe. When I got home I plugged into the OBD2 port and got the trouble code P0335. Looked that up on Google and saw it was the crankshaft position sensor. Great.... now what????

My father always said, if you don't know how to do the job, pay someone who does. And with that mentality, I started calling some garages around town and they wouldn't touch the Crossfire. Weird but not unheard of. I called the Chrysler dealership in town and they told me they would work on every Chrysler except the Crossfire. They just don't want to deal with the vehicle. That's just messed up... So I called up the dealership that actually helped me out in the past and actually gave me a free wheel when they said it was cracked but not warrantyable. They felt bad for me for some reason and did the warranty anyway; but that's a different story for another day. This time, they were in full on "time to screw this guy over" mode. They said the part was $200 and labor would be about $600-$700. That's quite a variance. Plus I can't just drop that kind of cash. I'm married and the wife says "my money is my money and your money is my money" so this guy (pointing to myself) got no money.

I got on the forum and found everything I needed. Got the Bosch part from Amazon, and the torx socket from an AutoZone in town. When the part arrived, I went to work as the procedure didn't seem difficult. Taking the old sensor out didn't seem too bad. Putting that new one back in took most of the time. I couldn't really see what I was doing very well since it was night out there. The bolt did fall, but I was able to retrieve it from under the car. Lucky, I suppose... After everything was in its place, I turned the car on.... wait, it started up?! you mean I did this right? Eyes went straight to the OBD2 scanner. No trouble codes. A wave of accomplishment washed over me. My wife's pocket book is still intact. The stealership has been defied yet again.

This was probably an easy fix for those here at the forum, but this was very significant for me. I wanted to thank all of you guys who unknowingly helped me out. Oh I didn't forget to set the clock. Wifey definitely would have reminded me to fix it otherwise.