I got a CEL on the Aero during my last time at the track. When I got home I tried disconnecting the battery to see if it would clear the light and left it overnight. When I went out Friday to fire it up and see all it did was crank over until it timed out and stopped. It didnt even try to fire up. Uh oh... this isnt good. Jerry from LET gave me a couple of things to look at and they were all good. So we figure it is a sensor.

I didnt have an OBD2 reader to check the code so I resovled that and one arrived today. I plugged it in and turned on the key and viola...P0335, crankshaft position circuit.

Here is a picture of the crank shaft position sensor. Evidently a bad one. Note the chip on the face of it. No way to know if that was there from the beginning and was a latent failure waiting for it's time to die or what. Tomorrow I will go down and pick up a new one and get the little monster back on the road.

MikeR

 

All is well in the world again. I picked up the new crank sensor and installed it today. The Aero fired right up and is ready to go to the dyno. All I have to do it get it scheduled. Oh, I have to plug the OBD reader back in, dump the codes and clear the CEL too.

MikeR

 

Good to hear its nothing major and your back on the road.

 

Those Germans have built so much technology into these cars it's actually sort of scary.
I wonder how many possible codes a Crossfire can produce ??
Anyone have any idea ??
I mean there are so many things that can fail it's just plain scary.

 

Fortunately this is an easy fix. Not really cheap though. The sensor runs $129 from Mopar online or my local MB dealer. Napa online carries one for $89 + $5 shipping. Its not a Bosch if that makes a difference.

It is easy to get to and replace right on the back of the engine at the top of the bell housing.

I want to thank AMGJerry again for his assistance in trouble shooting the problem.

MikeR

 

Good to know stuff Mike

Thanks for sharing..

 

rockauto.com has 2 listed for $73.79 and $76.79 thanks for the heads up, I'm sure it's going to be on the list of things that go wrong from sitting around.