total engine stop: faulty cam sensor?
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Burning Brakes
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total engine stop: faulty cam sensor?
The dealer tells me that my recent total power loss and complete engine stop was likely caused by a faulty cam sensor.
Possible?
Seems far fetched to me.
Possible?
Seems far fetched to me.
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From: Long Island
Could be. I dealt with an interesting issue when I had my E55. I had had the car about a week and sitting in bumper to bumper traffic (REALLY hot day) went to move and nothing happened. Looked down and the dash was lit up like a Christmas tree and the car was off.
Turned the key and started right up. Figured I must have "done something" and forgot about it. A month or so later, same thing - really hot, stop and go traffic. Brought it in and there were no codes thrown so the dealer really had no clue.
It went away for a while and did it again. It got to the point where I could tell it was going to shut off. The car just felt different. Fortunately, it never did it while the car was moviong. Reading the AMG boards it seemed as though some other cars had the same issue. They called in a regional tech and replaced the cam sensor. It seemed to do the trick.
Is your car throwing any codes?
Edit - I just read your post about this. Like I said this never happened to me when the car was moving and I never heard a thing. Would look down and the dash was lit up
Turned the key and started right up. Figured I must have "done something" and forgot about it. A month or so later, same thing - really hot, stop and go traffic. Brought it in and there were no codes thrown so the dealer really had no clue.
It went away for a while and did it again. It got to the point where I could tell it was going to shut off. The car just felt different. Fortunately, it never did it while the car was moviong. Reading the AMG boards it seemed as though some other cars had the same issue. They called in a regional tech and replaced the cam sensor. It seemed to do the trick.
Is your car throwing any codes?
Edit - I just read your post about this. Like I said this never happened to me when the car was moving and I never heard a thing. Would look down and the dash was lit up
