Anyone else? Crank Shaft Position Sensor problem in the 2016 TRD Off Road

Supposedly mid 2016 on has the new sensor. no verified reports of any 2017s with a failure that I know of. keep us posted.

 

Hi, we had the same problem with less than 10k miles

 

Thanks.

 

Almost identical experience.

2nd tow truck trip to dealer in 2 days.

19,000 highway miles.

Going to get a loaner and chat with the service writer who assured me that all was well.

 

Mine failed going 75 mph on interstate.

Almost got killed on the side of the bridge while I was stalled.

 

That really sucks. I have a spare in the glove box, but I'm thinking it is difficult to install when you are traveling over three miles an hour...

 

I wish there was a know hard cut over date. I'm tempted to go pull mine to see it's a newer version or not.

 

I'll throw this out there for anyone with a similar problem.

I decided to replace my sensor as a preemptive measure. I had difficulty removing the electrical connector. It's covered by a rubber boot and it's hard to move the boot out of the way because the boot is taped to the harness. I ended up damaging the wires where they entered the connector but the damage was hidden by the rubber boot.

After I put the new sensor in, the check engine light came on so I thought I might have a bad new sensor. I put the old sensor back in and still had the check engine light. I figured that the only other thing that I touched was the wiring so I opened up the harness and found the damage.

My first attempt to repair the damage was unsuccessful so I ended up buying a new plastic connector (part # 90980-12353) and new terminals (part # 82998-24250). The terminals are the metal pins inside of the connector. The replacements had a short length of wire already crimped to the metal pins. I assembled the new terminals into the new connector and spliced the new wires into the wires on the truck (no easy task given the location).

All is well now but a huge pain to say the least. Post # 50 mentioned getting a new harness along with their new sensor so maybe this is not uncommon. It could explain why a truck is still having problems after getting a new sensor.

 

Thanks for this information. To be honest I hate those little connectors, they always seem to be difficult. This is the main reason I have not changed mine out yet.

Could you have removed the tape and slid the boot out of the way first? Then re-taped it when done? Just trying to think of an easier way to complete this replacement.

 

Yes, I would recommend trying to free up the boot to be able to slide it out of the way first. There is also some heat shielding tape to deal with and none of it is very accessible due to the location.

 

Here is a picture of the damaged wires and the repair. Trust me, you don't want to have to do this.

 

Damn, you really fucked up them wires huh. Some people are just better off leaving it to the professionals...

 

Once you get down to the connector what do you have to do to actually have to do to release its lock before you give the final pull?

 

simple press connector -->https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-failure-in-2016s.442304/page-9#post-13606197

 

The tip of the pencil in this picture is the exact spot that you need to press to release the lock.
You can see the lock above it in the picture. It's on the side closest to the converter.

 

Same question here too. The heat shrink looks great.

 

I think he was inferring the initial attempt at swapping the sensor which caused the repair.

 

Thanks for posting the picture. It helps.