Crankshaft Position Sensor

I love my Tacoma but hate that the same part failed 2 time in just over a month and a half. Does not fill me with confidence in the truck that I can depend on it.

 

No one said that the tacoma is junk from a couple of people who experienced the same issue. They just didn't expect something like that to happen at such low mileage, and rightfully so. Isn't part of participating on a forum to discuss issues of a vehicle you have to get advice, etc?

Also, members on this forum make up like 1% of people who actually own tacomas...so if 2 people on here are having the same issue, i'm guessing there may be others who aren't on here.

But like you said, maybe these guys who are experiencing the problem just happened to be unlucky or something.

 

I see cars break everyday with 100 miles or 300,000. Parts fail, it happens

 

Any car can be disabled regardless of age if a crucial part fails. Although the crank shaft sensors as a whole should be considered reliable, not every single one of them installed is perfect.

It's also possible there is a bad batch of sensors from the manufacturer to explain two failed in a row.

 

Looking through this link: http://www.toyotareference.com/guts/tacoma16_engine.pdf

It looks as though the crankshaft position sensor is very close to the exhaust down pipe on the drivers side of the block this may have something to do with the "melted down" analogy. Not a bad read if you are into that kind of stuff.

 

I've been on car boards for years and this is the first time I have heard of a crankshaft position failure? This is not like a hood flutter or wind noise issue. This is a serious safety issue that could put the driver into a position that they can't get out of the way of an oncoming car as the OP stated in another thread.

This needs to be taken very seriously by Toyota before someone gets killed!

 

Google crankshaft sensor failure and you'll see it comes up all over the place for many makes of cars. Failing while accelerating to merge onto the highway is definately a bad time for failure.

Anyone that has one installed could find themselves in the same situation. Just like anyone could have a tire blowout in the same situation.

 

Are you freaking serious. get a life. It not like the truck is going to blow up if the sensor fails. Its not going to quit running going down the road.

 

Wrong. sensor fails, engines shuts down, so lets say I'm going 75 down the freeway and it shuts down. Thats dangerous. You need to chill dude and quit acting like every comment is a dig on your truck.

 

Actually, it's pretty common in some car brands to fail and leave you stranded on the side of the road. It happened with my brother's Mazda while driving on the highway, symptoms were similar to a bad fuel pump where the car suddenly lost acceleration, sputtered and stalled at speed without throwing a CEL. After a few minutes when the car cooled, he was able to get going again to my house where we diagnosed and replaced.

Google Mazda miata crank position sensor and you'll find many symptoms.

 

I do this for a living. Engine will not shut down if the sensor fails. It may not start the next time, but it just wont shut off. I have to deal with ignorant people on a daily basis. why are there so many non-3rd gen owners worried about 3rd gens?

 

is this a mazda forum? A toyota will revert back to other sensors and stay running.

 

What other sensors provide redundancy then to keep it running? Proof that the redundancy is infallable?

Btw, I've owned five Toyota's through the years including a 2016. I don't worry about the sensors failing in my trucks but I certainly understand a single failed part can leave you on the side of the road.

 

multiple camshaft position sensors.

 

Engine can stall, so ya die for a minute, that is dangerous on say a highway at 70 mph or merging, etc. And people are interested because its a tacoma forum, and guess what, most of us have had a few of them, so we like to know what's going on with trucks we may be purchasing in the future as well as help each other, etc. Again relax with your defensive attitude because your coming off as a tool.

Here's a guy who's failed while he was merging on the why:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...nsor-problem-in-the-2016-trd-off-road.404275/

 

Not sure that has anything to do with it, we get your a tech, I work on my vehicles, and sure I have a small fraction of the knowledge you do with these particular engines, but a failure can cause an engine to stall/sputter/cause lack of throttle response and apparently in this guys scenario it did, did you not read his post? Maybe you can explain to us why in this engine it won't or what this guy said is not what happened. Again not saying your wrong, just know that thats a symptom, this guy said it happened to him, maybe something different about these engines otherwise.

 

Like most internet stories, there is always more to the story than what was posted. I'm sure the service writer told the OP it was just a sensor. But from experience, I can tell you there was more of a repair involved.


I apologize for getting pissed off. But when some moron starts spouting off that there should be a recall because a part can fail, it just rubs me the wrong way. Brakes can fail, tires can fail, steering can fail. Should there be a recall on every part?

 

Never said anything about a recall, I just said parts can fail at anytime and leave you stranded. Depending on the situation a part failure can happen putting you in a very dangerous situation and those parts can fail in ANY car / truck, new or old.

It's the risk you accept being a driver.

 

My 2016 Sport is at the dealer now, waiting a week for the sensor to come in, it was also backordered. Had to tow my brand new truck with 5,000 miles on it? BS. I also towed a trailer a few days prior, empty however, and hooked up lights. That is all I did different. The truck was also serviced that very morning at the dealership. I figured they hit the sensor or something damaging it since it seems just to coincidental that ten miles after leaving their shop, it breaks down going up a small hill. I'm going to demand they keep extras on hand at the dealership and try to get an extended warranty. This makes me nervous.

 

The crankshaft position sensor got replaced and now the check engine light came right back on. I took it straight back to the dealer after driving 5 miles from their shop! They determined now that the catalytic converter also went bad due to the sensor causing the engine to run too rich damaging the converter. Back and forth I go! Now they have it another few days. All parts need special ordering apparently and you must wait a long time. So fun. I hope this works. I'm not gonna be happy if I see that check engine light come on again.