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Can a bad camshaft sensor affect the way your car shifts?

Updated: 12/23/2022
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no the camshaft has nothing to do at all with the transmission. your cams main function is to let air and fuel into the combustion chamber and then let the gasses [exhaust] out.

In some engines the cam sensor only moniters the engine for cylinder misfires.

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