Remove it and test it with an ohm meter.
If your vehicle has a bad sensor the check engine light will come on. Otherwise they should be replaced as recommended by your service manual.
Most problems are a bad wheel sensor, you will have to have the system checked out to see which wheel sensor is bad.
Check the diagnostic codes on your vehicle, if the crank sensor is bad the car's computer should know it. Can't really give more specific information without the make/model of the vehicle in question. if vehicle is equipted w/ a tach. watch tach while cranking, if tach doesnt move while cranking USUALLY means bad crank sensor
A bad sensor can cause the vehicle to shift at the wrong time or not at all.
This is a common issue with these vehicle sit is 99.9% a sure thing that one of your wheel speed sensors is bad. The problem with replacing this is that you mus replace the entire wheel hub assembly on the bad wheel because the sensor is part of the hub assembly.
How can you tell if a crank sensor has gone bad on a 1994 Nissan altima
If you have a bad O2 sensor the check engine light will illuminate. You will then have the codes read by your local auto parts store. The code(s) will lead you to which is the faulty O2 sensor. The auto parts store will now sell you the correct O2 sensor for your vehicle.
Usually when a wheel bearing goes bad, it will begin to make a high pitch noise like a bad humming sound and the sound increases as the speed of the vehicle increases. Take it to a shop and find out if they will check it for you.
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There a a few different ways to tell when a sensor is bad. One way on some sensors, such as temp sensors (or thermistors) is to measure resistance at difference temps to confirm that it is reading correctly, you would have to have the known values for the sensor to compare it to though. Otherwise, you would need diagnostic tools to monitor the sensors while the vehicle is running to know if they are out of range.
more than likely a bad wheel speed sensor
A computer diagnostic test will generally tell you if you have a faulty crankshaft position sensor.