The symptom will be no spark. If the problem with the camshaft sensor is intermittent, the engine may stall from time to time. If the failure is "solid," the engine will not start. A pulse from this sensor is required for the engine to run.
RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE NEAR CRANK PULLY
Both the CAM and Crank sensor are on the front of engine. The cam semsor is to the right and held in with two smaller screws. It is actually a sealed Hall Sensor device but pretty easy to change.
Crank shaft sensor need replaced or cam shaft sensor
check your cam shaft sensor
One symptom of a bad crank shaft sensor is the car having trouble starting. The car stalling and backfiring are other symptoms of a bad crank shaft sensor.
Cam shaft sensor is located under the power steering pump on the block
I believe it is the "key way" that lines up the balancer on the shaft.
under the crank pulley, right side of car under front of engine
The camshaft sensor is behind the water pump pulley and the crank sensor is mounted just above the crank pulley(dynamic balancer). If the crank sensor is bad . The car will simply DIE. If the cam sensor is bad it will simply not have sequential injector firing and driveability and MPG will be affected.BOBAnswerwhen the water pump pulley is removed you can see a sensor with 3 wires going to it at the top side of the crank shaft pulley. you might be able to see it with a flashlight and a mirror without removing anything. hope that's the right sensor.
it is to the right side of the crank shaft pulley it will have a connector to it held on by two bolts. you have to pull the crank pulley first. use a three hole puller, called a chicken foot, because it looks like a chicken foot. there will be little holes in the face of the pulley. the bolts needed will be 6mm about 4in long. the pulley will come off, remove the plastic piece covering the sensor and replace. do not pry on the pulley, it is easy to bend the teeth behind it, and it must be able to pass through the ridges on the new sensor. make sure it is the crank sensor you need to change before doing all this and not the cam shaft sensor, just above the crank sensor, they will both give the same problem. No spark. good luck.
It is mounted on the throttle shaft usually on the other side from the throttle cables. It has a three wire connector plugged into it.
The VSS is located on the transmission bell housing, on the passenger side near the output of the drive shaft there will be a wiring harness plugged into it