Q: Cam shaft sensor
I had recently fixed the bearing to my car and a bit after had to go on the highway for camping , as I was coming back I noticed my wheel had been a little off the power steering wasn't working very well. Late at night that day I was driving around with some friends and halfway down the street my car had suddenly made a thud noise. My check engine , oil ,and battery light had turned on , my engine stopped. I made a quickly turn off the road and to the side. We had our engine checker and I had said my cam shaft sensor had given out. We replaced it the other day and the car is still dead, we had half a tank of gas and also the battery was still fully working.
My car has 197000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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