Q: Camshaft sensor light

asked by on February 26, 2017

By the time I got home, it was sqeeking and rattling, the camshaft sensor light used to come on and go off b4 it stayed on and then came the rattling noise

My car has 114000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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