Q: car won't crank

asked by on March 01, 2017

I've replaced fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator, and crank sensor. Getting plenty of fuel pressure. My next thing to check is the cpu. Is there anything else that I can replace that might be the problem before I spend the money for cpu?

My car has 300000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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