Q: Really need help

asked by on September 11, 2017

Yes I took my truck to shop today they hooked it to computer it was running bad all the way there they hooked it up it backfired then sputtered and died they said the computer said that the cam and crank didn't get a signal at the same time and they didn't know what was wrong with it. Can you help

My car has 144000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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