Q: Why won't my car start
I took my car to a shop the other day and ran a scan, the car showed that the problem was the Crankshaft Position sensor. I replaced the crankshaft position sensor on the car and it ran fine for a day, now I am back at the same problem. The car makes a static noise and will not crank over even with the new part then smoke comes from where the sensor is, please help.
My car has 117000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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