Duralast Cam Position Sensor w/ Story (-2)
Duralast Cam Position Sensor w/ Story (-2)
My Story:
So my gf gets home from work today and tells me her CEL came on and the car was driving strange and almost died. Being the well trained gf that she is, she also told me it threw a P0340, which immediately rang a bell for me. A quick visit here confirmed the code as being the same CPS code that we'd both had on our cars before, and both at around 30k miles. They both got Duralast replacements from Autozone, per recommendation from members here. (I originally wanted to go OEM but was told that the design hadn't been updated). At any rate, the Duralast unit lasted almost exactly as long as the OEM, if not a few thousand LESS. Very disappointing!
The Results:
-OEM CPS= 30k miles
-Duralast CPS = 30k miles
Can anyone recommend a different brand that's known to last MORE than 30k miles?
So my gf gets home from work today and tells me her CEL came on and the car was driving strange and almost died. Being the well trained gf that she is, she also told me it threw a P0340, which immediately rang a bell for me. A quick visit here confirmed the code as being the same CPS code that we'd both had on our cars before, and both at around 30k miles. They both got Duralast replacements from Autozone, per recommendation from members here. (I originally wanted to go OEM but was told that the design hadn't been updated). At any rate, the Duralast unit lasted almost exactly as long as the OEM, if not a few thousand LESS. Very disappointing!
The Results:
-OEM CPS= 30k miles
-Duralast CPS = 30k miles
Can anyone recommend a different brand that's known to last MORE than 30k miles?
Last edited by OB on Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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For any component like that I personally opt for the bwd (borg Warner) brand, most of the chain stores carry them and they are made in the usa, as well as carrying a lifetime warranty. Its usually a bit more expensive but well worth it.
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definately go with the borg warner part, iirc it comes with a lifetime warrenty, no questions asked...gtxtreme19 wrote:For any component like that I personally opt for the bwd (borg Warner) brand, most of the chain stores carry them and they are made in the usa, as well as carrying a lifetime warranty. Its usually a bit more expensive but well worth it.
i can get you pricing on it as well if you shoot me a text tomorrow.
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On NGC cars, they are worked a lot harder. I have 172,000 on my '01 oem CPS.
The NGC cam magnets have more than twice as many pole switches IIRC. While there are no moving parts in the sensor, it still seems to fail more so on '03 up cars.
The NGC cam magnets have more than twice as many pole switches IIRC. While there are no moving parts in the sensor, it still seems to fail more so on '03 up cars.
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Very true, and a decent theory to go with it.
Had my parts guy get me one through Motorcraft, made by Standard. Gonna throw it in later on tonight.
Had my parts guy get me one through Motorcraft, made by Standard. Gonna throw it in later on tonight.
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Yep... Duralasts are junk. I put one in around 40k then again around 55k. Only because it has a lifetime warranty... not because I enjoy changing them.
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Well what do you know, now MY car is throwing 0340 again, and I'm at 58k. Wow it's like clockwork. That's two autozone sensors failed on two diff cars in almost the exact same amount of mileage. I think it's safe to say they're junk and it's no coincidence. Back to the drawing board.
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Yeah if you're getting any of the cam codes its almost guaranteed to be the sensor itself. After resetting my battery mine has been driving fine with no CEL or anything, but then again I only drive the car once a week or so. Sometimes they fail once and are good for weeks before a repeat, sometimes they fail and never work again until fixed.
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Are Borg Warner's still the way to go?
My Wells appears to have died after 4 years/12000ish miles. It took 3 long cranks to finally get it to pop to life, then the CEL came up. Checked it to find P0340.
My Wells appears to have died after 4 years/12000ish miles. It took 3 long cranks to finally get it to pop to life, then the CEL came up. Checked it to find P0340.
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Just to update, I finally replaced the failing Duralast with a Napa Echlen version last week. So far so good, but only time will tell (30k miles seems to be the magic number). Out of the two 05's we have, both have burned through two CPS each, and those have literally been the ONLY problems in over six years of owning the cars. Can't complain, I can swap these things in about 15 mins and they're less than $30. These cars are damn reliable.
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If the OE sensor design was updated, I would. The way I see it, both my cars lost the OEM sensors in 30k or less miles, so putting the exact same ones in doesn't make much sense. Even if they're all the same, good for 30k, why buy the more expensive OE version when the aftermarket ones have the same lifespan for close to half the price? I'm just glad that the only revolving failure on these cars only costs me about $30 every 2 years. I've pretty much tossed them into the maintenance category at this point.
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