# 96 escort 1.9 cam position sensor error

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 19, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331 "2009-04-19T00:03:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mrkton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mrkton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrkton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331/1 "2009-04-19T00:03:26Z")

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I just replaced the head on my escort and now have this error code, i replaced the sensor and have no change. It also is missing a little not sure what to do next. Any help would be great realy don’t want to go to the dealer $$$$.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331/2 "2009-04-19T02:13:57Z")

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The problem could be to the cam position sensor. The wiring, or wire connector, could be faulty.Got multimeter? [http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?partName=Camshaft+Position+Sensor&pageId=0900c152800a8b04&partId=0900c152800a8b04](http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?partName=Camshaft+Position+Sensor&pageId=0900c152800a8b04&partId=0900c152800a8b04)

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**Author:** ![mrkton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mrkton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrkton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331/3 "2009-04-19T02:36:29Z")

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yes i do have a multimeter - i have already replaced the cam sensor.

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**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331/4 "2009-04-20T17:27:40Z")

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Are you absolutely sure that you have gotten the valve timing correct? I am wondering if the ECM is objecting to a mismatch between the crank position sensing and the cam position sensing.

Hope that is it.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-escort-1-9-cam-position-sensor-error/29331/5 "2009-04-20T17:58:12Z")

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The link I left, above, is for using that multimeter (and, preferably, backprobes) to check the wiring and the output signal of the cam position sensor.  
To rephrase, “The problem could be [wiring faults] TO, or FROM the CPS [faults in wiring, or bias voltage fault, if any]”.  
Use multimeter?