# Crank sensor on a 94 nissan altima

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-sensor-on-a-94-nissan-altima/48544>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, altima\
**Created:** [May 8, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-sensor-on-a-94-nissan-altima/48544 "2010-05-08T15:24:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jaystone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@Jaystone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jaystone)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-sensor-on-a-94-nissan-altima/48544/1 "2010-05-08T15:24:02Z")

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I have found out what the problem is with car but unable to locate the part on the car. Can you help me?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-sensor-on-a-94-nissan-altima/48544/2 "2010-05-08T15:29:05Z")

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The crank position sensor is located inside the distributor. When the crank sensor requires replacement the entire distributor is replaced.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Jaystone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@Jaystone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jaystone)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-sensor-on-a-94-nissan-altima/48544/3 "2010-05-08T15:38:14Z")

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But the part that i got from autozone looks nothing like it. And they don’t list any other parts for that.