# Crank Shaft Position Sensor?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-shaft-position-sensor/46799>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cherokee, jeep, repair\
**Created:** [March 29, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-shaft-position-sensor/46799 "2010-03-29T12:58:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JeepNovice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@JeepNovice](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JeepNovice)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-shaft-position-sensor/46799/1 "2010-03-29T12:58:48Z")

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Yesterday my 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport started to stall/die while I was driving it. I was driving and all of a sudden the engine would just go dead so I would put it into park turn the ignition and it would start just fine. This morning I tried to drive it in to a repair shop but the car would not start. The car turned over but nothing was firing. I had it towed to a shop and they said the issue was with a crank shaft position sensor and that it would cost $300 to replace. Does that sound right?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crank-shaft-position-sensor/46799/2 "2010-03-29T14:02:17Z")

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The price is reasonable. The part alone runs about $100.