Can You Drive with a Faulty Camshaft Position Sensor?

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DelZoey
07/30/25 12:40am
You cannot drive with a faulty camshaft position sensor. Symptoms of a faulty sensor include: 1. Difficulty accelerating; 2. Ignition failure and unstable idling; 3. Persistent engine warning light; 4. Sudden engine stall during warm operation. The camshaft position sensor is a sensing device, also known as a synchronization signal sensor. Since it can identify when a cylinder's piston is about to reach top dead center, it is also referred to as a cylinder identification sensor. The working principle of the camshaft position sensor is: 1. Collecting the position signal of the camshaft and transmitting it to the ECU; 2. The ECU identifies the top dead center of cylinder 1's compression stroke to perform sequential fuel injection control, ignition timing control, and knock control.
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