My Camry is an 09, 2.4 SE. 161,000 miles. Under hard acceleration the engine starts to miss kinda like the rev limiter is kicking in but it’s doing it around 3,500-4,000 RPM. I’ve replaced the plugs and coils. Had Advanced auto parts pull the codes and it says my Crankshaft position sensor is bad. I got the sensor, my friend who has an expensive computer that reads the codes said it doesn’t even show the crank sensor being bad that it’s giving a code that the transponder key is bad. Car starts and runs fine until you have to give it a lot of throttle then the CEL and traction and VSC lights come on after it starts to miss.
Has anyone else had this issue? Before I pay $300 for Toyota to make me a new key and program it to the car should I go ahead and swap that crankshaft position sensor? This is the first Toyota that I’ve ever had issues with like this.
Thanks!