2001 GT-Trac off light comes on and tach dies

[corgiguy]

Intermittently when I am driving the trac off light comes on and the tachometer dies. Sometimes when this happens the engines dies and cannot be started for several minutes. Took it to a dealer who found nothing wrong with it. Any help would be appreciated.

[stlwagon]

Sounds like the crank position sensor is failing.

[caruch6392]

actually that is the EXACT problem. i had the same symptoms for a while actually. and then FINALLY the computer threw a code that my crankshaft position sensor was gone.....i wouldn't mess around with anything else but that. go to the place you have you car fixed and order one in. i took mine to goodyear and it was about $220 bucks installed. it's not cheap but it's b/c of the odd placement of the sensor



HASN'T STALLED SINCE. i've had the new sensor for months now and still going strong.

[jjolt]

Definitely Crank Shaft Positioning Sensor needs to be replaced. Easy to do, just takes a little time. Pull right front wheel, remove plastic schroud attached to frame, remove bolt in ctr of harmonic balancer, using harmonic balancer puller-remove balancer, remove plastic protector over sensor and then replace Crank Shaft Sensor