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    My grand cherokee recently started cranking over a long time before it would start. It was throwing a code p0335 which is the crank position sensor. I replaced it with a sensor from carquest and it is still doing the same exact thing with the same code. I then replaced the cam position sensor just in case because I heard they were tied into the same circuit. Still the same thing, same code. The car is starting hard, and staying in what I believe is limp mode (won't run on 8 cylinders, won't shift to OD, traction control stays off) It's a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 5.7L Hemi. Any ideas? Think I should try another crank sensor? I tried undoing the connection to the battery to reset the ecm but that did nothing. I checked the codes via a hand reader, as well as using the key and display method. Both times it said the same code. Any ideas? I don't want to take it in.
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    How long did you leave the battery disconnected? Takes at least 10 minutes before the ECM will reset itself.

    Another possibility, though it'll usually show a code for this is low voltage (usually an old/bad battery is the cause). Low voltage will cause all kinds of crazy stuff to happen (trip codes, relays, lights/locks/etc to randomly go off/on).

    How are the battery terminals? Again, corroded terminals can cause goofy stuff to occur.

    Another possibility is a dirty terminal/wire harness connection elsewhere...when you disconnect the battery, try diconnecting the PCM/ECM and seeing that the connections are clean.

    There is a possibility that it's not that the sensors are bad, but are absolutely right...there have been some hemi's that have had excessive wear of the cam sprockets/gear go bad, leaving the cam/crank timing "off" from each other...though I'm not familiar with the symptoms these cases would result in.
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    grand cherokee problem

    Has the fuel filter ever been changed?

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    Fuel filter has never been changed. Think that would be a cause of my code?

    Battery terminals are super clean. I will have the battery tested. I really hope it's not the sprockets/gear.
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    Also look at the connection itself to the crank position sensor...if their is any corrosion/dirt/etc or broken wires there....
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    Leaking fuel pressure regulator (if it has a vacuum regulator) or possibly a leaking injector? Sounds like maybe it's loosing fuel pressure and it takes a bit of cranking to get the fuel pressure back where it needs to be and the extended cranking could cause the crank sensor code to trip. I think it should run on all eight in limp in mode. It may not be running on all eight, but don't assume the ECM is making it run that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loud91rs View Post
    Fuel filter has never been changed. Think that would be a cause of my code?

    Battery terminals are super clean. I will have the battery tested. I really hope it's not the sprockets/gear.
    I am not sure what could be causing your code, your symptoms sound similar to what I experienced with my GCL. No codes were thrown, however the fuel pressure was very low.

    Check your fuel pressure at the rail.

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    Found the issue. It took some digging but one of the wires was broken. I am back up and running. Thanks guys!
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    Where was the wire broken at? Near a source of heat? Over a sharp bend? Near the connection?
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    I see you fixed it but for future reference an easy way to see if the crank/cam sensors are working. Hook up a scan tool that has viewable data and see if you have a rpm reading on the scan tool.

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