Died while driving down the road

Asked by GuruLKVBY Apr 17, 2019 at 02:07 PM about the 2012 Dodge Avenger V6 SE FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

What would cause my 2012 dodge
adventure to die and not crank back after
hours of setting

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20

Why does my 2011 Dodge Avenger keep dying while I’m in mid traffic I’ve changed everything u can think off in this car and I’m only 18 got my own place car and nice job and this car is putting through hell I wanna keep it but it’s my first car and it’s really good until it dies and to answer a lot of everyone questions I found if u take your intake out and let it cool down for 10 min don’t start it or try put everything back on start it and you’ll make it back home or whatever u go but let it cool down that’s a big trick for mine plz help

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This has happened multiple times for me, and the fix has been the same twice now in the last year. A faulty CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ($15 @ O'reilleys or autozone). Car would continue to die mid flight and refuse to start after until sitting for 20 minutes and sometimes would take a day. Would go from running perfect to stuttering and once turned off, would not turn back over. I guess this is a common issue and most symptoms point to this. It is a cheap and easy fix, 30 minutes of work and 3 bolts. Try pulling the codes and see if it has thrown this at all in the past. Hope this helps.

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