Hi guys i have a Jeep sport 1998 the problem is that it turns off while it sits in traffic and gets around 210 people say it is the crank sensor but in the reading it came out it was the temperature sensor what that make the jeep turn off?

Asked by JEEP1998 Jun 13, 2012 at 08:58 PM about the 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4-Door 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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If your idle drops really low, then it shuts off I'd say it's the crank position sensor. If it is idling fine one second, then dies the next, then I couldn't tell ya.

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