P0720 Output shaft speed sensor code?
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P0720 Output shaft speed sensor code?
I just replaced my starter and on my first ride after replacing it the X started to stumble a bit, and then would stall out at almost every stop light. It threw a CE light and I pulled the code P0720. I searched here and it seems most guys say this is a C.O.P. issue. If it is a bad C.O.P. would it stall like that?
I did have the battery disconnected but I made sure the terminals were clean and tight. Is this a coincidence or did I do something while changing the starter?
I did have the battery disconnected but I made sure the terminals were clean and tight. Is this a coincidence or did I do something while changing the starter?
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What was happening with me was the idle would drop and then stall, but I also had the P0722 also. Try some free things first: Clean your IAC and MAF first. If that doesn't do it then I would start looking at COP's.
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Technical Service Bulletin 5-22-08
1998-2005 MULTIPLE VEHICLES - WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING - TEMP GAUGE PEGGED HOT OR COLD - TACH OR SPEEDO BOUNCE - DRIVEABILITY CONCERN - UNEXPLAINED DTC'S
SOME 1998-2005 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A GAS ENGINE THAT USES A COIL-ON-PLUG (COP) SYSTEM MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS DUE TO RF INTERFERENCE ON THE SCP/CAN NETWORK: ABS LIGHT FLASHING, A FLASHING FAIL SAFE COOLING LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHING, INTERMITTENT 'BUMP'(MISS), TEMP GAUGE PEGGING HOT OR COLD, TACH OR SPEEDOMETER BOUNCE, BUCK/JERK AT CRUISE, AND/OR UNEXPLAINED CODES. THERE ALSO MAY BE AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF RPM. PRIOR TO FOLLOWING NORMAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE SYMPTOM, USE TSB 05-22-08 TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A CONCERN WITH A COP. MONITOR POWER BALANCE TO SEE IF A CYLINDER IS DROPPING OUT DURING CONCERN. IF POWER BALANCE CONFIRMS A CYLINDER DROPPING OUT AT THE TIME OF THE CONCERN, PERFORM THE COP STRESS TEST FOR THE SUSPECT CYLINDER'S COIL TO VERIFY INTERNAL COIL SECONDARY FAILURE.
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For the archives, it was a bad C.O.P. as I thought. They replaced coil # 7 and a new plug it it runs great again.
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