Why would my Dodge Ram 1500 stall while driving?

Tiny
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Why would my dodge ram 1500 stall while driving and I wait a wile and it starts again could it be a bad crankshaft sensor
Sunday, June 26th, 2011 AT 2:52 AM

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Tiny
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Yup. Crankshaft position sensors and camshaft position sensors often fail by becoming heat-sensitive and will work again after they cool down for an hour or so. Usually there will be a diagnostic fault code stored in the Engine Computer's memory pointing to the circuit with the problem.
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011 AT 3:39 AM

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