This is going on too long. Before you get more wrapped around the axle with confusion, stop everything and find a mechanic with a Chrysler DRB3 scanner. With an extra plug-in card, they will do emissions-related stuff on every brand of car sold in the U.S. Starting with 1996 models, so a lot of independent shops bought them. The dealer will have a couple of them too, but they started becoming obsolete on a few 2004 models, and all models by 2009, so the dealer's will be packed away. I have my own to use on all of my vehicles.
This scanner lists the crankshaft position sensor and the camshaft position sensor under the "Inputs/Outputs" menu with a "No" or "Present" during cranking to denote whether their signals are showing up at the Engine Computer. At this point we are all assuming the cause of the no-start is the crank sensor, and no other tests have been done. This scanner also has a "No Start" menu that lists the exact reason the Engine Computer is unhappy and it will verify the automatic shutdown, (ASD) relay is not being turned on. If you should find the ASD relay is being turned on during cranking, that would prove the crank sensor is working and we have to look at the other possible causes of the no start.
A lot of independent shops are now using one of Snapon's scanners for newer vehicles. I bought one of those for my newer truck, but I have not bought the adapter cables for my older vehicles yet, so I do not know if that will show those two sensors or how their status during cranking is displayed. I am recommending the DRB3 for this because I know how it works for this type of problem.
Thursday, June 7th, 2018 AT 9:52 PM