Car is unable to start up after running a few miles when engine is hot

80,000 MILES • 2.5L • V6 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JOETABALYA
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when left a while say 2 hours it is able to start up easy.
Nov 4, 2019 at 2:46 PM
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KASEKENNY
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The most common cause of this is a crank sensor. These are called hall effect sensors and when they get hot they fail and then when they cool down it starts working again.

Here are a couple of guides that gets into more detail:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/symptoms-of-a-bad-crankshaft-sensor

Unfortunately we don't have a manual for your vehicle so I can't give more specific information but I would replace the crank sensor and then retest. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks
Nov 5, 2019 at 10:19 AM
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