Man Down!!!!

Why does it seem that the Crank Position Sensors on TJs seem to go bad a lot? DeJeep Girl just had this problem, MDJeepchic had the problem a year or so ago.....

It sounds like it might be worthwhile to carry a spare one around.

That really sucks that you had a bad experience with a shop. Not all of them are like that. Unfortunately also not all the techs within a shop are of the same decency as well, nor do the service writers allways relay the information accurately. Example Service writer to tech "yeah it wont start, the guy said something about a broken bolt in the Dist." Tech looks it over, makes his diagnosis, gets a parts price list from the parts department, and hands the ticket to the SW and says, I pulled the codes, diag.d the problem as a Map sensor. thats .5 hours diag time, .3 hours to replace the Map sensor. Heres a price on a new dist. its got nothing to do with the problem though, the cap&rotor look brand new also, but heres prices for those also. I also noticed the parking brake doesnt hold the vehicle. Theres some mud underneath, and you know weve been seeing these adjusters stick, so I got you a price on those also, let the customer know. " then the service writer calls the customer, and says, well, I had one of my techs look at it and total is gonna be 500 dollars for parts and labor, now thats for the diagnostic time, to replace the distributor, cap, and rotor and plug wires. The tech said the distributor was damaged, so thats why it needs to be replaced. (doesnt tell the guy about the brakes because he makes the decision that the guy is spending enough already). Customer says ok, I need the vehicle, do the work. It sucks royally but unfortunately it does go down like that sometimes. Its a totally different world looking from the inside out. If you feel they wronged you, talk to the service manager and ask him to explain the repairs. You at least owe that to your dad.

note: the above story is an exagerated example of how things can easily get out of hand.