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Difficult Fault: Heat-Soak Crank Signal Dropout

A hot restart failed only after a short soak, and the crank signal returned before the vehicle reached the shop.

Communication and warning-light complaints appeared after rain, then faded as a low connector dried.

Key-off current fell normally, then rose in repeatable bursts when a telematics module failed to remain asleep.

The vehicle entered reduced-power mode only on a long grade with trailer load, not during an unloaded road test.

A wheel-speed signal remained clean on a lift but dropped out when cornering load shifted a worn magnetic encoder relative to the sensor.

The replacement converter did not solve an upstream mixture and oil-consumption condition that continued to damage catalyst performance.

Battery replacement restored short-term capacity but did not address a module that kept waking after shutdown.

All coils were replaced even though the misfire remained on one cylinder and a mechanical sealing test had not been performed.

Cooling returned briefly after adding refrigerant, then faded because charge mass was never measured and the leak was not repaired.

The code location led to sensor replacement, but a cracked or contaminated encoder continued to distort the signal once per wheel revolution.