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

Tiny
JOETABALYA
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  • 2008 TOYOTA CROWN
  • 2.5L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 80,000 MILES
When left a while say 2 hours it is able to start up easy.
Monday, November 4th, 2019 AT 10:46 PM

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Tiny
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
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 AT 6:19 PM

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