Car starts intermittently

Tiny
WIKDWILLY
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  • 2002 ACURA TL
  • 3.2L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 217,000 MILES
Car cranks and will start occasionally. Usually in warm weather it will start. When the weather is cold then it usually will not start. The problem is the spark plugs are not receiving the pulsating signal. Anyone have any suggestions on how to correct this?
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 AT 1:16 PM

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Tiny
KASEKENNY
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This sounds like a crank sensor issue.

Here is a video on no start conditions which talks about the crank sensor as well:

https://youtu.be/dCjmRL3p4Cs

Next is a guide that talks about the issues with crank sensors.

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

Unfortunately, there is no one issue that will cause this but the fact that temp seems to affect it and you are not getting spark, this is what I would start with.
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