jwingender

well i just google it and found the location on 2.4 engine and if your local dodge dealer doesn't know where it is then you need to go to a different dealership they should be able to help you ,check with the parts guy at the dealer they usually have books with diagrams to help you ....good luck

Well I have also googled the hell out of this. The problem is you search for dodge journey and 80% of what comes back isn't dodge journeys at all. Then what is labeled as dodge journey isn't always a picture for one. They are just mislabeled. Then for the pictures that actually look like my engine, the part is not anywhere near where the diagram says it should be.

Example: http://my.jetscreenshot.com/demo/20160703-kkzd-229kb

So this diagram says it is beneath the engine on the passenger side (as I see it), while the directions i got from Dodge and the ones linked in the thread both say it is on the driver side of the engine beneath the air cleaner...

And this is why I'm so confused. Ugh

2.4L

The Crankshaft Position Sensor is in the rear of the engine block near the transmission.

1. Remove the engine cover (1)

Thank you for the quick response! So quick in fact that I was unable to post again on my computer (op was from my phone so brief) with more details on my situation. The problem now is these directions are an exact match for the ones I got from the Dodge dealership. I took them home and followed them, taking off the engine shield and removing the air cleaner. Then I hit a wall in that there is no heat shield beneath the air cleaner. Not only is there no heat shield in the way, but there is also nothing that looks like the CPS sticking out of the engine/transmission here. Maybe it is there and I am missing it? I will post again with a picture of this area ASAP if that will help.

So I need to replace the crankshaft position sensor in my 2012 Dodge Journey SE with a 2.4L engine, but I cannot for the life of me find the thing on the engine to do so. I have asked Autozone and O'Reillys as well as the mechanics at my local Dodge dealership. I have also scoured the Internet, exhausting all results from Google and Youtube. Sadly, I have also asked anyone that should be "in the know" as well. This part just does not want to be found! Any help would be greatly appreciated as my wife and I are borrowing my mothers car until this is fixed. Running everybody back and forth from work and whatnot with three kids in tow is not fun.