Incredibly helpful...

thank you.

Tedolph

 

Glad I saw this post. I don't have service manual and was wondering how to remove the battery tray...

 

Hi everyone, i am new to the forum and need help with my fiat 500 2012.

I did remove camshaft sensor wiring from the connector and forget to write down or take pic. Of wires order.
Can any one take and send me pic. Of the camshaft sensor wiring,showing wiring order, or just tell me which wire goes with which pin number.

Appreciate the help, and thanks in advance.

 

If you have a P0016-00 Camshaft Assembly error code, replacing or simply cleaning your camshaft sensor may solve your issue.

Steps:
1. Pop off engine cover

2. Remove battery terminals

3. Remove ecm cables

5. Remove battery

6. Remove the two bottom screws holding down the battery tray

7. Simply move the battery tray aside, you don't need to disconnect the ground cable

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6. Locate the camshaft sensor and remove the connector/plug

7. Remove the camshaft sensor with a 10mm wrench (You might need pliers as there's hardly any space! )

8. Make sure to clean the camshaft sensor connector/plug with electrical parts cleaner spray to avoid connection issues!

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10. Repeat the steps in reverse order and your done!

Great pics and description. It took me an hour to remove that tiny bolt and only about 10 minutes to put back. Replaced crankshaft sensor, camshaft sensor, and accelerator pedal sensor. Smoothed out the idle and increased responsiveness (105k miles).

 

Our 0.9 litre TwinAir engine is once again making the mistake with the engine control light and sporadic, unpredictable emergency running. 1.5 years ago, after months of troubleshooting by the garage, the same problem was only solved by the tip from the forum "Change camshaft sensor". Just tried to change the sensor. Thanks to the pictures I at least knew where to find it. Unfortunately, the battery holder is not as easy to remove as I had hoped. There are two screws and a nut (central, recessed) to loosen. And various cables and clips on the holder. The vertical part where the ECM plugs are connected has ECM cable holders and an earthing cable. I couldn't get the ECM cable holder loose. After seeing how deep the sensor sits in there and all the cables and wires in front of it, I gave up. 😕 Various cuts from the front sheet metal and the sunlight in front of the house were also demotivating. Let the garage break their fingers. They also installed a part that would break again so quickly. If anyone has any good tips, please post them here.