P0340 on Chevrolet vehicles A fault in the camshaft position sensor circuit on bank 1

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

Bulletins and campaigns Chevrolet filed with NHTSA whose summary names P0340. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

• PIT5677 Service bulletin
  2019-04-29 · Electrical System
• This Preliminary information communicates the following issues and directs dealership to inspect the engine harness for shorting. Some customers may comment on any of the following concerns: - SES MIL - No Start - No Crank - Engine runs rough - Reduced engine power - Erratic speedo When checking for DTC's any combination may be found: P001A P2B00 P2B01 P2B03 P2B96 P001B P003D P0107 P
• PIP5335C Service bulletin
  2019-06-19 · Engine And Engine Cooling
• This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0340 and P0341 setting at times. Technician should use normal published Service Information diagnostics. If normal Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the concern, inspect for corr
• PIT5677A Service bulletin
  2019-08-26 · Engine And Engine Cooling
• This Preliminary information communicates the following issues and directs dealership to inspect the engine harness for shorting. Some customers may comment on any of the following concerns: - SES MIL - No Start - No Crank - Engine runs rough - Reduced engine power - Erratic speedo - Blown Fuse(s): F46UA, F47UA, F51UA, F78UA, F85UA, F86UA, F87UA, and/or F90UA When checking for DTC's
• PIE0416A Service bulletin
  2017-12-13 · Electrical System
• This engineering informational bulletin ends the need for information from the field on vehicles that have the condition of Malfunction Indicator Lamp Illuminated with DTCs P0335, P0340, or P0365 Set.
• PIP5335A Service bulletin
  2017-08-21 · Engine And Engine Cooling — Exhaust System — Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
• This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0340 and P0341 setting at times. Technician should use normal published Service Information diagnostics. If normal Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the concern, inspect for corr
• PIP5335 Service bulletin
  2015-10-13 · Equipment — Electrical
• This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0340 and P0341 setting at times. Technician should use normal published Service Information diagnostics. If normal Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the concern, inspect for corr
• PIP5553 Service bulletin
  2018-02-02 · Electrical System — Starter Assembly
• This Preliminary information communicatesThe vehicle may have an ses lamp with any of the following DTC P06DA, P06DB, P06DC, P06B6, P06B7, P250A, P0300, P0340, P0341, P0335, P0336, P0641, P0011, P0010, P2088, P2089, and/or P2230. Possible crank no start or a stall. possible wiring jumper harness chaffed at the bolt at the X154 connector on lower left side of the frount cover.
• PIP5335B Service bulletin
  2018-06-12 · Electrical System — Wiring
• This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0340 and P0341 setting at times. Technician should use normal published Service Information diagnostics. If normal Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the concern, inspect for corr
• PIP5553A Service bulletin
  2018-09-11 · Electrical System
• This Preliminary information communicatesThe vehicle may have an ses lamp with any of the following DTC P06DA, P06DB, P06DC, P250A, P0300, P0340, P0341, P0335, P0336, P0641, P0011, P0010, P2088, P2089, and/or P2230. Possible crank no start or a stall. possible wiring jumper harness chaffed at the bolt at the X154 connector on lower left side of the frount cover.
• PIP5482 Service bulletin
  2017-03-06 · Electrical System — 12V/24V/48V Battery
• This Preliminary information communicatesthe steps to diagnose and repair the concern of MIL on with DTC'sP0335 P0340 P0365 set current or in history. The Technician is advised to Perform theBattery Inspection / Test in Service Information using the GR8 /EL 50313 - 20Battery Tester. The Technician will make repairs or release the vehicle based on the results of the testing.
• PIP5482B Service bulletin
  2017-11-21 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
• This Preliminary information communicatesthe steps to diagnose and repair the concern of MIL on with DTC'sP0335 P0340 P0365 set current or in history. The Technician is advised to Perform theBattery Inspection / Test in Service Information using the GR8 /EL 50313 - 20Battery Tester. The Technician will make repairs or release the vehicle based on the results of the testing.
• PIP5482A Service bulletin
  2017-09-13 · Electrical System — 12V/24V/48V Battery
• This Preliminary information communicatesthe steps to diagnose and repair the concern of MIL on with DTC's P0335 P0340 P0365 set current or in history. The Technician is advised to Perform the Battery Inspection/Test in Service Information using the GR8/EL 50313 - 20 Battery Tester. The Technician will make repairs or release the vehicle based on the results of the testing.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Chevrolet and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.