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Only assembly is done under their control.
I cannot complain about quality or choice of components because all 'general use' improvements I've read about in EU forums are already on this truck. It's not a MB but stands way ahead of what used to be built 10 years ago.
Have you not noticed the red 'Brembo' logo on a disk brake picture of a recent advertisement? It's 'Bosch' on mine and could have been 'Bendix' a few years back.
Sorry to be so long replying to your question about "STAR". STAR is the acronym for the technical/service arm of Daimler-Chrysler and they are the ones who tell the techs what to do, how to do it and what to do it with on warranty issues & TSB's. It's simply an additional stumbling block to rapid resoulution of our problems!!
Thanks,Jeff
It really needs to be relocated.
Here's the link:
Jeep Liberty Diesel Shift Patterns
The Sprinter have a 2.7 5 cylinder engine and is made in 05 just like my CRD. The ? is: Why when I drive both of the vehicle the same way when I pass or accelerate, the Jeep have a cloud of smoke (not black) and why I do the samething to the Sprinter there is no smoke. I buy the same dump diesel at the same station and use the same amount of additive for the lubrication and both have -EGR VALVE- which is the pain of the diesel engine. I welcome yours comments.
I would like to say that the Sprinter engine fuel system is much better calibrated than the CRD. However, the VW TDI smokes on takeoff just like the CRD - smaller engine, less smoke. I find it hard to believe that the TDI is badly calibrated too, but maybe so. Some of it might be calibration.
Black smoke in the CRD diesel is the result of a temporarily rich mixture. There is really no such thing as rich or lean in a diesel like in a gas (mixture ranges from 40:1 to 18:1, roughly). Older diesels would smoke if the injectors were rich but that was relative to the timing of the injection.
Since the CRD and the TDI have "larger" turbos, a temporarily rich mixture is created to spool up the turbos faster than with a less rich mixture and eventually provide more acceleration relative to a "smaller" turbo.
I think the answer to why the Sprinter doesn't smoke is mostly because of the "smaller" turbo and partly better calibration, maybe. Also the 5 cylinder engine in the Sprinter should be a little more efficient than the 4 cyl in the CRD.
If someone knows more I'm sure you will hear it
* smaller and larger refer to turbo design and function more that physical size.
Took it to the dealer and found out for the second time the fan clutch is not working. Part is on order. I thought thru this form that they had fixed this problem. The pulling power over the divide 5 times was great except I had to stop 3 to 4 times on every grade to let the engine cool. They better have it fixed this time.
Not a huge deal but basically if I do not go under there after every excursion those pebbles rattle around banging into everything and I am dropping crap for miles. I guess it would not be a major rig to cover up the opening with a cutout of the same material fastening with screws so it can be easily removed.
One thing I know for sure the CRD will run at a much higher altitude than I can. About 7,500 feet I can't breathe.
Farout
I can say that with the turbo the CRD works great as high as 12,000 feet, which I have had it up to a few times in the Colorado rockies. Turbo lag is much greater at altitude, but after the lag time acceleration is quite strong. It pulls up any highway grade with no problem.
I have noticed more and more books are being printed in Korea and China all the time. I once worked or a long established Christian Publisher. All there printing and assembly was dome here in the USA. Not now, Korea, China,and the truth is the quality is just as good but cost savings are not passed on to the consumer. Our son in law is in the Nursing field and text books made in China were more than $100. for a 200 page book.
Caribou1 have you found a fuel/water filter other than Mopar for your CRD? All I have been able to find is numbers for filters that can not be ordered.
Farout
Our Sport CRD has the tow package.
If anyone has a better suggestion we would appreciate hearing from you.
Farout
While it's not listed in the charts, tongue weight [i] is also an important consideration. The recommended tongue weight is between 10 & 15% of the trailer weight. However, the maximum tongue weight on Class III (The bumper ball) is limited to 500 lbs, and Class IV (The receiver hitch) to 1200 lbs.
This requirement overrides any recommended GTW rating, between 10% and 15% of gross trailer weight (GTW). Additionally, the GAWRs and GVWRs should never be exceeded.
My towing experience is not extensive with the CRD. Boat and trailer weighs 5k+ lbs, 500 lb tongue wt, 26 ft long and streamlined. Recent tow of 20 miles (OZ), computer showed 20.5 mpg. On the longer steep hills needed to be out of overdrive and on the floor to maintain 50 mph. May have been able to maintain better speed but traffic slowed us down to where I was depending on torque rather than horsepower. Also the trailer has surge brakes and the CRD controls the weight quit well.
Travel trailer length confuses me a little. A 25 ft TT might be 27-28 ft long from ball to bumper. How much will the side surface area produce sway in a moderate side wind? When I asked the TT dealers if I could make a purchase based on a towing test they said okay as long as I had proper hitch and electric brake controller installed. Not ready to purchase, yet, but figured to do the test on a moderately windy day to tow cross-wind and into the wind before doing the deal.
Your will probably be getting a TT first and can let us know how it works out.
Obviously this solenoid failure will stop you dead your tracks with no fuel delivery. Anyone know exactly what it does and where they are? Symptoms before the failure were similar to the shudder and power loss others have experianced. They did not give a price for the part, but I know I'm going to want one in the glove box if it will fit.
Our mileage towing is 19. Wind resistance will be your biggest concern.
Farout
If you fill the water tank and add the cords, hoses, and jacks, and extras like air cond, awning, outside chairs, bbq, and the rest of food, clothes, TV, and what nots, before you know it you are at 5,000 lbs or more. I once thought 5,000 lbs was real good, but now I see it's just barely does the job for a couple, say nothing of a 5 person family.
If you find one you feel is really great let us know, and we will do the same for you. maybe someone else will steer us a better direction. Thanks for your post!
Farout
Shortly after purchasing the car, I was told that the car was subject to recall F21 (Reprogramming the BCM) and I verified on the jeep website that this was indeed true. When I took it in for service, I was told that there were two additional RRT's (RRT 06-009 for a steering angle sensor and RRT 06-002 Flash TCM/ECM Torque Conv OP). However, after leaving the car for two days, they were only to perform the recall and the RRT concerning the torque converter. To date, the steering angle sensor RRT has not been performed.
My questions to you guru's are the following:
1) Has anyone noticed the subtle crabbing (rotation about a vertical centerline through the CG of the car) when you hit a bump?
2) My (possibly flawed) understanding is that RRT's are performed only if the car is experiencing problems related to the RRT's. My dealer says that RRT's are pre-recalls and must be performed. What's the deal with this?
3) Where can we get more detail on what was done during the RRT and why it was done? I can't seem to find much information that is available to the public.
4) Anyone know how critical the steering angle sensor RRT is?
5) The service department at my purchase dealer are a bunch of dunces (I was also the "first" Liberty diesel that they had worked on...a clearly unenviable position). I'm considering changing to another dealer for any future work. Is this a major faux pas? Will the new dealer not be particularly responsive?
Thanks for your time!
The unit is 9'6" to the top of the A/C unit and has 54 sq ft frontage. I have a friction sway control, a dead weight hitch (250# tounge) and the Goodyear ST tires. Junk the Goodyears and get something with a stiffer sidewall most all of my sway comes from the tires, it feels like floating on water. The CRD will pull the trailer but the longer hills it will slow down to 45 - 50 and the temp will go up if you keep your foot into it. I just slow down and keep the engine running 2500-2600 rpm to pull hills, it doesn't seem to heat up like this.
Just watch how much weight you place in the trailer and keep it under the CGVW. Remember the 5000# towing capacity is including weight in the vehicle like people other than the 150# driver, fine print in towing specifications. I have been thinking about changing the drive gears out and having 4.10:1 gears installed as it should downshift when going over an overpass, and should pull hills better.
When we got our trailer we looked at ones that were under 3000# when empty, but the added options and is went up to just over our target weight.
We use our trailer mostly in Ohio which is flat compared to other areas, but southeast Ohio has a few hills and I never had a problem getting over any of them, it not a big block V-8 or even a small block V-8, but it does well, just needs more horsepower. :surprise:
Look at this link, sleeps (5) and is http://www.zoom-rv.com/
this just cam out in June this year and is a 2007 model. This is what I have.
zoomy2 :shades:
crackchaser: my experience is you will find diferent faces...same brains.
Well, you would think, wouldn't ya, Zoomy2? The measurement you refer to is the overall length. Most of the TTs that I have looked at have a model number that refers to the length of the cabin, sort of (some are a little optimistic with their measurements). And, that is different from the overall length.
Anyway, that is not what confuses me most. What is DC most worried about when specifying a 25 ft maximum trailer length? Side surface area, that gets blasted by wind, or overall length. Example, some trailers have a bumper that is close to the cabin and some have a bumper that sticks out another 8 or 10 inches. I doubt the extra 8 or 10 inches sticking out would affect towing much, yet it implies a longer trailer than it really is, sort of. My last round of looking will include a long tape measure for sure.
My fuel/water filter cartridge (and probably yours as well) is manufactured by Parker-Racor under the reference "R20S". I purchased two of them for practically the cost of one Mopar filter here. I paid the equivalent of 28 USD each including tax and delivery.
When comparing the two filters you see the manufacturing is identical, so are the instructions and recommendations of use. Mopar is grey, Parker-Racor is beige. Both use the same font size and style as well
If you read financial reviews, you will find that Parker supplies Chrysler marine diesel filters :shades:
Why would they change their supplier knowing the common rail technology requires expensive 2 micron filtration?
By the way, I kept my old Mopar filters in the garage for the sake of discussion
Farout
Saw Aliner folding insulated small campers in Ft Worth some time back. Aliner, Columbia Northwest, Inc. Mammoth, PA.
The line above is sort of confusing. Could you please clarify?
Really didn't plan on posting anymore, and it was a 2fer. One about the Aliner and one for you. We have yet to test drive our choices but like a lot of places this weekend it will be above 100 degrees and not much fun.
Farout
I have left this baord to hang out on another one but thought I would give you an update on my tranny woes that created such concern. It has now been more than 2 weeks since the tranny blew on my 05 CRD sport with 20,500 miles (9 months old). As I stated in previous posts the battle with DCX and local dealer was a very bad experience taking 2 days of my time and 1/2 a day off work. Finally I got to someone who cared after I had to prove to them there really was a problem. Since then, the vehicle has been in their parking lot (undriveable) and a wrench still hasn't been turned to fix it yet. I called yesterday and they said they are still waiting on the parts (said they would be here last Friday) and it could be several days before they arrive. Once they arrive they are looking at 2 days to repair it. This will mean the vehicle should be ready first of the week (next week) which will be a total in shop time of 3 weeks. The only reason I'm not hopping mad anymore is I have bought another vehicle to replace the CRD. The manager said that they will be putting all new "updated" parts in (larger cooler and updated pump). How do you really know? I hope for all of you that they get a fix for this thing that doesn't require tearing your tranny's down on a new vehicle. They know there is a problem with them.
They also know there is a problem with the steering - did you see the recall of all 02-06 Liberty's on the news today? Steering failure issue.
I checked in the repair manual and the egr actuator should be wired directly onto the ECU. Is there something new to make it a bit more unreliable?
I really feel bad for you having to go through all these issues. When I joined this forum I simply thought you would all be discovering a fantastic engine; unfortunately the stricter emissions regulations made it become quite different :sick:
I am hoping my CRD is one of the best ones made, because I for one can not afford to change vehicles for a good long while, I am stuck, and hope it turns out to be a good vehicle. With V M Motori's reputation it would seem it should be a good engine. The problem is poor technical training and lack of experience of making the ECU and PCM do everything short of turning the starting key on.
Today they have announced a recall for 832,000 jeep Liberty"s steering. I am thinking this may well be ball joints. I had mine checked two weeks ago. Our Liberty is in the body shop, a deer hit and and did $2,400. in damages. While they are replacing all this front end plastic, I asked how much more a chrome grill would cost? Imagine only $2.00 ! So we maybe the only CRD Sport in our area with a chrome grill. My wife really missed that from having the Limited we traded in on this CRD.
Still no ULSD here in Missouri, and diesel fuel is $3.109 a gallon, high for us, cheap for you. Drive carefully.
Farout