Well when I got mine - I thought the small diesel concept was great -
but I had no confidence in Jeep's ability to make it work

so I bought the 100K warranty and for the first few years -
I took all maintenance to the Dealership - not cheap - but from my standpoint
just the cost of properly maintaining the warranty.

and they fixed a fair number of issues on the EGR, hoses, fuel head and after 12 glow plugs - a replacement head (I did pay extra for them to toss on a new timing belt)

I did lift/bumpers - suspension/tranny stuff - but those are normal Jeep things.

I do intent to keep mine until the you can't get parts anymore - but with the Internet and European suppliers - I expect that to be a long time.

I consider the CRD to be one of the unique vehicles that American manufacturers occasionally manage to create
it fills a niche that's been totally ignored by everyone else.

However - and I mentioned this a couple of times - if you're not comfortable working on your own engine - don't buy one.
It's way too expensive to train someone else - and no one in normal maintenance land understands them.

I trained a couple of techs - on Chrysler's dime - I just paid a deductible and then walked back and talked to the techs.......
they were always willing to listen (they don't get much explanation from the STAR help line)

but I estimated up front - that there would be issues and I choose to deal with those
if I wanted to turn the key and ignore everything else - I'd get a Prius.

and personally - I prefer cabernet's

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2005 CRD
stuff
Skeptic quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur

Hear, Hear.

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'06 Khaki Jeep Liberty CRD
65,000 miles
2nd Gen. Fuel Head, 2nd Turbo Charger, 2nd Timing Belt, Reman HD TC, EHM, GDE Full Torque Eco-Tune, 7v Etecno GPs
Blue Samco hoses, because I want people to say, "Here's a guys who knows what he's after."
MAP sensor: clean.
As soon as the CRD reached the limit of the warranty, CEL went on.