I'll be moving from MD to NY next month. CRD's are not sold in NY and none of the local NY dealerships have anyone qualified to work on my CRD.

How would you guys deal with this problem?

Would you:

1. Take your chances with a Jeep dealer.

2. Find a VW mechanic who will work on CRDs.

3. Find a local diesel shop to work on the CRD.

Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

If the dealer does Dodge, too, then they may have someone in the service department certified for diesel work.

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Thanks,
Ken Jennings
2006 KJ Limited 4x4 CRD, Option Pkg G, Lt. Khaki, Built 1 Feb 2006
Tow Package for myself, EVIC TPM
Side Curtain Airbags for my daughter
http://www.kenjennings.cc/crd/dieselexp.html

drive to Jersey or Ct where there is a CRD tech.

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2005 Liberty CRD Limited
Light Khaki

Last I heard from my dealer the CRD class was a whole 6 hrs long. They may have had to improve on that later, when I came in the first time it was like a "deer in the headlights".

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No one knows as much as all of us.

I 2nd Ken's recommendation on finding a dodge/jeep dealer where they are more likely to have a diesel mechanic for the cummins engines.

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06.5 Jetta TDI PKG 2 - Silver/Anth

A Dodge dealer should have Cummins and Sprinter techs.

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2000 Dodge SLT 4x4 CTD Intense Blue, a few go fast goodys

2006 Limited CRD 4x4 Inferno Red, GDE ECO tune

For warranty work, I think your only option would be to take it to Jeep and let THEM farm it out to the Dodge dealer or other qualified facility. That's the way it was in the early days of Cummins in the Rams. You would take it in and the dealer would take it to Cummins if they didn't have a tech.

If its out of warranty, I would try an independant diesel shop that has a good local reputation. Ask for references on a Dodge Ram or TDI site.

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2005 Limited CRD