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CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
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Author:  diver110 [ Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:31 am ]
Post subject:  CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
I am very interested in the CRD, but worried I might be biting off more than I can chew, as I noted in another post. If people would not mind a few follow up questions:

1. Do people mostly work on the CRD themselves or have it serviced? (To date myself, the last time I worked on a car, the ignition had points).

2. If you get it serviced, where is the best place to do that? One person told me a Dodge dealership is a good idea as they are used to diesels.

3. Assuming you get is serviced, what is the cost over, say, 15,000 miles of driving?

Many thanks.
Author:  ATXKJ [ Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
Standard maintenance is not the problem.
anyone can do oil changes.

The problem comes in on Error codes - and they really haven't been consistent
most people don't have problems - but if you do - you have to become the expert - because no one else is.
Chrysler did a 45 minute video 5 years ago. No dealership had enough to have a volume to learn.
The best bets are Dealerships that sold/service Cummins and Sprinter - however odds are you are still the only CRD represented and there's always some learning curve.

That's where LOST is invaluable - the forum as a whole had heard about a lot of different problems and has a lot of information. MrMopar and the GDE folks are great references.

but I'm still back to you have to be willing to work on it yourself - or have a Maintenance tech who'll work with you - because your odds of finding a knowledgeable person at a shop is very very low.
Author:  LibertyCRD [ Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
ATXKJ wrote:
Standard maintenance is not the problem.
anyone can do oil changes.

The problem comes in on Error codes - and they really haven't been consistent
most people don't have problems - but if you do - you have to become the expert - because no one else is.
Chrysler did a 45 minute video 5 years ago. No dealership had enough to have a volume to learn.
The best bets are Dealerships that sold/service Cummins and Sprinter - however odds are you are still the only CRD represented and there's always some learning curve.

That's where LOST is invaluable - the forum as a whole had heard about a lot of different problems and has a lot of information. MrMopar and the GDE folks are great references.

but I'm still back to you have to be willing to work on it yourself - or have a Maintenance tech who'll work with you - because your odds of finding a knowledgeable person at a shop is very very low.



As an example of this...a few weeks ago my CRD broke down. After discussing my problem with LOST members here, the diagnosis seemed to be a busted CAC hose. Suddenly my symptoms made perfect sense. I took the Jeep to my local authorized dealership, and a technician had the hood up for an hour without finding the problem. I finally walked out into the service area and told him I thought it was a busted hose...and 2 minutes later he saw what I meant and my parts were on order. I wasted all that time over a 30-second fix. :roll:
Author:  mikey1273 [ Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
seriously this site is excelent. I spend too much time here. I feel that if I have a problem I can solve it with help here and fix it myself or at least point a tech in the right direction with info from this forum.
Author:  stoutdog [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
mikey1273 wrote:
seriously this site is excelent. I spend too much time here. I feel that if I have a problem I can solve it with help here and fix it myself or at least point a tech in the right direction with info from this forum.

x2 to that! I used to do a little work on my old Dodge Cummins, with the help of my father, but was otherwise up a creek when it came to "car stuff." With the help of this forum, I feel like there is very little I can't do... the right tools being the only inhibiting factor.
Author:  diver110 [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CRD service cost per year, who does the work?
Thanks for the feedback. Those last couple of posts were especially helpful. I don't think the problem will be so much finding someone to work on it (though over time I may learn to do it myself), but getting the mechanic to figure things out given the lack of experience. If this board can get me pointed in the right direction, that will go along way to solving that problem.
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