I live in the NW area of Houston, does anyone have any recommendations for mechanics?

Thank you!

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Having trouble with the mechanic that you had your CRD towed to?

I'm not sure to he honest. In the past they've always been pretty straight and honest with me, but telling me to replace the PCM just doesn't sound right.

I did get the codes from them that computer is reading.

P0674
P0610
P0101 - this one I've had for 4 years, just hadn't been able to find a dealership with the right equipment to reset it.

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BTW,
If you are able to pull codes and those are THE ONLY codes you are getting, its not a problem with the ECM.

I'd start checking for air-in-fuel.
Then consider replacing the crank sensor.

Will do! Thank you so much! I did call a dealership here in Houston for a second opinion, and they said there's no way the PCM needs to be replaced.
Trying to find a performance diesel shop to call so I can get it towed over there. Would rather take a few days to do this right than throw tons of cash at something that's not going to fix the issue.
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Be real careful of whom you let work on your Jeep CRD, they are very unique vehicles and require an honest mechanic who is well versed and experienced on these vehicles who is not out to scam you! Be very careful...

I'm the traveling mechanic that only works on CRDs - and I do it in your driveway (or wherever the CRD happens to be). Houston isn't that far away.

I would be glad to talk to the mechanic you are dealing with if he is open to an opinion or just ask him to read the initial answers to your first post online or you could print them out and show them to him.

I sent PM yesterday with contact info.

The forum member needing help, who has been referred to as "Un witting" has been a member for over five years.

I suspect they are far more witting than they've been given credit for.

In any case, they need help, and probably aren't interested in having their help request thread hijacked by someone else's personal grievances.

It sounds as if they've had a shop doing periodic maintenance for quite some time, but now when the Jeep needs something beyond that, they are in over their heads, and tossing parts at it as their computer aided diagnostic program suggests, rather than testing things to determine the actual problem. This is evidenced by their wanting to replace PCM (Gas) rather than ECM (diesel).

Try googling diesel tuner shops in Houston area. Get the numbers of the ones with the most ratings and over 3 star average.

Call around and ask now many Jeep diesels they work on.

If they say "Jeep makes diesels?" You probably should scratch them off.
If they say "Tons! we work on them all the time!" They're probably lying and should be avoided as well.
If they say "we get one in once in a while" or something like that, that's more of what I would look for.

If you still come up empty, you might check your personal messages, (if you haven't already) and make some inquiries.

Good Luck!