North American 2.8L CRDs: How many remain?

Rixram · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:07 am

Does anyone know how many of the CRDs are still on the road

(enter joke about the rest being towed home...nevermind)

I was curious how many of the original 10,500 US KJ CRDs made and delivered, how many are still "alive"?

tcoilburner · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:27 am

I thought that around 25,000 units were sold between the two model years. Double what they expected.
I have one going strong!

Rixram · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:45 am

It is my understanding that 5,000 were made in '05, and 5,500 in '06.

Mountainman · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:46 am

I have HALF of them! :mrgreen:

flash7210 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:53 am

You could search websites for junkyards and such to find how many are NOT on the road.

Rixram · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:58 am

Mountainman wrote:

I have HALF of them! :mrgreen:

You should get a silver limited from Rhode Island to complete your collection.

papaindigo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:08 pm

Way back in the beginning there was lots of discussion that never reached a solid conclusion about the number of 05/06 KJ CRDs actually sold in the USA, not to be confused with the North American market. IIRC DCJ hoped to sell about 5,000 per year but sold more but how many more no one seems to know and as far as I know DCJ never said although MrMopar64 might could make an educated guess.

As to how many are still on the road?????

Mountainman · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:25 pm

Rixram wrote:

Mountainman wrote:

I have HALF of them! :mrgreen:

You should get a silver limited from Rhode Island to complete your collection.

That's like handing a bottle to a drunk! Seriously though, I need a good dropped valve or something to curb my problem :5SHOTS:

geordi · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:37 pm

My understanding was that the original number was between 15,000 and 18,000 sold in North America. Obviously with the population we know about in the junkyards, there could be a significantly less number still out there. If I had to guess, I would say between 10,000 and 12,000 still out there.

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camo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:01 pm

Some one should organize some sort of CRD remnant BBQ. Mine is working better than when I bought it 5 years ago.

mass-hole · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:31 pm

geordi wrote:

My understanding was that the original number was between 15,000 and 18,000 sold in North America. Obviously with the population we know about in the junkyards, there could be a significantly less number still out there. If I had to guess, I would say between 10,000 and 12,000 still out there.

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These numbers would make sense to me just based on how many I see. I had a 2006 Pontiac GTO of which ~40,000 were made and I see them a bit more than CRD's.

Rixram · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:53 am

camo wrote:

Some one should organize some sort of CRD remnant BBQ. Mine is working better than when I bought it 5 years ago.

When I saw CRD and BBQ in one sentence, I though we were going to discuss cremations...

:-)r

Mountainman · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:31 am

Rixram wrote:

camo wrote:

Some one should organize some sort of CRD remnant BBQ. Mine is working better than when I bought it 5 years ago.

When I saw CRD and BBQ in one sentence, I though we were going to discuss cremations...

:-)r

Unplug your original fuel heaters!!! :rockon:

Rixram · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:53 am

Mountainman wrote:

Rixram wrote:

camo wrote:

Some one should organize some sort of CRD remnant BBQ. Mine is working better than when I bought it 5 years ago.

When I saw CRD and BBQ in one sentence, I though we were going to discuss cremations...

:-)r

Unplug your original fuel heaters!!! :rockon:

Car-B-Q?

Mountainman · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:21 pm

That's the Gassers usually. I didn't know Pintos were still being made

No need to bring the charcoal briquettes, just bring a Gasser KJ or a CRD with the fuel heater plugged in.

I am seriously glad that I don't own the gasser though, I assume that the CRD won't explode if rear-ended :?:

oops, I have no idea how many CRDs are left...

ibedonc · **Joined:** Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:40 pm **Posts:** 236

I still have 2 of them , just ordered complete brake set from rockauto for the 06

GreenDieselEngineering · **Joined:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1111

In the NA market the KJ CRD sold roughly 25,000 units between 2005-2006. The vast majority of GDE tuned vehicles are still on the road and running strong. Coincidence???

Rixram · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:02 pm

GreenDieselEngineering wrote:

In the NA market the KJ CRD sold roughly 25,000 units between 2005-2006. The vast majority of GDE tuned vehicles are still on the road and running strong. Coincidence???

Not a coincidence: it's engineering!

Mountainman · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:13 pm

GreenDieselEngineering wrote:

In the NA market the KJ CRD sold roughly 25,000 units between 2005-2006. The vast majority of GDE tuned vehicles are still on the road and running strong. Coincidence???

Not coincidence, and greatly appreciated :JEEPIN:

Rixram · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:06 pm

My Eco tune for my 07 WK CRD just showed up in the mail. Yahoo!

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