Made a Call to Chrysler today and...

bhc04 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:45 pm

I'm a little confused. How many miles do you have on the crd with the torque convertor problem? I bought "new" in Nov. 05 an 06 model Lib. Limited crd. Had it a few months into 06 and took it into the dealership one day for oil change and maintenance. Service writer told me there was a tsb for new revised torque convertor that they need to do and needed the Jeep for a day to do the work. Left it there and when I got it back, I didn't notice anything different about the way it drove, power etc. Still own it and drive it daily. Been on several 3k mile plus trips on it throughout the U.S. Currently has 63k miles on it, stock, only mod. ehm. So is this t.c. problem on only Lib's sold in the U.S. or a specific series of vin numbers?

NJCRD · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:02 pm

Not to be rude, but let me try to unconfuse you with regards to the s%&t torque converter that Chrysler used in the U.S models.
The odometer has 80,500. I purchased the extended warranty through Chrysler that covers me to 100,000 miles or Feb of 2011. I'm pretty sure that once it's up that suddenly I will need a replacement everything, but I digress.
You must've gotten lucky with a dealership as I purchased new in Feb of 2006 with a whopping 82 miles on the odometer. A few months into driving I started notcing the weird issues that plagued this vehicle. I hadn't discovered this forum yet so I would take it straight to the dealer when ever I got one of those nice official recall notices, 1. Blower Moter (just got the 3rd one replaced last week) 2. Ball joint 3. F37 :banghead:

Every time I would bring into a dealer (as I've tried more then one thinking that should they have a Dodge franchise that perhaps I would get someone with a little Cummins knowledge) .... I would complain of a shudder. Vibration at highway speed and would explain my findings of what I found on the internet, TSBs, this forum, etc.
Over the course of travels to the dealer, I've also had the turbo, inter cooler, and all cac hoses replaced under warranty at around 40,000 miles. I'm on my 3rd set of rotors and pads. The first 2 sets warped easily so I replaced with after market cross drilled and slotted Frozen Rotors and factory Mopar Pads. I paid for those.
I also had the motor mounts replaced under warranty( 28k). Oh yeah, the brake hoses to the front calipers "ballooned" and were replaced with an upgraded version under warranty.(25k) I installed Bilstein shocks all the way around as the struts were shot and I wasn't about to keep dealing with factory crap. The reliability of the Bilsteins along with the lifetime warranty was hard to pass up. Had a Kennedy lift pump installed back in 2008. I run a homemade provent, which again, what kind of engineering design thinking was that? Oil back into your intake? Brilliant!
Fuel Head unit was also replaced under warranty so as to prevent fire... and to help keep air out of the fuel system.
Let me see, Hub Bearing were shot at around 70,000 miles and again, thankfully I had the extended. New tires, mounted and balanced by my mechanic and the Jeep still shudders. I had the drive shaft taken out and balanced and to my surprise it took weight! The truck still acts like crap and I wanted what I think would and should only logically be replaced especially since the TSB for the F37 called for it. What a great Jeep! So glad they tested this before rushing to production to use us all as test mules for the US Diesel market. Anyway, interesting to see what Nissan will do with the Mercedes diesels they purchased....

bhc04 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:31 am

Holy crap, lot's of bad stuff, sorry to hear. The dealership I purchased my 06 CRD from here in Bullhead City Az. is also big Dodge dealership and has a good shop with many of the mechanics that are familiar with working on diesels. I guess that can make a big difference. Not more than a half dozen crd's in this area. Having any dealership work on your auto is always a risk. Wife usually drives her 05 Merc. E-320 CDI. We bought it in Las Vegas and dealerhip there was doing the maintenance on the car when it was under warranty. There was a couple of times had it serviced and they actually put about 2 qts. to much oil in it and another time did something to the computer unit to trigger airbag problem that caused me to take it all the way back to be fixed, 2 hr. trip each way. I also have a 07 Mustang/Shelby GT-500 that is a garage queen. Bought the car in CA. new. Took it to dealership here for oil change once and upon getting the service writer to make up the work order, told him that the enging took a "specific" Ford 5-50 synthetic oil that was only oil recommended to stay in warranty. Guy argued with me about it. Left there without the oil change. Bought the oil online, filter etc. took it to a friend of mine that has a small shop in town. Hope you get your problems resolved to your satisfaction.

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:24 am

Well...a typical snafu from a dealership. They told me that they just happen to have a TC in stock...I asked them to be sure it was the newer version for the CRD. They assured me it was and my Jeep was ready the next day. Went for the test ride and "SHUTTER". I took it directly back and they asked me to show them the shudder...no problem since it showed right up.

I called them with the correct part number and now I need to tell them that the filter and fluid must be "changed" ... not just topped off because the shudder shed material. It is just unreal you have to walk them thru this stuff.

h yeah...they had no idea the the CRD had a timing belt...PRICELESS!!!

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:28 am

Just called them this morning about the fluid and filter...they have to check if corporate allows for that or they have to charge me...it never ends! :5SHOTS:

striperman36 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:39 pm

Joe Romas wrote:

striperman36 wrote:

ChesterCRD wrote:

Was it the Recall check that showed you the incomplete F37?

Bummer...mine shows no incomplete recalls.

I am in a similar condition, no incomplete recalls, with my 2006 CRD, how did you get the Euro TC out of the call?

When was your 06 made? If it was in November 05 or later they already had the TC the earlier ones were updated to and only got 'flashed". But don't confuse that with the so called Euro TC that showed up sometime in 09 as I remember

Yes there have been a total of 3 Chrysler TC's in the life of the CRD's.

Mine was built 08/05.

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