Originally Posted By: CleverUserName
Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46
Originally Posted By: CleverUserName
Can you provide a TSB or some other documentation showing the engineering failures on the Ecodiesel ?
Failure rate is at 15%. Mostly main bearing failures. These are not due to low saps oil. Not sure if FCA or VMM have formally recognized the issue.
Link 1
Lots of info here. 1,500+ posts:
Link 2
This doesn't say failure rate is 15%. It says it's risen 15% since a previous point in time.
Also those "secret documents" on the first link aren't very convincing. Sorry I need more hard data besides these posts on an obscure forum..
I read many pages of the thread in the second link about a year ago. I was considering buying an Ecodiesel until I realized how bad they were. The 1500 Ecodiesel is a great idea but poorly executed by FCA.
Many owners had bottom end failures, and that does seem to be the most common issue, however since most failed under warranty no autopsies were performed and FCA holds the data.
FCA has said publicly the failures on the Ecodiesel are oil related.
I also have seen numerous UOAs from Ecodiesels that had coolant contamination in the oil, either due to a failed EGR / Oil Cooler or both. So if the engine oil had coolant contamination, this would still be considered an oil related bottom end failure.
FCA is holding data but it is publicly saying it is oil related. So, let me get this straight: FCA is in business of making engines but not oil. So they blamed oil made by Shell and then decided to use another oil also made by Shell. No autopsies are performed but they know it is oil and they are holding data.
Geeez.