Sell the truck!!! The diesel mechanic where mine has been repaired said it's a bad diesel design for the U.S. market. He said deleting all the EPA crap will definitely help, but you get into a whole different problem with making the modifications, including voiding the warranty, issue if you...
I've posted before with the problems with my 2016 3.0 Bighorn. It's been in the shop 7 times in the last year and a half for warranty work. Here's the latest.
One week ago it went into limp mode again and was undrivable. Same old message "electronic throttle bottle needs service". I swear that...
I had the same intake melt problem with my truck in September. It was repaired under warranty and they are suppose to pay me $35 per day for the car I had to rent through Budget, but I still have not seen that check. I'm still waiting on my $3200 check for the flash update that was done at the...
Why all the problems with the 3.0L? I'm assuming that the big Cummings diesels have to have all the same emission components. Is it a bad design with the 3.0L? I know the EPA has choked the hell out of the diesel engine, but you don't have the same issues with the Cummins diesels; is the 3.0L a...
After the re-flash this fall on my 2016 3.0 Bighorn I noticed an appreciable drop in MPG. It has gotten considerably worse since the the weather has gotten colder. I now have an average of 17.2 MPG. This is driving 75% on the highway and 25% in the city. I have not towed a single thing in the...
Any modification you make to the emission systems voids the warranty. It's clearly stated as such under the warranty provisions. There are federal emission statutes that also can result in criminal prosecutions to someone that modifies (or assists in modifying) a factory emission control system...
Aside from the EGR issue, I'm suspecting the next thing we might see in way of a class action lawsuit is the fact that after the reprogram the mpg decreased drastically and is now under the mpg that FCA advertised in their literature and placed on the invoice. Like everyone else, one of the...
I had few problems on my 3.0L until it hit about 45,000 miles; then it is one thing after another. A diesel motor starts getting broken in probably after 150,000 miles or so, I suspect my motor will never see this milage mark. After 45,000 miles the engine light has been on more than it has been...
Mine had 57,000 miles on a 2016 and was covered under the original warranty. I believe with the extended warranty it is covered to 120,000 miles. The diesel mechanic said expect the same thing to occur at about 114,000 miles. That's very reassuring. I will either not have the truck at that stage...
A hole melted in your intake manifold. The same exact thing happened to me this past Labor Day . Limp mode, white smoke under the hood, hissing from the manifold on restart. Truck was towed to dealer and the problem was a hole melted through the intake. A fairly common problem. It should be...
Does a heater core typically go bad at 58,000 miles on a diesel motor? I've owned about 20 vehicles in the past 40 years and never had a heater core go bad in a gasoline motor. This 3.0L just seems to have problem after problem. Thanks.
I had my 2016 3.0L ED reprogramed about a month ago. First the transmission coolant bypass failed a day after the work was completed. A coincidence? I don't think so. Yesterday my heater stopped working; not good when it's 19 degrees outside. I was able to press the circulation button and the AC...
But yet the politicians that are put in office year after year let the EPA run their agenda and impose these ridiculous standards that crpiple the American automobile industry. I've talked to the engineers at GM and it's just incredible what they have to do to try and meet the EPA standards...
Thanks for the info, I agree with everything you have said, until the EPA is reigned in and we get rid of these emission standards we're not going to have a practical and reliable small diesel motor. It just irks me to see what Toyota has done for a number of years with the 4 cylinder diesel in...
I realize it's Fiat VM but do you also realize when you are dealing with the 3.0L the address you send everything to is in Auburn Hills Michigan to the same exact address you send information to if you have a Dodge with a Hemi? Just the box number on the post office box is one number different...
I suspect an 8 speed tranny is not cheap, nor any of today's trannys. What's your thoughts on the $15,000 trade amount, seems low for a truck that is less than 4 years old that cost in the $40,000 range to purchase. But again, these 3.0L diesels are not holding their value and it's getting worse...
Look at the Ford F150 with the V6 3.5L engine. That's what I'm looking at and getting rid of my 2016 Dodge 3.0L diesel that has been nothing but problems.
I've never owned a Ford but that truck has more torque and pulling capacity than my 2016 Dodge 3.0L diesel. It's mpg is 17 city, 23 Highway...
How many have noticed a drop in MPG after they got the computer update? I had the update done this past summer. My average MPG at that time was 23.6. I don't tow hardly anything. I don't live in the city. I drive to work roundtrip each day at about 25 miles, most of that is on the highway at a...
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Good point, this is exactly what you can face personally if you modify the factory emission system on your vehicle. If you are a U.S. citizen and plan to go into Canada, I would not want to bring a diesel in that has had the emissions modified. They can raise hell with you and...