As another person with some good miles on my ecodiesel (14k since late December), I would buy this truck again in a heartbeat. It's the single best large purchase I've made outside of my house. It's better at what I need from a Jeep than one that I built by hand over the last 10 years with...
Modern diesels are designed to be driven, not idled. Idling conditions lead to additional soot in your oil, since you need airflow and heat to efficiently burn diesel. Do not pre-heat, do not cool-down unless you know your oil is hot. It's probably not though. EGRs coke up when you don't have...
You know, I just wrapped the odometer on my JT EcoDiesel Rubicon around to 14k and I have literally nothing but good things to say so far. The ecodiesel is a good engine. It really is. My use is a healthy mix of city, highway, towing, heavy bed loads, offroading... and this motor is rock...
I tow with my EcoDiesel with the factory brake controller. Of the 14k on mine since December, about half of that is with a fully loaded Off Grid Trailers Pando 2.0. My prior tow rig was a fairly stock Jeep XJ, so this is a different planet as far as tow-ability is concerned. I have literally...
The sad part is, I don't want to buy something like this from a "large" company. I'd pay an extra $50-100 to a smaller company for a comparable product. I hope 813 still makes this.
Your kidding right? These new motors and driveline components were not designed or manufactured in the 80's. Drive it. The manual says that. Ok, so maybe not tow for the first 500 miles... But that's it. It says the engine might not reach full efficiency under light loads - yes - A modern engine...
I can confirm that the controller works perfectly in my 2021 JTRD, I've been towing with it all day. Install time at my dealership was around an hour and a half.
It seems, from following this conversation, that this controller works fine on newer trucks. I have a over-featured 2021 ecodiesel that should be delivered any day now that I'd like to put a controller on. Is there reason to think the mopar controller will do crazy stuff on a 2021?