I do, too. I've got a long way to go. It was -5*F a few days ago, so I took this picture. The 2015 only has 126,000+ miles on the odometer.
Used prices have already crashed. I bought a 23 Freedom Edition at 30% off in Dec 23 43K. Great deal. Then a week ago saw a 70K Rubicon for 47K and change. Thought I'd go check. It was a great deal but the trade in on my 23 Freedom was like 27kish and I owe 32, so no deal.
This is exactly the same for me. It is my first Jeep and I drove the Pentastar and Ecodiesel back to back and was won over instantly. I even still have the original HPFP because the dealership close to me refused to give me the old pump and the one I ordered my truck from hasn't called me back when I left a message(1.5 years ago
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If you want to go for a drive you should come over to San Antonio, TX and go to Ancira Jeep. When I bought my JT I took it there for the recall and they had the new HPFP in 4 days and the recall was done a week later because I was out of town but they would of had it completely down in under a week had I been available. They are also a dealership that has a few master techs working for them. They also don't have to get approval from FCA for most warranty repairs.
Could be wrong ...but I'm pretty sure the diesel was discontinued because EPA not because of issues. The hurricane was debuted and replaced the diesel in more prominent platforms
Before I bought my diesel I did a ton of research and found that almost everyone that bad mouths the ecodiesel and says they have all these problems has never even owned one. 99% of people that do actually own the ecodiesel love them. There is always going to be the one off that has issues no matter what engine it is. Having had both a 3.6L Gas JT and 3.0L Diesel JT I will take the Diesel JT any day of the week. My gas JT had a 3inch lift on 35s and I was getting 12-13mpg. My Diesel has a 6.5 inch lift on 42s and I get 17mpg-20mpg and it does awesome off-road.
It was discontinued due to part availability. They didn't have enough High-Pressure Fuel Pumps to supply both the recall and production.
As the saying goes when you know you know. I always say that there is a reason why 18 wheelers are all diesel and after owning 4 diesel coaches (RVs), I ordered my 2020 diesel Rubicon Fully loaded for a tow behind vehicle. I have had zero issues and always have a smile on my face when gassers try to follow me uphill. I am now in search of a used diesel Gladiator and like you will soon have 2 diesel Jeeps.
So what about all the other manufacturers that used the CP4 across the bored? Ram/Cummins...GM/duramax...ford/power stroke...Nissan/Cummins ...they didn't drop their diesels because of manufacturing delays of the CP3...I think BMW maybe was affected too.
There are different versions of the CP4 pump. Nobody else is running the recalled pump. There are still thousands of pumps backlogged just for the recall.
The EcoDiesel is more fuel efficient than the Hurricane engine. We see that in the EPA fuel numbers. As for demand, the EcoDiesel had always met and exceeded sale expectations. As a matter of fact, FCA had to increase production due to the higher demand.
