Jeep Liberty CRD

[Primalzer]

Anyone have any experiences or know anyone else that have had any experiences with the Liberty CRD? I've been looking around, and they seem like they are a good deal. Good towing capacity, good gas mileage (around 30ish when chipped), and generally jeep quality (is that good or bad?) Definitely don't have the money to go with something a ton more expensive.

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[Yaj Yak]

they are the diesel ones right?

 

[Primalzer]

they are the diesel ones right?

Yeah, its a 2.8 4-cylinder sourced by Mercedes and comes mated to a 5-speed auto

 

[Yaj Yak]

sounds nifty.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Fucking a, i hope you trade my PT in for one of those while you are out in macomb.

 

[Primalzer]

Fucking a, i hope you trade my PT in for one of those while you are out in macomb.

Yeah fat chance, all i'm trading your PT in for is a V6 camaro/mustang automatic.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Yeah fat chance, all i'm trading your PT in for is a V6 camaro/mustang automatic.

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww.

 

[RebelGTP]

Yeah fat chance, all i'm trading your PT in for is a V6 camaro/mustang automatic.

I got one... I'll take a PT Cruiser for it...

 

[Bru]

Here's a review: http://www.cars.com/go/crp/research.jsp?makeid=23&modelid=5767&year=2006&section=reviews

 

[Primalzer]

Here's a review: http://www.cars.com/go/crp/research.jsp?makeid=23&modelid=5767&year=2006&section=reviews

meh I could deal with the diesel clatter, that's nothing spectacular. Did you see anything else in the article worth noting?

 

[esteinmaier]

My old roommate has one. Don't put bigger tires/wheels on it. The steering rack will straight up break off, and you have to pull the whole damn thing to pieces to get a new one in and out. Past that, they have some balls for what they are. He's had some issues with the tensioner for the serpentine, but that's probably his fault. He replaced it, and he's like a bull in a china shop. Everything he touches breaks.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

My old roommate has one. Don't put bigger tires/wheels on it. The steering rack will straight up break off, and you have to pull the whole damn thing to pieces to get a new one in and out. Past that, they have some balls for what they are. He's had some issues with the tensioner for the serpentine, but that's probably his fault. He replaced it, and he's like a bull in a china shop. Everything he touches breaks.

Knowing Primalzer, bigger tires isn't going to be an option. He'll probably just do a tune, maybe intake and hard pipes to free everything up. Nothing extreme.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

ive always liked the liberty....the brand new ones not so much. diesel is a great thing. are they turbo or non turbo?

 

[esteinmaier]

I guess it's a little VNT. It's a teeny little compressor though. I've been trying to convince my buddy he needs something huge in there, but I guess the torque convertors have a tendency to blow up when you put more power to em.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

ive always liked the liberty....the brand new ones not so much. diesel is a great thing. are they turbo or non turbo?

when was the last time you saw a non-turbo diesel in a passenger vehicle?

 

[Rebel]

He replaced it, and he's like a bull in a china shop. Everything he touches breaks.

Actually Mythbusters proved that bulls in china shops don't break stuff.

I don't know anything about the liberty, but I have two friends with Cherokees and if it's anyway similar to that then you should be good.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

I guess it's a little VNT. It's a teeny little compressor though. I've been trying to convince my buddy he needs something huge in there, but I guess the torque convertors have a tendency to blow up when you put more power to em.

They don't do too hot on the highway, but that really isn't a problem. It's not supposed to be a hot rod. Fucking stump puller she be.

 

[Primalzer]

They don't do too hot on the highway, but that really isn't a problem. It's not supposed to be a hot rod. Fucking stump puller she be.

I'll probably end up retro fitting this onto it, sometime down the line...

 

[Poopshinanigans]

I'll probably end up retro fitting this onto it, sometime down the line...

What kind of turbo is on it? Do you know?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

when was the last time you saw a non-turbo diesel in a passenger vehicle?

1978 mercedes 300

 

[Poopshinanigans]

1978 mercedes 300

Fucking slow, but if you kept those maintained well they would be still running today. Which some of them probably are.