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Originally Posted by anabolic
CRD's seem to have endless dramas......
Luckily when I brougt mine there was only 2.4L five speed manual diesel available which was a bitch to drive.
Regards, Anabolic
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Speaking as one who bought a 2003* 2.5L (not 2.4) five speed manual CRD out of choice, I can safely say that the above comment is a load of bovine excrement.
Had problems with the dash displays very soon after delivery, which turned out to be due to the dealer not tightening the battery leads at pre-delivery.
Other than that I've done 68,000km with no problems at all. Still waiting for the LBJs to be replaced on recall - they measured the play and told me I still had a good safety margin.
Was thinking of trading it in for a current 2.8CRD, but after reading this thread maybe I'll just hang on to it.
* It's an April 2002 build and April 2003 compliance - where did it spend the missing year? Only 12km on the clock when I bought it!