FCA Receives Certification for EcoDiesel

That is good news. I was looking forward to the upcoming diesel Wrangler. With this EPA hold, I was thinking it would be another few years off.

That is very good news. When it first broke that the EPA was questioning FCA lots of folks jumped the gun saying FCA was getting sued for illegal software and equated it to the VW deal. If you actually read the fine print, the issue came down to extreme conditions (like frozen DEF) when software exceptions have to be made for the SCR system. All of the manufacturers have these exceptions built in, they have to so the system can function. All the EPA was saying was that they thought there were exception conditions in the software that they had not been aware of.

At no point was FCA accused of cheating for emissions testing like VW. Basically FCA engineers just had to set down with the EPA and go line by line through the software controls and explain how the exceptions that the EPA questioned played within the rules.

No doom and gloom, just answering some questions. Now it's just time to move on.

KJ

LIKE2BUILD wrote:
Basically FCA engineers just had to set down with the EPA and go line by line through the software controls and explain how the exceptions that the EPA questioned played within the rules.

KJ

Well, looks like some of their deviations did not get approved. But at least all the fixes can be addressed with a re-flash.

The 2017 updates include modified emissions software calibrations,

LIKE2BUILD wrote:
No doom and gloom, just answering some questions. Now it's just time to move on.

Ha... do you really think that the troll will let it go that easily...?

It's good news for FCA and the customers waiting to buy them.

Glad to hear its solved. Some folks are so brand loyal they are quick to jump at others.

Were there some deleted posts I missed. Or has this thread already deteriorated with preemptive whining.

mich800 wrote:
Or has this thread already deteriorated with preemptive whining.

Not who I was expecting, but trolling none the less. Job well done sir!

I know it was not my imagination but generally Diesel makes up 22% of overall sales here

Australians buying diesels in record numbers, says ABS

The developed world may be shying away from the internal combustion car – specifically, diesel -- but Australian motorists are embracing the technology in record numbers, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals.

In the same month France and the UK nominated end dates for the sale of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles, along with strict penalties for heavy polluting vehicles, the latest car census figures released on Friday showed Australian motorists are bucking global trends.

Diesel passenger car sales in Australia are up 57 per cent since 2012.

RobertRyan wrote:
I know it was not my imagination but generally Diesel makes up 22% of overall sales here

Huh!?! :h

What does that have to do with the Ecodiesel now being allowed to be sold in the US again?