FCA Receives Certification for EcoDiesel
The EcoDiesel will be back in RAM and Jeep vehicles for 2017. Looks like they have a fix for prior year vehicles as well. Announcement
Forum Discussion
carringb wrote: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,
True. A re-flash to alter the exception conditions is all it will take to correct the issue.
The main thing is they were deviations of the EPA's expectations. This is very different from VW where they literally programmed the ECM to use a different set of tables when the vehicles were plugged into emissions testing equipment, but used a different set that polluted more during normal driving conditions. In the case of the Ecodiesel, the EPA said the extreme condition exceptions were different than they thought.
I'm glad the EPA is being reasonable and FCA will be back on track. At least it's not a VW situation where they just said "oh well, we just won't ever sell another diesel in the US". Ugh, really? I find it odd there couldn't have been some kind of solution to the issue.
KJ
