Well i am having my 30,000 miles service on my limited roadster on thursday at Burnett. I hope i have a better experience. The reason i am going to Burnett is that i know the certified mechanic (Tony) there for crossfire. He helped me last time with a problem with changing the front light (you know that problem with the pin// he had to attach it again). Tony has been very helpful with this and spent about half an hour on fixing/reattaching the pin with a mirror. also Tony seems to know the crossfires very well from my conversation with him.
Daniel
Originally Posted by delornut
My check engine light came on at 28000 miles. I debated buying an obd2 code reader or having a dealer check things out. I opted for the dealer...my mistake. I know my way around cars pretty well but the electronics can be difficult without the obd3 set up Mercedes and Chrysler use. Barnett Chrysler in White Bear Lake always has a few Crossfires for sale and appears to specialize in selling them so i assumed they could also service them. Again...my mistake. After waiting a couple of hours I was told the code was P0100 which covers the mass air flow system including the sensor. They said they checked the wiring and finaly zeroed in on the MAF sensor. They said " we couldn't find much info here and had to call Germany to figure out the code. ( Maybe I should have brought my shop manuals.) A new MAF sensor would have to be ordered from, you guessed it, Germany for somehwere north of $600 which, including installation ( a 10 minute job at most )would cost about $880. I asked if they tried cleaning it and was told it can't be done. I asked if they could go down the street to Mercedes and pick one up. "not the same, the Crossfire is a combo of Chrysler and Mercedes and the MAF sensor can only be got from Germany" is what I was told. I left with a $131 bill for the code read and ordered a new Bosch MAF sensor from autohausaz.com for $171. I stopped at Maplewood Mercedes Porsche and orderd new seals for the MAF unit and asked their service advisor if they ever work on Crossfires. I"d heard Mercedes dealers didn't like to have a mere Chrysler in their service bays but that wasn't the case. He said they've worked on them occasionaly and it was not problem to bring them there. I'm going out to buy an obd2 code reader which will read the basic codes, just not everything the obd3 can read, and learn as much as I can about the car. I thought I'd pass along my experiance to other Minnesota Crossfire folks. It appears many Chrysler dealers have washed their hands of this car and it may be a mistake to bring one there. Mercedes dealers may be a better choice and, price wise, may even be a little cheaper.
Bruce Benson