Do they still make printed service manuals?

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Just curious, and what year they were last available if they don't anymore. I recently ordered a CD but books are nice.
 

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RAM tech support offered to sell me one for my newly acquired 2014 for $50 last week, so they are available at least through that year.

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Just curious, and what year they were last available if they don't anymore. I recently ordered a CD but books are nice.

Phone one of these numbers with the last 8 digits of your VIN.If you're the original owner of the truck,you qualify for the 700 pg owners manual,and the manual for the radio "Free".You can go back a few years and still get them.A buddy got them for his 2011 not long ago

Canadian owners 1-800-387-1143

US owners 1-800-423-6343
 

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They do not. They have been digital only for quite a few years now.
 

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My 2015 Laramie came with a printed manual.
But it is export RHD version.

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Thanks, I was referring to service (not owners) manuals.
 

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Thanks, I was referring to service (not owners) manuals.

^THAT^

Sadly anything newer is Digital/PDF only. Sad because not all of us want to have to print stuff out or get the desk/laptop all greasy in the garage.

:buffer: I will say it's easier to clean the keyboard than paper is. Problem is a keyboard won't absorb drink spills. ;)
 

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I got all the books with my 2017 Rebel. Not the service manual though.
 

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Can anyone provide a link where I can get a service manual for a 2016 CDT? CD, PDF download or printed.
 

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I got mine for my 97 CTD from Genos Garage
 

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Just curious, and what year they were last available if they don't anymore. I recently ordered a CD but books are nice.

They had a book in 2001. For 2006, they only came from MOPAR on CD as a PDF. If you wanted a printed copy you'd have to do it yourself, or perhaps take it to staples.

By 2009 or so, they no longer distributed PDFs, converting to a html format. About 2011, I think, they also started an online service available to the public for a subscription. This is the one where someone posted a link that many used for years to get free data. That hole was filled, oh maybe a year ago.
 
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Yeah, no section with just wiring diagrams, but most of them are buried in the diagnostic section. For example, you have a oil sensor fault code and look it up, there will be a circuit diagram for the oil sensor there.

The CD leaves a lot to be desired, lots of info there but hard to navigate, there is no search function. It also depends on windose and exploder... so there are quirks. The subscription service is much better organized.
 

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^THAT^

Sadly anything newer is Digital/PDF only. Sad because not all of us want to have to print stuff out or get the desk/laptop all greasy in the garage.

:buffer: I will say it's easier to clean the keyboard than paper is. Problem is a keyboard won't absorb drink spills. ;)

Isn't beer the only recommended way to clean a keyboard??? :favorites13:
 
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