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In this work, numerical simulation of the die filling and solidification process of AZ91D semisolid alloy was investigated to produce a thin walled connecting rod demanding a high dimensional precision. The Carreau viscosity model was implemented to simulate the flow behavior of semisolid slurry during the filling. The fitted constants for the Carreau model were used to verify the simulation results. The predicted results from this model were in good agreement with the experimental results. Then the verified Carreau model was designed to predict die filling, casting defects and casting process. It was found that the predicted results had a good correlation with those in the experiment. The optimum parameters were obtained with a slurry temperature of 590 ℃, a die temperature of 250 ℃ and an injection velocity of 2 m/s.