karlosw29

I'm going to take it back to the original garage and get them to clean it out. Here's the readings from the car from the scanner. Would you say this is blocked?

Yes, I did take it to a specialist DPF cleaner before I took it to Skoda, but when diagnosing that it was the DPF, the figures suggested that the DPF wasn't blocked and sensors were working. Therefore they didn't feel it was necessary to clean the DPF.

It was 3 and half years old when I bought it with 28k on it.

I bought it with 28k on the clock.

That's what it takes for the DPF to come on usually. However it hardly ever comes on because it has a long run at around 60mph at least once a week. That's why I couldn't understand why it came on 3 days after such a run.

It's a 2016, 150bhp 2.0

Hello all, I just wanted some advice on the following. My car had only done 50k miles and the particulate filter warning light came on only 3 days after a long run on the bypass. It usually takes about 2 or 3 weeks of slow driving around town to come up. So I thought this was unusual and planned to take it for a blast the next day. Anyway I following day before the planned blast it went into limp mode and had the flashing coil and engine management light on. I took in to a local garage that specialise in DFP cleans etc. They tested the sensors, and said that their readings indicated that the DPF wasn't blocked. He tried to clear the codes to ge the warning lights but was unable to due to some sort of ECU security that he'd never encountered before. He didn't charge me and recommended taking it to the main dealer. I took it to Skoda and they said that it needed a pressure sensor replaced and DPF regeneration at 570 quid. They did what they could but couldn't do the regeneration because the soot mass was too great and now want to change the DPF for £4030 instead of the 570. What do you reckon? Is this likely at such low mileage and I don't drive it like a grandad! Seems very expensive. The two garages just seem at odds with each other in terms of the DPF itself and how clogged it is. We need the car as we have 2 very young kids that we need to get to pre-school so it's been a nightmare. We go on holiday in a week and need the car. Any advise would be welcome. I used a basic scanner and this is what came up. P2463 and P2458 Also Particulate Filter Putty Mass actual was 0.15 l/g. Thanks