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I'm one of the unfortunate s who has had DPF problems and its been the bane of my life for nearly two months now and have done a fair amount of reading up on the subject. One interesting thing I did read was posted on a Volkwagen/Audi forum. These are the posts ;- Astra_Daz13-12-2007, 18:09 I work for a vw dealer and we have see no end of eos and golfs with this problem, the reason our master tech believes there is a problem is due to the type of diesel we use in this country, the DPF on VAG engines is designed for germany and similar european countrys where they use "sulphur free" diesel, where as we and a few other countrys use "ultra low sulphur" diesel. He reckons that even though its ultra low sulphur, there is enough in there to clog up the DPF and cause all manner of problems/lights on dash etc. and the reply;- Techie13-12-2007, 21:40 Daz has it spot on (I am a VW master tech) as the problem rarely comes up in Eurpoe where the diesel is much better as he says. Its why VAG have now ditched the PD engines in favour of common rail for the new models. The PD was a great engines but emission regulations have now killed it. And you think that has issues, you should try the 'BSS' engine in the Skoda Superb. The cat is too far away from the turbo for the DPF to work properly as it doesnt get hot enough. So iron filings in a solution are added to the cat to get it to burn. Problem is the solution runs out and the cat will eventually fill up as it has no burn off cycle. This adds a possible £800 or so to your 80k cambelt service, whooops.

My PD170 has been into garage three times in last month with DPF problems, the first time to get a forced regen because my engine management light came on even though my DPF light has never come on and for which I was charged, only to be finally told that there was a prob with the pressure sensor. They replaced the sensor only find that it wasn't that either and have now referred the problem to Skoda Technical Dept. I am now in a bit of a dialogue with Skoda Customer services as the garage are now saying that my DPF light was on the first time which is catergorically not the case. I wasn't convinced that the car needed a regen but was informed that was what the diagnostics were saying. Even though I love my car, my confidence in it has taken a battering, and my confidence in the dealerships is now vitually rock bottom. From my experience, I would recommend to anyone with even a hint of a DPF problem, to ( A ) Request a copy of the diagnostics printout from the workshop, ( B ) Contact Skoda customer services and get a case file opened so that any problems can documented by them, ( C ) Document any conversations and correspondance and keep all receipts. To top it all off, someone in the garage reversed the car into a bollard, creasing the bumper and then saying that they would mend it with filler!!!! The car is going into the garage again to get a new bumper. I am not currently a happy driver!!

EM light came on again on Friday. Car into garage this morning and what do you know - a faulty exhaust pressure sensor was found!!! All this after we had already asked for the sensors to be checked on the diagnostics. The car is going in this week for the sensor but I'm still unhappy that I had to part with cash to get a forced regen carried out three weeks ago when it looks increasingly like that it wasn't required. I hope customer services are in a listening mode because I'm not happy after several garage visits and time off work! Thanks for all your help guys - Much appreciated!

Take this with a pinch of salt if you want, but until two weeks ago I was one of the happy diesel VRS owners who had never had an issue with DPF. My car does over 70 miles a day mostly on A roads and motorway and has done over 38k miles. My car has been to the garage three times since then and has had to have a forced regen and then another regen 7 days later. All this and I still haven't even had my DPF warning light come on!!!! My experience over the last two weeks has radically changed my opinion of the Diesel VRS and I have decided that my next car will be a petrol VRS. I don't want my DPF to fail and get stun for circa 1200 pounds to replace it on a car thats only 26 months old because warranty won't cover it. Never had any issues with my Fabia VRS that did 100k miles and didn't have a DPF. I know I'm in the tiny minority but just be aware that problems can and occassionaly do occur.

Yeah, forgot to add that my software is all up to date! Thanks anyway

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Something definitely not right. Car was fine for a week with no warning lights - even took it for two thirty mile drives on m/way in 4th gear just to be on safe side. Then on Friday engine management light (control system for exhaust) came back on. Was in garage again today to be told it needed another regen and that soot levels where at 25 per cent. Regen got carried out and all sensors checked out okay but why would the soot levels be so high in the space of a week even with the car getting run about in high revs???? I also found out that there is a sensor before the DPF and one after. The sensor before the filter can cause the engine management light can come on and this might only be rectified by a DPF regen. The DPF light will only come on if the second sensor activates. So if I've got this right, the DPF might require regeneration even though the DPF light doesn't show, but the engine management light does - so how is the driver to know when to adjust their driving style if we're getting differing warning signs? This is driving me nuts as I don't want to have to visit the garage again and again over this. Has anyone came across anything like this before?

Hi All My 08 plate Octavia vRS has just had to have a forced regeneration of the Diesel Particulate Filter carried out even though I have never had a DPF warning light come on my dash. The car has done 38k miles and does on average 70 miles per day on motorway. After driving 200 miles to go on holiday, my engine management light (exhaust system in owners manual) came on. I stopped and called the garage who assured me that if performance wasn't affected then it was okay to continue with the holiday and then take it into the garage when back home. I took the car to the garage as soon as I got back and got the news that the diagnostics showed that my DPF filter required a forced regeneration and that this wasn't covered under warranty as it was due to us ' not driving the car in accordance to the owners manual' and that this fault was common to taxi drivers who do a lot of short, stop - start journeys. When I explained that we weren't taxi drivers and that we drove predominatly on motorways, I was told that I would need to drive in line with the manuals instructions. i.e. if the DPF warning light comes on - drive for at least 15minutes in 4th or 5th gear above 60km/h with engine revs between 1500 - 2500 so that soot build up can be burnt off. I had to pay nearly 100 quid for this regen as they this apparently was down to my driving style, but the real stinger is that this filter can only be forced to regenerate once and if excessive soot builds up again a new filter is required costing circa 1200 quid. I have never had my DPF warning come on my dash and if it had I would certainly have got my manual out and followed the regen instructions, but what I would like to know is, if any other owners reguarly get this warning light displayed and if anyone else has had this problem before, where a regen has been required even if the DPF warning hasn't displayed? Cheers