I was about to set off for a journey down south for work this morning when I noticed one of the lights was on the dashboard. Ive got a Tdi Vrs 2007. I took it straight to my local dealers to get it checked over and the short of it is that the exhaust pressure sensor was shot...

I've been quoted £190ish for replacement including fitting, so I have a couple of questions...

1) is this something that is caused by a faulty part or something that should have been done as part of a recall?

2) am I paying over the odds for the part and cost to fit

Any advice appreciated. To be fair to my dealer, they sorted me out with a demonstrator until tomorrow so I could attend my meeting as they had no courtesy cars in to give to em. Thanks

Edited 29 May, 201214 yr by mooseepoo

The part itself is about £50, it takes about 5 mins to change the part but then you need to have the replacement sensor calibrated so the ECU can understand and relate the new sensor readings to the DPF. The sensor monitors how full the DPF is, so it needs to be replaced ASAP so that the DPF does not clog up.

The calibration process is quiet straightforward, and if you have access to VCDS you can replace the sensor yourself. I did my old Superb one just before christmas and had no problems afterwards but have since sold the car.

I had mine done in Jan.

Cost £180 from the dealer, got it done there as above it need the correct coding

Thanks for the replies... Wanted to make sure they wernt doing me ovrr. Its an annoyance as im waiting on my new VRS to be delivered through them. Thats £200odd i wish i didnt have to spend on a car im only keeping for another month or so!

Its a well known fault and Skoda are aware of it.

The old sensors have 'Made in US' on them, these are the duff ones. The replacement will have 'Made in Malaysia' on them instead.

You are clearly a loyal customer. Ring Skoda UK (08457 745745) and ask for a gesture of goodwill towards the cost of this known 'weak point'.

That's crazy money in fairness, I got my sensor for €50 from Skoda fitted it myself and got a friend with a vag computer to adapt it to the car which cost €20 so 70€ all in. Around 60 pounds in English money

That's crazy money in fairness, I got my sensor for €50 from Skoda fitted it myself and got a friend with a vag computer to adapt it to the car which cost €20 so 70€ all in. Around 60 pounds in English money

I paid £60 fitted at a indy garage who specalise in the vag group.

Skoda prices are a joke....

I put a call into Skoda Customer Services. They said that the fault with the exhaust sensor was "uncommon" and that when I mentioned that I had read differently I was told: "things on forums get overblown"..... :wonder:

But I stood firm, reminded them that I had a £20,000 new car awaiting build and delivery from them and that this would be the 4th Skoda in the family. I'm awaiting a callback from a case manager!

I don't expect them to completely waive the cost, but £200 for a part that costs around £50 means I'm paying £150 for something which apparently (according to the service manager at my dealer) takes 30mins to fit!

I bought the sensor myself and fitted it - took 5 minutes.

It wasn't adapted in VCDs either and runs sweet as a nut, done 3,500 miles nearly with no issues.

I bought the sensor myself and fitted it - took 5 minutes.

It wasn't adapted in VCDs either and runs sweet as a nut, done 3,500 miles nearly with no issues.

Ur really ment to get it adapted, I hope ur car is doing proper regens or ur going to destroy ur dpf :(

Spoke to a VAG garage who advised to do it this way. DPF will be out over summer anyway.

my DPF lights been on for a week and has caused my car to go into limp mode with the flashing glow plug warning light..

Can someone please show me/tell me where exactly this sensor is in the 2.0PD VRS engine bay.

I wish to disconnect the sensor to see if it clear the fault. I've only a U281 scanner and I can't remove the fault to give it a good blast.

Disconnecting the sensor will not cause the DPF light to go out, instead you will generate more fault codes as well as the DPF light. You really need to have someone check the current soot load in the DPF before it becomes so clogged you end up with a £1K repair bill.

Can someone please show me/tell me where exactly this sensor is in the 2.0PD VRS engine bay.

Check out this thread, I had the same question, it took me a while but a few fellow Briskodian's guided me in eventually!

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/237798-dpf-light-on-no-town-driving-pd170-vrs/

Thanks Silver1011

@mannyo: Ive already got it remapped, The plan is to get it to someone to remove the DPF and get a DPF delete mapped. only problem ive got is im in birmingham and where im planning to take it is Alcester.

I just need to know if driving in limp is going to cause more damage than good otherwise i need to fork out another £200-£300 to clear it from a dealer.