Hi diesel guys, I posted this in the 6R Polo section a few days ago:
Tonight's episode of Polo problems, brought to you by my sister's 66TDI Comfortine:
http://youtu.be/4IceqGrNNG0
Engine light, ECU light, and limp mode. Gotta love VW motoring.
Should have bought a Corolla at this rate of failures...
Which was followed up by:
The little Polo was looked at today, and the DPF (diesel particulate filter) is full of ash, which, unlike soot, cannot be burned off through regeneration. They tried a forced regen, then an emergency regen but with no luck. A replacement DPF is circa $3500 and that is without labour.
Considering VW say the DPF should be maintenance free for about 300,000 kms, or roughly eight years, we will push as hard as possible for this to be replaced under Australian Consumer Law or VW goodwill.
I'll also bring up the fact that we told them, on multiple occasions, that the car was not running properly/stalled while driving etc. and that they failed to replace any defective part until several months later, denied the car was at fault, and blamed it on "your driving style".
The parts at fault back then were the injectors, which were causing the DPF to regenerate every two days which I think would significantly reduce the working lifespan of the unit.
Hopefully we can come up with a solution for this...
A forum member over in the Polo section recommended to post this here as well, just in case any of you have some idea as to what we should do about this. Thanks in advance.
Alex.
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