anyone had issues with there DPF?

[cypher007]

interested to find out if anyone has had problems with there DPF on the 2.0 TDI engine. its after I spoke to a mechanic who services lots of older cars with DPF's. he said he hasn't had any problems with VAG group or Mercedes, but has had issues with French group and Vauxhall.

if you have had probs can you tell me if you have had the VAG dieselgate update or not, what year the car is, BHP, and the type of typical journey.

thanks all for your continued patience with a potential Audi owner.

[Steve Q]

Hi Logan, when I worked at volkswagen we saw alot of cars come in for the emissions recall but would have recorded dpf issues stored on the ecu as well as egr issues. We'd also have cars have issues after the recall but vag stand point is that these issues aren't connected. If it we're me I wouldn't be touching a vag car if it's had the emissions recall and up for sale shortly after. 

Have a look under the recall section as there is lots of info. Buy basically any vag diesel made after 2006 could be affected. 

Cheers

Steve

[cypher007]

cheers for the info. id kind of scatched any updated cars off my list to be honest anyway. the only way ive found at the moment of telling if its been updated is to ask for the VIN number and check Audi's site. is there a way I can check using VCDS? eg a version number which when above a certain version means updated? it just I don't want to start looking at cars which are usually 60+miles away only to find out they've been updated or a dealer gets moody about giving me the VIN number.

the A5 I nearly bought last year had had the update and I think that's why it was for sale. interestingly they ended up sending it to auction I believe as it disappeared from said dealer without being sold. even though they dropped the price from 13k to 12.5k (which is when I put a deposit on it and haggled down to 12k then discovered the update so cancelled) to 12k and finally 11.5k. over a period of about 4 months.

[Steve Q]

Glad you crossed the updated cars off your list. I would suspect that there is a way of finding out via vcds however I don't know the version number I'm affraid. 

To be fair, any car you're looking at purchasing the dealer should be happy to oblige when you explain the reason. Better still there should be a certificate to show the recall has been completed and stamped by the Audi dealer who carried out the recall. This is how it worked at volkswagen. 

Cheers

Steve

[cypher007]

it varies I find with dealers. because I'm buying non franchised I tend to find some get slightly twitchy when you start bringing out a laptop :) . if I start asking for VIN numbers before Ive even been to view it, I'm not sure they will play ball. I suppose I could ask for the last franchised dealer to service the car then ask them. or maybe I can do it via the reg number by asking Audi.