Driving to work last night and the DPF light on the dash started blinking. As the car is 8 weeks old and just hit 5,000 K's it was a concern especially as most of the travel I do is at speed and should keep the filter clear.
According to the book the light may come on solid (ie not flashing) if the car is run very sedately or on short trips for extended periods of time and the filter does not reach a high enough temperature for the filter to burn off the collected particles.
If the car is left without the remedial action for an extended period then the light may start to flash as mine was indicating dealer action is required. The light had never come on solid at any time previously so going straight to the blinking stage was a concern.
I tried the 20 minute run specified to clear the solid non flashing light but with no luck. Light was still flashing away. I called the dealer (Canberra Subaru at Fyshwick) when they opened at 07:30 and they said drop the car in at 09:30 when I finished work. Very happy with their level of service as apparently they were busy.
They checked it out and apparently there is a bulletin out from Subaru Australia advising of the issue which is someting called "oil dilution". The fix is to drain the oil (I assume it was engine oil) and reset the DPF sensor. All up a 15 to 20 minute job that was done for free.
May be of interest to the other 2.0DT owners in Oz and congrats to Canberra Subaru for the quick fix.
Norm.
According to the book the light may come on solid (ie not flashing) if the car is run very sedately or on short trips for extended periods of time and the filter does not reach a high enough temperature for the filter to burn off the collected particles.
If the car is left without the remedial action for an extended period then the light may start to flash as mine was indicating dealer action is required. The light had never come on solid at any time previously so going straight to the blinking stage was a concern.
I tried the 20 minute run specified to clear the solid non flashing light but with no luck. Light was still flashing away. I called the dealer (Canberra Subaru at Fyshwick) when they opened at 07:30 and they said drop the car in at 09:30 when I finished work. Very happy with their level of service as apparently they were busy.
They checked it out and apparently there is a bulletin out from Subaru Australia advising of the issue which is someting called "oil dilution". The fix is to drain the oil (I assume it was engine oil) and reset the DPF sensor. All up a 15 to 20 minute job that was done for free.
May be of interest to the other 2.0DT owners in Oz and congrats to Canberra Subaru for the quick fix.
Norm.