Honda diesel particulate filter

Honda2015

Hi
Anyone ever have any trouble with a Honda AWD diesel particulate filter. We bought from new in 2015 and had terrible trouble with the car.
Just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience

CiniO

What kind of terrible trouble did you have?
And what car is it and what engine?

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colm_mcm

Gonna assume it’s a CRV. Which engine is it?

Azatadine

I had to get mine 'cleaned' once in an Accord iDTEC. Cost around 200 euro if I remember correctly but that was once in 5 years ownership. Never had any other issues with it.

Audioslaven

Honda2015 wrote: »

Hi
Anyone ever have any trouble with a Honda AWD diesel particulate filter. We bought from new in 2015 and had terrible trouble with the car.
Just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience

Honda did release some ECU patches around the DPF so if I was you, I would get this checked at the dealer. I have a civic and I received a DFP error with the !. I got a DPF regeneration and got them to check for updates. They applied one ECU update around the DPF and I have had 2 years trouble free since then.

Honda2015

Hi
It was a 4 wheel drive CRV, bought from new in 2015. We are city drivers but the route to work changed from a 10km trip on motorway to non motorway city drive. That's when the problems started
Never told when we were buying the car that city driving is a problem for a CRV diesel AWD as otherwise we simply would never have bought a Honda.
Had the DPF cleared by Honda a few times but problem kept coming back. Was becoming a real problem and also dangerous as the car can loose power with a blocked DPF

colm_mcm

It’s not specific to Honda. Diesels aren’t suited to city driving.

Honda2015

From searching the internet I can see other makes who have similar problems.

The warning light was meant to come on before the DPF needed cleaning but this also failed

Honda should have told us the car is not suited to city driving before we spend €50k on a diesel car

knipex

Honda2015 wrote: »

Hi
It was a 4 wheel drive CRV, bought from new in 2015. We are city drivers but the route to work changed from a 10km trip on motorway to non motorway city drive.

Well there you go then.

The car is fine is the way its being used is the problem.

At least once a week you need to take it on a long motor way blast and 10km just will not cut it. 20 to 30km at least.

Better option long term is to trade the car and by a petrol or hybrid or even electric..

But not diesel. any diesel..

knipex

Honda2015 wrote: »

From searching the internet I can see other makes who have similar problems.

The warning light was meant to come on before the DPF needed cleaning but this also failed

Honda should have told us the car is not suited to city driving before we spend €50k on a diesel car

Did you tell Honda what kind of driving you were doing ??

Do you do any research before you spent 50K on a diesel car ??

bazz26

While I have sympathy I think there is a bit of blame to be shared equally here, the person shelling out 50k on a car should be doing some sort of research into it's suitability also. You don't have to be an expert in cars to have an idea what's suitable or not suitable.

CiniO

On the other hand, if car is not suitable for city-only runs, it should say it clearly in user's manual and IMO dealer should be also informing about it clearly.

Honda2015

We did have the patches applied to the car but it made no difference as the issue persisted

Anyway car is gone but don't want anyone else to have a similar costly experience

jayo26

While all diesel cars can have dpf problems it's more of a problem on Honda then any other car.

I had my 11 2.2 accord only a few months when the dpf! Light came on thankfully was covered under warranty and it was never an issue then.

They always say to give it a good 20 minute run every week or two and it be fine but mine was getting a half hour each way trip twice a week and around town the rest so that wasn't the problem.

It's my believe it's a fuk up with Honda that wasn't fixed until 2016.

Honda2015

Agree there appears to be a problem with Honda's, they know about it but don't really seem to care or at least that was our experience
When buying a new car from a reputable manufacturer and an authorsied dealer, I have placed my trust in them to sell me a product whose sole function is to drive without issue and the car could not even do that.
I should not be expected to have to research the car sufficiently to determine if its suits my lifestyle and driving. If they know that the car is incapable of doing short journeys on a regular basis then TELL the customer before they buy the car. This was never brought to my attention
Perhaps Honda are unaware of the problem….even more worrying
Anyway I have said my piece but Honda buyers beware

colm_mcm

Just wondering, why did you get a 4WD CRV over the cheaper front wheel drive?

vectra

I was actually having a discussion with a mechanic friend recently about DPF's ,
He said the best thing for a diesel if
50 euro worth of diesel in the tank and 5 euro worth of petrol
20 mile blast and it will be as good as new.

colm_mcm

Except you’ll need new injectors.

jayo26

I don't subscribe to any of these remedies at all I think from my experience that the fault is in the setup and it will show it's head eitherways.

My one went against everything they said would set it off.

Atlantic Dawn

It's a poor way to run a business not advising the customer of the driving requirements for diesel, it will kill all future business from that customer. The Irish dealers seem poor with any guidance, some don't even tell buyers what Adblue is and that it needs to be added to their car in order to cut the diesel emissions.

CiniO

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It's a poor way to run a business not advising the customer of the driving requirements for diesel, it will kill all future business from that customer. The Irish dealers seem poor with any guidance, some don't even tell buyers what Adblue is and that it needs to be added to their car in order to cut the diesel emissions.

I remember couple years ago (2 maybe 3) i run into Dacia dealer in Mayo and was looking at Sandero or Logan MCV.
I wasn't really planning to buy, but told salesman that I possibly might be looking at buying one to be used as second family car, so mostly for school runs/ shopping / wife driving to work.
He gave me keys to Logan MCV and said to take it for a spin and tell him what I think.
I came back actually fairly impressed, and said that car drivers better than I thought.
I asked though about petrol model.
He said I would be totally mad to even think about petrol model. That no one buys petrol there days. It's all diesel. That petrol would have extreme depreciation rate. And in general it's not a thing to go for.
When I insisted that if I was to buy one, it would be petrol, he said they don't even stock them, there's none to show me, and that I would be disappointed.
And if I really wanted one, it would be a while waiting, but they could get one for me. But it would be purely stupid.
He actually really seemed annoyed that I was insisting on petrol model.

Obviously I didn't buy anything anyway. But it was interesting experience.

run_Forrest_run

CiniO wrote: »

I remember couple years ago (2 maybe 3) i run into Dacia dealer in Mayo and was looking at Sandero or Logan MCV.
I wasn't really planning to buy, but told salesman that I possibly might be looking at buying one to be used as second family car, so mostly for school runs/ shopping / wife driving to work.
He gave me keys to Logan MCV and said to take it for a spin and tell him what I think.
I came back actually fairly impressed, and said that car drivers better than I thought.
I asked though about petrol model.
He said I would be totally mad to even think about petrol model. That no one buys petrol there days. It's all diesel. That petrol would have extreme depreciation rate. And in general it's not a thing to go for.
When I insisted that if I was to buy one, it would be petrol, he said they don't even stock them, there's none to show me, and that I would be disappointed.
And if I really wanted one, it would be a while waiting, but they could get one for me. But it would be purely stupid.
He actually really seemed annoyed that I was insisting on petrol model.

Obviously I didn't buy anything anyway. But it was interesting experience.

sounds to me like a dealer who is trying to clear out his diesel stock

knipex

jayo26 wrote: »

While all diesel cars can have dpf problems it's more of a problem on Honda then any other car.

I had my 11 2.2 accord only a few months when the dpf! Light came on thankfully was covered under warranty and it was never an issue then.

They always say to give it a good 20 minute run every week or two and it be fine but mine was getting a half hour each way trip twice a week and around town the rest so that wasn't the problem.

It's my believe it's a fuk up with Honda that wasn't fixed until 2016.

I have driven Diesels for over 12 years at this stage. Probably a million +km.

I have driven Honda's, Opel's, VW's, Mazda's, Fords. Listened to forum posters, and mechanics tell me how much trouble the engines were, DPF, DMF's ERG valves etc etc.

I have never (touch wood) had a problem with any of my cars, I do high mileage, the majority on motorway's, change the oil frequently (far more frequently than manufacturers guidelines) and generally service them on time..

You need to drive Diesel cars at sustained revs (not start stop driving or speeding up and slowing down) for extended period of time (15 \ 20 minutes) at least once or twice a week. Read the owners manual its written there in black and white..

I don't buy new cars, I tend to look at 2 to 3 year old cars with at least 30K km per annum (unless there is a special history 1 car had far less but it Drive to Dublin on Sunday night where ti remained parked until Friday when driven to Cork). I keep being offered low mileage bargains, 2 / 3 year old cars with 15,000 / 20,000 Km one lady owner drive it to mass or 4km to work. Which I avoid like the plague..

In the correct application modern diesels are clean, reliable efficient and powerful.

In the wrong application modern diesels are dirty, polluting, unreliable junk.

Its not the car its how its used is the problem..

demanufactured

OP knows nothing about cars, complains about diesel particulate filter being blocked because if urban driving, is told what needs to be done....still complains....zzzzz