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Just got back home from Subaru dealership after my XV's yellow DPF light started blinking yesterday. My normal drive is on the highway about 60 km a day at 80-110 km/h. I had a long lecture about these filters and how it is quite normal that it is blocked in a brand-new (8000km) car. They were of t...

I was pi$$ed off at first too, with the troubles my diesel forester was having early in it's life, but just do a quick google search and you'll see that many of the other late model common-rail diesel engines, with DPF's , are having issues too. Unfortunately it seems the common consensus is driving...

Thanks for your response Falco80, by the looks you have a Forester Diesel? The Dreaded ETC drive-by-wire system!.... Glad that I have found someone else with a diesel that is feeling my frustration. Does your Forester drive smoothly with the A/C off and is a real battle with the A/C on at low speed...

Hi everyone, I have a 2010 Diesel Outback with a issue that has bothered me since new. When driving the vehicle with the air conditioner turned on, easing on and / or off the throttle is very harsh. Low speeds in car parks or slowly moving traffic etc in 1st or 2nd gear almost makes the vehicle "ka...

Particulate Filter problems I have a 2012 Outback Diesel with 22.000 kms on the clock. Currently back in the shop for the 3rd time - having the Turbo pulled down this time due to "carbon build up" in the Turbo. The conversations with Subaru include: "The cause is the DPF doesn't get hot enough to b...

Outback's 62500km service just completed. DPF unburnables at 4%. Was the same at 50000km service as well. Skipalami, are you calling the soot accumulation ratio "DPF unburnables"? I had my 75000Km service today. The soot accumulation ratio was at 2% (12% last service), but the cumulative ash ratio ...

Just had my 62500km service done this week on the diesel foz and they also repaired the leaking secondary sump, which meant keeping the car for 3 days and yanking the engine out. This is the first service where the fuel filter is replaced too, which I feel is too long of an interval. :? I had a bran...

Hi Dan, what is your averge economy? seems though you travel quite a lot of kms each day/week. in comparison to some you are doing 5 times more... would you think driving the car harder in say someone that uses city roads and travels roughly 50km per day make and difference,since in city driving th...

Recommendation is now to keep the revs somewhere around 2000rpm (give or take). But this leaves you open to the dreaded shudder. Did you receive revised shift points? On the Forester the shift points were (indicated km/h) 24, 40, 64, 72, 80. This was revised to 24, 40, 65, 85, 105. Hence asking you...

Just had the foz in for it's 50000k service today. I asked the service guys to check up on the DPF and see how clogged it was, as I was curious. I figured with all the highway miles I cover it would be in much better shape than someone who does short city driving. Anyway here are the figures.... -Oi...

Also need to insure that the carbon clean and filter change are getting done. I know you should trust the dealerships but I've had dodgy stuff happen at some. Moisture in the fuel is a real headache for these diesels. What do you mean by carbon clean, my service guys have never mentioned it? I alwa...

What's your economy like? Maybe its just a matter of people adjusting from the old school diesels which get torque from idle lol. But revving a diesel hard might take some getting used to ;) I'm pleased with the economy I've been getting. Since new I have kept records of each tank fill and how many...

My diesel has been running great. Just reached 49000km's now and no shuddering or DPF light coming on since early last year. Since it's a lease vehicle I have only used BP servos to fill up since new and tend to use the same local servo, which pumps out a lot of diesel. I feel the 200km's i drive ea...

Subyroo wrote:Have you been having it serviced at Gary Cricks?

No mate, down in Brisbane. A dealer on the sunshine coast would have been a lot closer & easier.

Well, our first 2 days over 25C in a row and it's back: I've had my fist noticeable regens in months. They seemingly disappeared over our Canberra winter, nothing in the drivability or the instamatic-fuel-econ-readout to indicate any. Today and yesterday (well Sat and Sun, not early Mon am :-) driv...

35000k's here and no further issues.

Well i finally got 1000k's out of my last tank in the diesel Forester. Well 1002km's going off the odometer, but only 981km's going by the GPS. Either way i am stoked. :mrgreen: To get that kind of range out of an AWD car the size of the Forester is pretty damn good i think! I was surprised because ...

I've rolled over 30000k's in my diesel forester since January this year and have not had any major issues since the DPF light issue at 9000k's. I had what felt like the shudder happen twice at around 24000k's, but nothing since. The engine has definately loosened up now and i consistantly get betwee...

I just managed to get a little over 950k's out of my last tank of diesel over the weekend, according to the trip meter. I pushed it until the fuel needle was just below the last mark on the gauge and i squeezed in 58.5 litres when i refilled. I'm pretty happy with that range and i like being able to...

I run mine down till the fuel light comes on and it's a pretty consistent 800-850 km's or so now. I do 1000km's a week and have noticed the engine "loosen up" a fair bit and the fuel economy get better now as i get closer to 20000k's. For the first 15000k's i drove it kinda hard i guess you could sa...