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Jus googling around it seems shuddering and dpf issues are to be found in everything from a dodge cummins to a fiat pinto it seems overall its an egr dpf coordination issue and regen issues are related to short trips and non ending regen cycles, a couple of comments seemed to indicate also that sel...

drwormy wrote:Sounds like you did really well out of it. Well done.

I feel so! Check out the new instrument panel in the 2011 xt. Looks pretty sweet

The change in driving characteristics is cause they reflected the ecu. The ecu will take a little while to relearn the way you drive. I'm pretty sure ecu's are adaptive to their drivers. So if u continue to drive hard in it. It should eventually start giving you more.

I feel all your pain guys! But I'm very thankful i've managed to get out of my situation. I had spoken to Subaru Australia, the service center and they both informed me it was my driving habits that cause quicker oil dilution. So I took it up with my dealer over the fact I did not feel they had prop...

Just had a read on the romraider site. Besides looking heaps complicated, the software didn't seem to state it supported a 2.0 diesel forester ecu?

Snapshot 3: after couple minutes additional idling, I got -0.007898 % oil dilution ratio vs. state 2, ECU did estimate some evaporation already. By the way, in compulsory DPF regen mode, ECU first revs 2700 rpm, couple minutes later 2600 till completion, back to standard 800. Seems like these rpms ...

There's no dilution sensor on Euro4, as with many things the ECU has to estimate. Maybe ECU software/data has flaws that unveil especially in Australia's conditions... As I've stated in another thread, do request your ECU software version, it's only a couple of clicks for the mechanic once the diag...

Oh any by the way, I absolutely flog the car more than everyone. Every gear shift from 1st-3rd is above 3k revs and then I mostly cruise in 4th around suburbs or 5th if I hit a 100km/h. I'm a very spirited driver who would love to get the car tuned to allow it to perform even more. Whether these oil...

Good info from everyone, so thanks for all chipping in your thoughts. If anything it makes me feel better knowing I have a support network on these issues. In regards to a couple of points: The foreman who plugged in the computer showed me all the data on the screen. The comp said DPF regenerations:...

I'm convincing myself of this..... as I pick up my diesel Forester on Saturday :D Can I suggest you do not do this! Use the buyers cooling off period and run whilst you can! Update on my Diesel forester situation Well I took it down to Subaru service department today. They plugged the computer in, ...

Ok, so I have been driving with the flashing DPF light for a day, and suddendly on the way home after having had a serious conversation with Subaru about the problem, the light just went out? So now i've had a solid DPF light which lasted a km and then went out. And now i've had a flashing DPF light...

Yeah it definetly brings up the fuel consumption. But the worst part about it, is just how much it ruins the drive of the car. That and all the DPF and oil dilution issues its creating.

Sometimes the car accelerates smoothly and quickly the other days there is about 2 seconds of turbo lag between every gear change Anyone had any problems like this When the car has this much lag, and when you notice that the car just doesnt have the same spirit and torque. The car is doing a regen ...

Ok, today the DPF light came on flashing for me, straight off the bat. From what I've read elsewhere this means there is a oil dilution issue. I.e its just become greater than 10%. I have driven 3100km in 56 days since buying the car. Thats avg of 55km a day and equates to 20000km a year, which I co...

My DPF light came in flashing today after 3000km's in 57 days of driving. That represents oil dilution issues yes? I guess I will have to phone my dealer tomorrow. What should I be expecting as an outcome. There is no way I'm paying for anything after just buying a brand new car and having issues li...

Hi guys, I have 3000kms on my clock now. Build date June 2010. Bought it in February 2011. I do very short trips to work each day. 8km's each way. I have always had a lead foot, and so have always reved the car extremly hard. I have noticed the car does regens ALL the time. Its very rare for me to e...

I have never experienced the shudder. But by goodness I've experienced about 10-12 regens in the 2800km the car has done now. Its crazy how many it seems to need to do.

Hi there, I have noticed that my car attempts regens very regularly. At least once every two days until it gets a decent run and finish's up. Then it'll stay good for a week or two and start doing them again. Admittedly i'm doing 8km trips to work each day which takes no longer than 7-8 minutes. I d...