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This may be a dangerous thing to post ( warning light next week!!) but I would like to think that the majority of diesel Macans have NOT had a DPF problem.

I have had my Macan for approx. 2 1/2 years and have done 19,000 miles. The software update was done (last year??) and have had no problems to date. Am I the only one with no problems?

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No longer own it but my '15 plate did 9000 miles in 9 months without missing a beat (admittedly on the " old" software)
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No problems on mine at 11000 miles, but first service is tomorrow. Was planning to tell them NOT to update software, but let's see how many positive replies you get! ;)
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Just gone over 6000 miles in mine in 10 months. No problems to date. One question I have is that if my car arrived in Oct 16, does it even need a software update? At what point did they start arriving with the 'correct' software?


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Meant to say - I have never used supermarket fuel in the Macan. I have used supermarket fuel in previous petrol cars (difficult to refuse 20p off per litre :D ) but don't really drive past any supermarkets at present. My "local" stations are Shell and BP.
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Only used premium diesel in mine too. No supermarket fuel.


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6 months and 6000 miles with zero DPF issues in my SD.

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ScotMac wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:06 am ...but I would like to think that the majority of diesel Macans have NOT had a DPF problem.
What constitutes a DPF problem? In ca 14K miles (including maybe 5K post firmware update) I've had one DPF warning, which resolved fairly promptly after a suitable drive in manual mode. Would you count that as a problem or not?

Most of the car's diet is discount diesel (not too much actual supermarket because it's not so convenient for me, but eg successors to Jet - something called Applegreen is my local one) and it's a mixture of local journeys, 5-6 mile commutes and longer A/B-road journeys in the main. It's entirely possible (though I don't remember in detail) that the one DPF warning I did see was when - as it happened - I hadn't been on a longer journey for a few weeks.
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johnd wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:16 pm
ScotMac wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:06 am ...but I would like to think that the majority of diesel Macans have NOT had a DPF problem.
What constitutes a DPF problem? In ca 14K miles (including maybe 5K post firmware update) I've had one DPF warning, which resolved fairly promptly after a suitable drive in manual mode. Would you count that as a problem or not?

Most of the car's diet is discount diesel (not too much actual supermarket because it's not so convenient for me, but eg successors to Jet - something called Applegreen is my local one) and it's a mixture of local journeys, 5-6 mile commutes and longer A/B-road journeys in the main. It's entirely possible (though I don't remember in detail) that the one DPF warning I did see was when - as it happened - I hadn't been on a longer journey for a few weeks.
That is probably not a "problem" - just the way the car is meant to work - a DPF warning that you can "drive to fix".

I think it may be helpful for all Macan diesel owners to get such info from us.
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