MACAN DPF PROBLEMS

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Neilzy
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Post by Neilzy »

Hi
I've joined the forum as I'm at my wits end with my 6 month old Macan S diesel
The car has now been towed back to Porsche 3 times with the DPF warning light and been off the road for 4 weeks in total
The car has covered 6000 miles from new and 1000 miles between the last two visits to Porsche in 5 weeks
The car is driven on a mixture of motorway,dual carriageway and London traffic
Is anyone else having similar experiences?
Thanks

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Post by Kasfranks99 »

Welcome and sorry to hear about your problems.
How often does it go for a decent run above 2000rpm for 25 minutes or more for the regen to start?

There have been other reports but most have been put down to driving style...
Plenty of SD owners will no doubt advise of their experiences...
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Post by Col Lamb »

Sorry to hear of your problems.

I had an SD but did not experience any issues in the 6000 miles that I did with it.

Conversely others have had problems despite reporting that their journeys have been of the type that should have resulted in normal regen.

Unfortunately you are well past the time period for returning the car for a full refund due to it being defective.

I would suggest that you go back to meet the dealership principle and discuss what they plan to do in rectifying the problem.

Meanwhile if you search this forum you will find quite a few threads on the DPF issues experienced and reading these will arm you with information that you may fing useful in your dealings with your OPC.
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Post by Hawkeye »

Sorry to hear that Neilzy. I have a SD in London too. Have owned it since Oct last year and driven just over 4000 miles. I tend to only drive the car if long enough to get it up to full temperature so no very short journeys. Other than that, tends to be longer journeys out of town. Thankfully, no DPF issues at the moment, but not sure why. Hope you get your problem sorted asap.


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Post by Paul »

6000 miles in 6 months should present no issues at all re DPF...it does sound like a sensor issue rather than a DPF fault.
Do you always run a full (ish) tank? This can make a difference on dpf regeneration....
No help, but my first SD ran 8000 miles in 8 months without missing a beat... (sorry!...)

PS 6 months old with 3 dealership visits for the same fault could allow for vehicle rejection if you do ultimately decide to go down this route.
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I did a quick search and found a bit more information of rejecting a car.

Worth putting in writing to the dealer principle and having a letter delivered and receipted if you are below six months.
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Post by j5kol »

If it helps i am having the same issue. My Macan is approx 7 weeks old, covered 1600 miles and i have had the warning come on 4 times (twice where it has thrown the engine warning light on). I took mine back to OPC on Saturday as the regen warning came on, i literally tried to do a force regen myself as per the handbook but whilst doing this it threw on the engine warning and went into "limp" mode. I do some short journeys but have made a point of taking it for a long run once a week. I don't think it is unreasonable for a car to do some short journeys but it seems like the Macan has been built for motorways only. I am currently awaiting a call from the OPC to let me know what course of action they are taking. I will keep you updated..............
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Post by mark-yorkshire »

I had my first diesel Macan May 14 to May 15 and did about 8000 miles without any issues . My current Macan bought in May 15 has now done 13,500 miles without any DPF issues and I do mainly town local short trips during week with a regularish Motorway run at weekend . I just hope that when my car has its software upgrade later this month that I do not start to have issues.
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Post by Guy »

^ Good point Mark - I wonder if it is related to the newer emissions software. My service is due in July so I'll wait to hear from you before deciding on the SW update! ;)
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Post by Neilzy »

Hi guys thanks for your advise
I have spoken to both Porsche Reading and Porsche Finance this morning and advised them that I do not want the car returned from the dealership when it has eventually been repaired as the car is not 'fit for purpose'
As there is a balloon payment on the purchase at the end of the 3 years the finance company have to handle the dispute as they are the legal owner
I have also spoken to a Macan owner who has now returned his wife's Macan S diesel back to the dealership as it has been back to their workshop on 5 occasions in the 8 months they have owned it. It had only covered 3500 miles
They have agreed to swap the car for a petrol version later this summer.
I'll keep you up to date with events
Regards
Neilzy
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