Seasonal Greetings and Salutations Peter!

I feel the DPF as being unfit for purpose after hearing what would appear to be premature failures from the trade, customers and of course these exalted pages. A person should be able to purchase and drive a motor-vehicle without having to thrash it down the motorway every week or so (thereby adding to our already congested roads and adding to the pollution) with the spectre of a £1000 bill hanging over his head. Ok, I might be unfair tarnishing all makes with the same brush, but nonetheless premature DPF failure is a concern. I understand that all components have a "life" but if a main-dealer sent me a note to say that the DPF on my vehicle is due for a change at the 80,000 mile point and would I care to pop it in for a replacement "and that will be a £1000 please" I suspect he would not appreciate what I would tell him what to do with his DPF.

What is the answer? Maybe the cost of DPF systems will come down dramatically in price over time like catalytic converters did. Maybe this link provides the answer http://www.dpfgenie.co.uk or perhaps the Government should take more responsibility in building better roads and by-passes to ease congestion. I don't know. But as it stands the motorist is being caned for a system that appears to be not fit for purpose.

Finally, I have never participated in, or heard of a DPF being removed for performance purposes. I understand it can add an extra few BHP but the cost involved would not make it worthwhile. All DPF removals have been carried out because it is defective, under customers instruction who have been made fully aware of the possible consequences.

Regards

Pete M