how many miles on the car?
Drop the DPF!
Hi all,
I just wanted to join and share my experience with my 2014 Diesel Cruze so far.
Firstly with the amount of issues I see with DPF's in general the fact companies are allowed to release cars with these issues is insane.
I've had my car about 6 months now and only had one issue that drove me insane and caused just a shitty experience for me for a month!
So I went on a trip 8 hours from where I live and on the trip down I get the add DEF warning which I had just added some the week before wondering why the **** that would be on. So I continue to drive thinking it will go away. I then get to a gas station and buy DEF, about $40 dollars worth to fill the tank. The light doesn't go off so I assume the sensor hasn't read it yet, I continue driving to my destination thinking it will turn off, it never does. Turns out the heating element went out in the DPF causing this issue. I went to a dealer that charged me $0 to look and tell me that and that he doesn't have the part and it was on back order, this guy was the only good experience with Chevy I've had. So now I'm pissed because I'm in limp mode to I believe 65 MPH.
I had my brother drive 8 hours to tow this back to my house. Renting the trailer and such was probably about $150 and I paid him like $300 for being so kind to come down and do it.
So I get back into town and take it to my dealer and I explain to them I know whats wrong and they take a look and charge me like $110 or more dollars to tell me what I ******* told them. To make matters worse I thought it was covered under warranty so that's why I let them take a look, then they tell it's not covered and the DPF will cost $700 dollars. The lady called me and I literally told her $700 dollars is insane and I could do a delete and tune for $500 more dollars and never deal with it again. She said that would void my warranty, to which I replied "because that's doing so much for me now?"
So wanting to do it from the start I went with getting a tune and delete and it's literally the best thing I ever did. I spent more money then what it would cost for the DPF but I wasn't paying $700 dollars for a system Chevy can't get right for me to be penalized for.
I love my Diesel Cruze and plan to do a few more things to it and hope to post it here once I get the projects going, it's a great little car.
The thing I'm most disappointed in is Chevy, this is my first new car to me and I felt shafted by the company. Since I got the delete and tune I've had no issues and been rolling a little coal
. If I get any car in the future, I won't be choosing Chevy again. It's unreal I would be charged for that element going out when I didn't cause it and that it wasn't covered under the power-train warranty.
TLDR: **** DPF, DELETE AND TUNE.
I just wanted to join and share my experience with my 2014 Diesel Cruze so far.
Firstly with the amount of issues I see with DPF's in general the fact companies are allowed to release cars with these issues is insane.
I've had my car about 6 months now and only had one issue that drove me insane and caused just a shitty experience for me for a month!
So I went on a trip 8 hours from where I live and on the trip down I get the add DEF warning which I had just added some the week before wondering why the **** that would be on. So I continue to drive thinking it will go away. I then get to a gas station and buy DEF, about $40 dollars worth to fill the tank. The light doesn't go off so I assume the sensor hasn't read it yet, I continue driving to my destination thinking it will turn off, it never does. Turns out the heating element went out in the DPF causing this issue. I went to a dealer that charged me $0 to look and tell me that and that he doesn't have the part and it was on back order, this guy was the only good experience with Chevy I've had. So now I'm pissed because I'm in limp mode to I believe 65 MPH.
I had my brother drive 8 hours to tow this back to my house. Renting the trailer and such was probably about $150 and I paid him like $300 for being so kind to come down and do it.
So I get back into town and take it to my dealer and I explain to them I know whats wrong and they take a look and charge me like $110 or more dollars to tell me what I ******* told them. To make matters worse I thought it was covered under warranty so that's why I let them take a look, then they tell it's not covered and the DPF will cost $700 dollars. The lady called me and I literally told her $700 dollars is insane and I could do a delete and tune for $500 more dollars and never deal with it again. She said that would void my warranty, to which I replied "because that's doing so much for me now?"
So wanting to do it from the start I went with getting a tune and delete and it's literally the best thing I ever did. I spent more money then what it would cost for the DPF but I wasn't paying $700 dollars for a system Chevy can't get right for me to be penalized for.
I love my Diesel Cruze and plan to do a few more things to it and hope to post it here once I get the projects going, it's a great little car.
The thing I'm most disappointed in is Chevy, this is my first new car to me and I felt shafted by the company. Since I got the delete and tune I've had no issues and been rolling a little coal
. If I get any car in the future, I won't be choosing Chevy again. It's unreal I would be charged for that element going out when I didn't cause it and that it wasn't covered under the power-train warranty.TLDR: **** DPF, DELETE AND TUNE.
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If you are talking about your DEF heater element, I think others out of warranty have ordered the part online and replaced themselves fairly easily for a total of about $150 out of pocket. I don't think it's too much more than that at the dealer, if they don't try to replace the entire tank which seems like what yours wanted to do. I think your dealership (as with many other dealerships when it comes to our diesel Cruzes) sucks.Hi all,
I just wanted to join and share my experience with my 2014 Diesel Cruze so far.
Firstly with the amount of issues I see with DPF's in general the fact companies are allowed to release cars with these issues is insane.
I've had my car about 6 months now and only had one issue that drove me insane and caused just a shitty experience for me for a month!
So I went on a trip 8 hours from where I live and on the trip down I get the add DEF warning which I had just added some the week before wondering why the **** that would be on. So I continue to drive thinking it will go away. I then get to a gas station and buy DEF, about $40 dollars worth to fill the tank. The light doesn't go off so I assume the sensor hasn't read it yet, I continue driving to my destination thinking it will turn off, it never does. Turns out the heating element went out in the DPF causing this issue. I went to a dealer that charged me $0 to look and tell me that and that he doesn't have the part and it was on back order, this guy was the only good experience with Chevy I've had. So now I'm pissed because I'm in limp mode to I believe 65 MPH.
I had my brother drive 8 hours to tow this back to my house. Renting the trailer and such was probably about $150 and I paid him like $300 for being so kind to come down and do it.
So I get back into town and take it to my dealer and I explain to them I know whats wrong and they take a look and charge me like $110 or more dollars to tell me what I ******* told them. To make matters worse I thought it was covered under warranty so that's why I let them take a look, then they tell it's not covered and the DPF will cost $700 dollars. The lady called me and I literally told her $700 dollars is insane and I could do a delete and tune for $500 more dollars and never deal with it again. She said that would void my warranty, to which I replied "because that's doing so much for me now?"
So wanting to do it from the start I went with getting a tune and delete and it's literally the best thing I ever did. I spent more money then what it would cost for the DPF but I wasn't paying $700 dollars for a system Chevy can't get right for me to be penalized for.
I love my Diesel Cruze and plan to do a few more things to it and hope to post it here once I get the projects going, it's a great little car.
The thing I'm most disappointed in is Chevy, this is my first new car to me and I felt shafted by the company. Since I got the delete and tune I've had no issues and been rolling a little coal
TLDR: **** DPF, DELETE AND TUNE.
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