[BDCCruze]

This may not be of any use, but in my Australian CTD when the car is in regen it idles 100rpm higher when stopped and in drive. I have the keep driving light in mine and it only came on for the second time since 2012 last week, so the regen is fairly invisible most of the time.

I've been wondering that myself. I've had mine since October 16 and put about 40k on it. I have not yet seen the DPF DIC warning. I do about 100 miles a day on the freeway though, but I was off work two weeks and figured I would see it while driving around town. Never did pop up.

 

[BDCCruze]

youre quoting a person that drives a completely different car than yours

him posting aboot a f150 would be as helpful as posting aboot his car in relation to yours.

your car does not have a dpf lamp, thats why youve never seen it.

I'm talking about the DIC message to continue driving. I confused it with the DEF warning lamp. I'll edit my original post.

 

[BDCCruze]

Was playing with a scan tool today and saw my car shows 785 miles average between regens. Not sure if that's about right or not but I was expecting it to regen daily.

 

[BDCCruze]

Reading somewhere where people claiming the DPF only last around 100k miles. Is there any truth to that? Otherplaces say that it should last the life of the vehicle if you do enough highway driving to let it regen.

Do we have any really high mileage drivers (150k +) that have had to replace it?

 

[BDCCruze]

DPF lifetime is an interesting question, they've been in use in Europe for over a decade, and there hasn't been a spate of DPF replacements, it's not something I let myself worry about.

And the DPF on a DEF equipped vehicle gets a lot less of a work-out than a standalone DPF, (but it may be smaller).

I plan on keeping my Cruze until it falls apart, after eight years the only non-maintenance or recall item I have had is an engine mount replacement.

Well I hope the DPF they use in the US is as good as the one used in Straya.