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Thread ID: 150164 2021-10-04 05:48:00 Just bought my first diesel. allblack (6574) PC World Chat
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1481033 2021-10-10 23:45:00 Might be of interest HERE (www.honestjohn.co.uk) ? B.M. (505)
1481034 2021-10-11 02:06:00 Interesting. Everything I've looked at says the red warning light is as a result of a process that was ignored.

There's was no prior 'yellow' warning light, and the DPF light didn't come on prior to warn of the need to give it a good run.

Will wait for Mazda guy to call back.
allblack (6574)
1481035 2021-10-11 03:35:00 Interesting. Everything I've looked at says the red warning light is as a result of a process that was ignored.

Yep, to remind you to have the "Mazda Dealer" massage your hip pocket. ;)
B.M. (505)
1481036 2021-10-11 06:24:00 30,000k oil change? I wouldn't push it that long...

Oil is cheap, engines aren't!

oil has come a long way over the years and todays diesels burn diesel better. long service intervals in not uncommon these days.
tweak'e (69)
1481037 2021-10-11 20:17:00 According to Mazda, because the red light is solid and not flashing, I can drive it for short trips but not out of the suburb, until they can look at it next Wednesday and do a DPF regen.

Have advised the car dealer and curious to see what they offer - I don't ruin a DPF in 7 days so it was obviously close to full when they sold it to me.
allblack (6574)
1481038 2021-10-11 20:51:00 Dealer probably knew about it and cleared the code in the computer so you wouldn't see it when you bought it. Agent_24 (57)
1481039 2021-10-11 21:26:00 UPDATE: Dealer called in response to my email. In an hour I had a loan car dropped off and my Mazda taken away by truck to have the DPF issues resolved at their expense.

I'm as impressed as I am surprised. Dealer's done the right thing. Maybe they knew, maybe they didn't. We'll never know.
allblack (6574)
1481040 2021-10-12 02:47:00 Wow, that is impressive, assuming their fix isn't just to take the DPF warning bulb out of the dashboard lol

A friend of mine bought a Mazda last year from a dodgy dealer and when taking it back for some minor fixes, almost got into a fistfight.
Agent_24 (57)
1481041 2021-10-12 05:38:00 ...also been given details of a place that'll take the DPF out altogether. That's the next job. allblack (6574)
1481042 2021-10-12 05:57:00 Friend of ours ended u in court with Mazda dealer down this way, they hadn't done something which they said they had, it wrecked the engine and needed a full replacement one. But because she was 100km over the recommended oil change she lost her case. gary67 (56)
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