DIESEL ADDITIVES AND DPF CLEANERS.

[Rusty2009]

You don't get any warning messages or a tell tell light that the car is doing a DPF regen it annoys the hell out of me as it normal does one just I get to where I'm going so I have to go off driving again.

I did email Vauxhall

I own a 2012 2.0CDTI Vauxhall Astra Reg *******.
 
It does get annoying when I arrive at my destination only to discover the car is doing a DPF regen.
 
As failed DPF regens are bad for the engine and also the DPF, also the cost to replace DPF before labour costs is high why is there no message or even the orange warning light lit up?
 
This will allow the driver to clearly know the car needs to keep being driven.
 
Have there been any updates to the BCM / ECU software to include anything to supply such a warning since 2012 and if not can an update be done to include a message?

This is their reply

Dear Mr White,
 
Re: Vauxhall Astra, vehicle registration *******
 
Thank you for your recent contact to Vauxhall.
 
I can advise after raising your technical enquiry regarding the DPF, Vauxhalls technicians have been investigating this. 
 
Vauxhalls Technical Department have confirmed there is no known concern but if you are driving to enable a regeneration automatically then the light will not come on and you will only get the light come on when your driving style needs to be changed to carry one out. If the vehicle is on a dual carriageway/motorway a lot then the light should not come on.
 
Thank you for allowing me to clarify this for you on your behalf. 
 
 
Kind regards,
Bambos Neofitos
Vauxhall Customer Care Advisor