Just another newbie saying Hi everyone. Recently bought a 2013 XF 3.0 Diesel Portfolio. Love the car but a few minor niggles are driving me nuts! Most worrying is the DPF amber warning light. FOUR times it has appeared and that is just within the two months I have had the car. Bought as a "Jaguar Approved" car from a main dealer, mainly for the peace of mind but it has been anything but. I've followed the handbook procedure of giving the car a run out at constant speed and the warning light has always cleared but 4 times is still rather worrying. Have just seen a thread on here about DPF which seems to have been started ages ago so I'm guessing this is nothing new and I'm not alone. Will go and have a good read of that thread and no doubt be putting my two penny worth in! All the best - Allan

Hi Allan, and welcome to the club!

A lot has been written about the potential DPF problems, which can be truly alarming. I had the XF 3.0D S which I sold a few years ago quite simply because I had retired, and my mileage was now likely to give rise to DPF issues. Having said that, I never had any issues at all whilst I had the car.

What kind of journies do you do?

Do you use premium grade diesel such as Shell V Power? My wife has a 2.0D Citroen Grand Picasso. The DPF light has never been on, but she did have regular regenerations until she switched to V Power. Since then she has had no regenerations at all.

I changed to the XK, so no DPF for me to worry about, thank goodness!

Hi Leo, thanks for the response. The vast majority of my journeys are very short, local trips. I generally fill up at the local Tesco using their diesel. Might try switching to a premium grade as you suggest. The regeneration cycle has always worked when taken on a run as indicated in the manual but the frequency of the warning light was what worried me! I think I will also try to fit in a longer journey, at least once a week and see if that helps. Good excuse to have a run out in the car as well.

Switching to premium grade, and giving it a long run once a week should help a lot.

In addition to premium grade some members use additive once in a while, though this is not something I have done.

The hard (and sad) fact is that DPFs are not suitable for repeated short journeys.

Hi Allan....welcome to the Forum

Good to have you onboard

Cheers,   Trevor