Hi guys,
Having bought a 5 year old 68 reg Vauxhall insignia last October (90k miles), my DPF is now completely blocked (beyond a clean) and needs replacing. It's blocked that much that it won't even allow a forced regen to be performed.
I have a 12 month platinum warranty from a 3rd party insurance company (Auto Select) which will probably pay out next to nothing. The garage where I've taken the car to I trust and they have tried to email the warranty company to ascertain whether they'll cover a new DPF. However until the garage have investigated further, they are unsure whether they will find any other issues.
My garage are deliberately being slightly cagey about what info they provide and have so far stopped short of providing estimates on costs etc. They are trying to protect me as they say they know what these insurance companies are like and they'll do anything to get out of paying up.
The garage have said that just for a new DPF it will cost £2,500.
Does that sound right? Looking on Ebay, the cost for the part alone appear to be around £750.
Can anyone offer me any further advice or guidance. I spent 8k on thus car back in October and it feels like it was money down the drain.
thanks in advance
Joe
Having bought a 5 year old 68 reg Vauxhall insignia last October (90k miles), my DPF is now completely blocked (beyond a clean) and needs replacing. It's blocked that much that it won't even allow a forced regen to be performed.
I have a 12 month platinum warranty from a 3rd party insurance company (Auto Select) which will probably pay out next to nothing. The garage where I've taken the car to I trust and they have tried to email the warranty company to ascertain whether they'll cover a new DPF. However until the garage have investigated further, they are unsure whether they will find any other issues.
My garage are deliberately being slightly cagey about what info they provide and have so far stopped short of providing estimates on costs etc. They are trying to protect me as they say they know what these insurance companies are like and they'll do anything to get out of paying up.
The garage have said that just for a new DPF it will cost £2,500.
Does that sound right? Looking on Ebay, the cost for the part alone appear to be around £750.
Can anyone offer me any further advice or guidance. I spent 8k on thus car back in October and it feels like it was money down the drain.
thanks in advance
Joe
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