Hi all,
Thought I'd buyer share my experience while driving from Newman to Kalgoorlie the other week. We were about 130km south of Newman when all of a sudden, this light came on the dash which I'd NEVER seen before. A quick look in the handbook showed it was the DPF light, showing the filters were full. I followed the directions and drove at a steady speed for a while (not difficult being on the highway).
The light stayed on for about an hour, which I thought was a bit odd. After that time, the light started flashing! Looked up the handbook again and it suggested there's some kind of problem and to contact the dealer! Well it was a Sunday, and we were in the middle of nowhere, so that wasn't an option. I decided to keep going towards Kalgoorlie, about 700km to go.
After a fair while the light eventually went back to constantly on, and then finally went away. The light was on for a total of about 300km. In my opinion, this doesn't sound right..
Went to Toyota on Monday who said "blah blah it's normal etc etc", but I told them I wanted them to have a proper look. I do a lot of remote and rural driving, and can't afford to be stuck because of a DPF fault. It's booked in to be looked at on next Monday. I bet they'll say there's no issue..
Back story - 2016 GXL Prado, 35,000km, was towing a camper trailer at the time, was doing about 95km/h
Thought I'd buyer share my experience while driving from Newman to Kalgoorlie the other week. We were about 130km south of Newman when all of a sudden, this light came on the dash which I'd NEVER seen before. A quick look in the handbook showed it was the DPF light, showing the filters were full. I followed the directions and drove at a steady speed for a while (not difficult being on the highway).
The light stayed on for about an hour, which I thought was a bit odd. After that time, the light started flashing! Looked up the handbook again and it suggested there's some kind of problem and to contact the dealer! Well it was a Sunday, and we were in the middle of nowhere, so that wasn't an option. I decided to keep going towards Kalgoorlie, about 700km to go.
After a fair while the light eventually went back to constantly on, and then finally went away. The light was on for a total of about 300km. In my opinion, this doesn't sound right..
Went to Toyota on Monday who said "blah blah it's normal etc etc", but I told them I wanted them to have a proper look. I do a lot of remote and rural driving, and can't afford to be stuck because of a DPF fault. It's booked in to be looked at on next Monday. I bet they'll say there's no issue..
Back story - 2016 GXL Prado, 35,000km, was towing a camper trailer at the time, was doing about 95km/h
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