Following an oil change, the PDF warning comes on within 1,000 miles, this will happen if you have had someone else than a Mazda dealer complete a routine oil change who doesn't have the electronics required to reset the PDF warning in the car! So you need to get a Mazda Main dealer to reset this every time you change your oll.

Restrictive practice- why buy a Mazda?

The best oil to use is Comma Ecolife 5W/30 which meets ACEA C1 including the key low ash formula. I bought 5 ltires for £17.64p plus VAT from SES Autoparts www.sesautoparts.co.uk

To resolve the flashing PDF light invovolved a trip to Mazda at Bognor Regis and cost £135 for an oil filter and oil change plus reset PDF.

The Mazda semi-synthetice oil was £9.50p a litre please compare with Comma fully synthetic above.

I had similar problem with my mazda and £2200 out of pocket, and after three weeks dpf back.Finaly www.remap24.co.uk agent in Liverpool resolved problem for good :)

Hi Mazda owner.

I have just fitted a new DPF and diff pressure sensor at cost of £800 (non mazda bits - they wanted £2500 for the DPF alone!!!!) and after 40 miles, engine management light is on and DPF light flashing + limp mode after 2 mins of driving. DPF light disappears every time car is re-started and full power returns but comes back flashing after 2 mins of driving each time and goes into limp mode again.

My question is this - I kept my old DPF filter and knocked the inners out of it so it is esentially free flow. I am seriously tempted to re-fit this one to the car and go for a re-map. Has your experience with "remap24" been a good one? How much did it cost? Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

DB

having bought a mazda 6 2.0 diesel 143 at auction it was in limp mode and someone sneakily turned warning lights off, i researched this issue deeply and visited the previous service garage, as buying an original dpf and two sensors was an option, so opted for the dpf removal at £600, they removed the dpf only to find that the software could not be done because car now saying it wants a pressure sensor of some kind and the only way forward was a dpf emulator. Apparently dpf program can only be removed if everything is working ok as it should, if this was the case you wouldnt be going to a garage.Emulators are a bit limited but contacted remap24 who said all problems would be fixed and car would run great, i felt an answer had appeared as the remap24 website said it was all plug and play. Chap turned up next day, said car be fine in 20 mins, he chopped 4 connectors off, wired in his emulator, wedged the box inbetween the air filter with all wires hanging down, he had to borrow my insulation tape, he did say in the beginning if car not right then dont pay, i took that as a guarantee. i test drove car, marginally better but still not on full power, after repeatedly trying to plug in his laptop told me the lambda sensor was at fault and wanted paid, he then got very aggressive as i was unsure of paying and offered to remove his parts,leaving no connectors on, paid man, rubbish service and product, later had new sensor and blocked the egr off as he mentioned could be that, but car still the same, i think the only true way to fix these cars is properly at great cost, problem with the emulators is if something goes wrong no garage would want to fix because they didnt do it and wouldnt understand it. remap 24 is a polish guy who makes these emulators himself and is very agressive, i did say check car over first to make sure it will be fine, but just went ahead anyway then gave me excuses, best thing to do is flog the car and stay well clear, shame really as they look and drive nice, manufacturers should man up to these problems and why are the sensors so expensive when petrol variants are a tenth of the price???