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Ours was the 1.6 TDCi 110PS fitted to the C-Max. It was Euro 3 thus had no DPF, in fact it was registed within 1 month of Euro 4 becoming law which was why we got a stunning deal on it. The service interval was 12500 miles or 12 months and as far as I know that is still the service interval in a Ford. It was always serviced using the correct Ford spec oil. We had it almost 5 years and sold it in September 2010. That chap that bought it still owns it and uses it on a daily basis. For the record he is a mechanic and we all know how well mechanics tend to look after their own vehicles. He will run it until it dies like he does with all his cars.
Chap next door but one has the same engine in a Mazda 3. Only does about 3000 miles a year and his does have a DPF but has had no issues so far.
We have a fleet of Peugeot vans fitted with the smae engine. They do a high annual mileage with 20,000 mile service intervals. No problems.
The simple fact is so many of these engines have been fitted to various makes of car its inevitable there will be issues. If some of the other types of engine out there were fitted in such vast numbers they would probably suffering similar failure rates.
With correct maintenance the engine is perfectly OK (but a bit slow).
Having said all that much preferred the Kia 1.6 CRDi 115 PS we had in the Ceed.
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