Tony Thomas

I have a 2014 Accord and the DPF has just gone at 115,000 miles so i had it cleaned and i to have suffered the same problem. It seems that the pre 2009 models had a software modification but post that the software has never been changed to deal with this problem. The pressure sensor checks out as being fine and the light simply comes on in the first instance at about 1000 miles then the next is 800 and so on. The Honda experts tell me i am basically stuffed. The ECU has some very tight parameters set in and the pressure sensor naturally sends data to the ECU which initially treats the new readings from the cleaned DPF as a regen condition because the new base parameters are not in accord with the manufacturers settings. After extensive research the choice is stark either remap the car and remove the DPF which is illegal or replace the DPF at the extortion price charged by Honda of circa £1500. The part was imported for a short time from Japan no doubt by the produced that makes for Honda and sold for about £445 but that avenue was stopped very quickly no doubt by Honda. So we are all supposed to lie back and be shafted by Honda. Someone needs to generate the software amendment so the ECU accepts the wider parameter of a cleaned DPF there would be many customers because the problem is common.