mercedes diesel probs

[bigdom1957]

hi ive bought myself a c class 2015 plate 18k on the clock , ive been reading quite a lot of posts where people are talking out dpf and rgf ,basicle the particulate filter and refenitive filter, and accociated problems of them and maybe down to the way people drive there cars , would it not be a safe thing every year at least or maybe twice putting a cleaner in the tank to help this from happening. i know theres a lot of additives out there but its only a suggestion ,im sure theres some boffin out there that knows best , and will give advice if its good or not , ie when i had a petrol car i put it in twice a year and could feel the differrance . im not up to date with diesels.

[Monkeylegend]

A quick 30 min run once a fortnight or so if you generally only do town driving to get the car up to temp so it will regenerate has worked ok for me. Then only additive I use is diesel.

There is a lot of internet talk re DPF issues but general caused by not using the car in the way it is designed to be used.