[Y2AJ]

Anyone else had this? It's like a really bad burning smell coming from the car. More when I stepped out and even more when I opened my boot??

[Kal101]

Dpf regeneration???

Had it on mine like a rubbery burning smell ??

[Y2AJ]

Originally Posted by Kal001

Dpf regeneration???

Had it on mine like a rubbery burning smell ??

Yea a really bad burning smell. I didn't know that was the DPF Regeneration. Thanks for that.

[teaston]

As above, DPF regen.

[russtic]

Would get it checked. I had a burning smell in mine then...

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1256755

[Y2AJ]

Thanks teaston

[Y2AJ]

yeah I saw your post mate. That's what made me worried.

[theabbot]

I know this is an old thread but having the same burning smell in my new 435d with 300 miles on the clock and was told it's DPF regen, but is this going be happening for the life of the car, if so not happy as I don't expect a £50,000 to smell this bad on a regular bases. Thoughts please.
Mike

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by theabbot

I know this is an old thread but having the same burning smell in my new 435d with 300 miles on the clock and was told it's DPF regen, but is this going be happening for the life of the car, if so not happy as I don't expect a £50,000 to smell this bad on a regular bases. Thoughts please.
Mike

Do some more distance drives at good speeds, then no more bad smells.

[Scottiedog]

Originally Posted by theabbot

I know this is an old thread but having the same burning smell in my new 435d with 300 miles on the clock and was told it's DPF regen, but is this going be happening for the life of the car, if so not happy as I don't expect a £50,000 to smell this bad on a regular bases. Thoughts please.
Mike

I know when mine is doing it's regen, but in 23k smelt it within the car for the first time the other week so it doesn't happen all the time.

[theabbot]

Well in 350 miles its done it twice and stunk the car out each time !!

Mike

[nascot]

Originally Posted by theabbot

Well in 350 miles its done it twice and stunk the car out each time !!

Mike

Too many short journeys? Diesel cars don't like not getting up to a warm temp. The DPF will quickly clog up and need to burn off all that soot.

[robbiep]

Originally Posted by nascot

Too many short journeys? Diesel cars don't like not getting up to a warm temp. The DPF will quickly clog up and need to burn off all that soot.

As said. Lots of short journeys = DPF needing to do 'active regen', which causes that smell.
Long runs on motorways, where the exhaust system gets up to full temperature = passive regen, no such smell.

[theabbot]

Thanks for your input gents, had a long chat with both the service manager and the sales manager today and it seems that BMW have changed the way they have programmed the car to do the regen, instead of doing it on long journeys only it's now doing it on short trips and the smell is likely to occur for the first couple of thousand miles and then the smell will tail off, this information will be going into the hand book sometime next year. so will be interesting to see what happens.
Mike

[vadimo]

Do you know from year they done this change ? Guess they had to do if as a lot of customers purchase diesel not thinking that its not mean for shirt journeys and obviously bmw wont say anything.

[theabbot]

Nobody will tell me but from the confusion I encountered from trying to find out what's going on I guess 2016? as I said it's in the handbook from next year!!

Mike

[Esto-Grande]

Originally Posted by theabbot

Thanks for your input gents, had a long chat with both the service manager and the sales manager today and it seems that BMW have changed the way they have programmed the car to do the regen, instead of doing it on long journeys only it's now doing it on short trips and the smell is likely to occur for the first couple of thousand miles and then the smell will tail off, this information will be going into the hand book sometime next year. so will be interesting to see what happens.
Mike

That seems to fit with my experience of my new GC.