Concerns with the DPF gauge not registering or moving

[Blueticks]

Hi Folks
Just took delivery of my 2019 ram 2500 Laramie in march. Been a great truck up to this point. I had a blind spot alert unavailable that led to a gambit of issues such as intermittent windows, radio, HVAC ext...Anyway got that sorted by replacing a model in the drivers door. That leads me to my concern. Prior to this happening, I was watching periofically, my DPF gauge to keep an eye on it. I am new to diesel engines. I never moved. NEVER. When I got my truck back from the dealer it read about 20% for a couple of days. Then on a sat. night I received the "Automatic Exhaust Regeneration In Progress" I figured I would run it down the Highway the next day as many forums and the book suggest. Next day the message was gone. I took it for a ride and the gauge never moved. I even let it idle for 45 minutes...nothing. After what recently happened, electronically, I am skeptic that there is a problem with the gauge. Does anyone else have a similar experience with their DPF gauge. Should I be concerned or are these 2019 RAMS or is the new exhaust system that good that I really should not be worried at all? (SRY for the winded text)

 

[elephantrider]

mine never showed me anything but zero % for the 10k miles it was relevant. it did regens periodically but that gauge never moved.

 

[Blueticks]

mine never showed me anything but zero % for the 10k miles it was relevant. it did regens periodically but that gauge never moved.

TY

 

[zhauler]

my 20 been moving slowly from full from the start..

 

[Blueticks]

Yup...I don't even get that...I wish someone ensure me that these newer rams are just burning fuel more efficiently as I have read in other blogs

 

[zhauler]

I haven't really been paying attention but I use diesel kleen every other fill...

I also have been filling only with bp from a new station with new tanks...

dpf needs sustained heat to burn off the soot, so if you shut it down in the middle of a regen, you can make it worse....

dpf works by injecting diesel in to the filter (among other methods) to heat and burn the soot...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter

 

[Rich]

We do allot of traveling and mine will jump up to about 12% then the next time I check it, its back down to zero. I'd say if it's not something that you keep on in the evic all the time , that it would be hard to catch it. At least on mine anyway. Because so many of my miles are spent towing the fiver, i go through allot more def than the average user. I'm real happy with how my regen system has performed this far

 

[AKDoug]

I've caught mine registering above zero exactly ONCE in 30,000 miles. Now it's just another gauge I don't bother to look at.

 

[Blueticks]

my 20 been moving slowly from full from the start..

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Whats that yellow light on the bottom right of your screen?

 

[elephantrider]

pre collision warning turned off.

 

[Blueticks]

pre collision warning turned off.

Oh ok TY

 

[AkFire422]

6,100mi on my 2020 2500 limited mega. Never seen the gushed move. No issues though. Regen works perfectly, is what I assume. In Alaska so fair amount of idle time warming up etc, and staying warm at the Snowmachine trailhead.

 

[mruysch]

Mine today. Highest I have ever seen it

 

[Brewbud]

I have yet to see mine move. I have spent a lot of time driving with it on the screen too.

 

[Jackb60]

2019 with almost 23k miles and ive never seen the guage move off zero and have never seen a regen notice on the screen. Seems strange to me.

 

[RV_Goose]

My 2020 RAM 3500 dually in the first 5000 miles seemed to regen more often. Perhaps like a break in period? After 5000 miles, it's had to catch the regen message on the screen, and I run with the DPF screen displayed.

And that includes a 500 one day trip to Florida towing a 12k trailer.

 

[Jackb60]

My 2020 RAM 3500 dually in the first 5000 miles seemed to regen more often. Perhaps like a break in period? After 5000 miles, it's had to catch the regen message on the screen, and I run with the DPF screen displayed.

And that includes a 500 one day trip to Florida towing a 12k trailer.

does the regen message only show in the dpi screen ?

 

[Jackb60]

DPF

 

[RV_Goose]

does the regen message only show in the dpi screen ?

DPF

I believe so. Or I perhaps missed the regen message while on the MPG screen.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

does the regen message only show in the dpi screen ?

Yes thats the only place it will show