My depollution system fault light came on yesterday and car was all shaking about and when accelerating had to put pedal to floor and it was driving terribly having someone coming out to look at it today it's only done 44,000 miles only bought it 6 months ago from we'll known dealer usually start having problems with a new car 2 years down the line never as soon as this when looking online it seems to be very comman problem does anyone know if ths is a fault or is it just wear and tear ?

Di, August 2013

A very common problem with motors with particulate filters in the exhaust,all geared to reducing emissions,a lot of town driving/short journeys doesn`t help and in my opinion unless they are getting a good run frequently are not fit for purpose,these filters can cost a fortune if they can`t be regenerated,my advice is if at all possible give the motor a long run in low gears at high revs to get the exhaust really hot and see if that can burn off carbon deposits in the system,if not it will need to go onto a relevant computer to try regenerating it manually,also there may be a tank of eolys/cerine which may need filling to help in the process.

cdc, August 2013