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Hi Ladies and Gents, Just turned 4000 miles on our 2.0 diesel. The first DEF warning to show up was in the information panel, just text that sat on the screen for a few seconds, indicating DEF fluid was running low. I'm not sure how long that message has been showing up, I had not noticed it before today, but could have missed it previously.
The manual says there would be an amber message when "low", and a red message when it was "critically low". Neither of those indications yet. But I saw some DEF fluid at Home Depot that met the required specs, so I bought it. 2.5 gallons for 12 bucks.
I know the capacity of the DEF tank is roughly 4.5 gallons, and the manual says the tank should last about 5k miles. So, I reasoned that, with 4k miles on the odometer, I had probably used between 3.5 and 4 gallons of DEF, so it should be able to take the whole 2.5 gallon container, which it did.
I checked the "service interval" screen before filling the DEF and it said I had 1200 miles left before the DEF was exhausted. After adding the 2.5 gallons, it said 4660 miles to go, so that almost brought it back to full (it said 5000 miles when we first picked it up).
I thought this might be helpful information to anyone who is new to diesels (like me), as I've been worried about the DEF.
The manual says there would be an amber message when "low", and a red message when it was "critically low". Neither of those indications yet. But I saw some DEF fluid at Home Depot that met the required specs, so I bought it. 2.5 gallons for 12 bucks.
I know the capacity of the DEF tank is roughly 4.5 gallons, and the manual says the tank should last about 5k miles. So, I reasoned that, with 4k miles on the odometer, I had probably used between 3.5 and 4 gallons of DEF, so it should be able to take the whole 2.5 gallon container, which it did.
I checked the "service interval" screen before filling the DEF and it said I had 1200 miles left before the DEF was exhausted. After adding the 2.5 gallons, it said 4660 miles to go, so that almost brought it back to full (it said 5000 miles when we first picked it up).
I thought this might be helpful information to anyone who is new to diesels (like me), as I've been worried about the DEF.