[muskie44]

I have an error code for a temperature sensor in the DEF tank on my blue tech. My mechanic checked and the dealer wants $1200 for this sensor and has 10 of them in stock! Apparently they go bad often. Has anyone else had this issue and maybe found a more inexpensive way to deal with it?

My idea was to buy a DEF tank from a scrap yard and remove the sensor, but this is a lot of work, still cost money, and if they go bad often then I might just be buying a bad one. Anyone have experience here?:eek

 

[N41EF]

You can buy a whole new tank for about $1100.

 

[zft325]

Wow pricey for a sensor. What are the symptoms? ......

 

[muskie44]

The only symptom has been a display message asking me to check the DEF fluid, when I added DEF the display would not disappear and still has not. The mechanic says the scan gave him a message for the bad sensor. The manual says I get only 20 starts after the def message and you do not add fluid. So far so good, but I am still wondering how to get this thing resolved at reasonable cost. Anyone know how to bypass this switch or have an idea?

 

[zft325]

There is such a thing as a blutec emulator. You can use that to disable the bluetec system. Its a cheap fix. And you dont have to worry about filling the bluetec urea.

 

[N4HHE]

muskie44, are you aware of the federal emissions warranty? AdBlue system certainly should qualify under emissions as it serves no other purpose: http://www.epa.gov/obd/pubs/420f09048.pdf

One would hope a dealer would know of such warranties to quickly pay for your repairs rather than drive you and many other future customers away.

Oh, and might I add I had 7 or 8 CEL's on my 2009 (under the original 50k warranty) before the dealer finally found a bad electrical connection. Got a new AdBlue injector and NOx sensor along the way. Considering how CEL immediately reappeared I don't believe either was really bad.