regen burn??

[2014ram2500larami]

On my 2014 2500 does it let u know when its doing a burn? Have almost 2400 miles and as far as I know never did a burn. Mix of highway and local driving.

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[DonFitzwater]

You'll never know unless you install a CTS or have a scanner capable of seeing a regen.

 

[EDankievitch]

Only way I know when my 13 goes into a re-gen cycle is by the Mpg monitor bar. You'll see it reading a bit lower than normal. Also you'll smell a slightly different odor from the exhaust. The smell of metal getting hot along with a burning rubber. I find that if I do a lot of slow speed travel, stuck in traffic or long idle it will cause a re-gen. Most often if your doing normal driving (around 35-45 average speed) it will re-gen passively when it does so you'll hear the cat cooling down at shut down.

 

[RikDavis]

The book from the 2013 says that you will get a notice from the EVIC if it is an active? regen. Nothing will happen if it is passive.

I am not sure if this is what really happens. I have 4900 miles on my truck and have not seen it however almost all of my driving is highway and usually towing a 5000 lb trailer so I suspect I am achieving sufficient exhaust temperatures for passive regen. The only time the EVIC mileage really sucks is when the engine is cold although I have seen it seem a little lower than normal at times.
My Actron code reader seems to indicate regen has happened but not whether active or passive.
Basically I am confused by the whole thing.
Has anyone with a 13 or 14 seen the notice on the EVIC?

 

[gtoli]

I have a 2010, which may be a little different. I have seen active regen one time, I heard a warning chime and the display read something like "DPF 80% full drive at least 45 mph..." I forget the full text, but you know it when you see it. My passive regents are shown on my CTS.

 

[EDankievitch]

I've got just over 16000 miles on my 13 now never had a notice about it going into active re-gen. I have witnessed the Mpg bar gauage showing lower than normal a few times along with the hot metal and burning rubber smell. Give your truck a run on the highway once a week for a 10-20 mile run and you'll be ok.

 

[jus2shy]

It will only warn you of an active regen if the DPF is significantly plugged and it really needs to complete a burn to empty out the DPF. Otherwise, active and passive (so long as they get enough time) will keep up and you'll never know it's going on, unless you're stuck in traffic after a good long freeway drive and you happen to get some fumes in the cab. Unfortunately the dealership calls this normal (but I've only noticed this a handful of times in 9,000 miles, I think most of my regens are passive at this point).

 

[Wingate]

haha.. Ive been idling the crap out of mine. I want to find its breaking point whrre it prompts me to drive it to clean the exhaust.
wish they had the option for a manual operator activated regen.

 

[EDankievitch]

No you really don't you'd never hit the button. Just like the Oil delivery guys that supply us at the ferry. They forget to hit the re-gen button. When they remember when the truck goes into LIMP mode and they are stuck.

 

[Wingate]

yes I do.. wish my F550 Ford had one as well. Its just a manual override if its more convienent to regen idling in my driveway vs wasting my time driving to nowhere while it regens.
BTW.. does anyone else notice that if you are outside your truck with it idling, it ticks like a timebomb.

 

[RVTRKN]

I think Dodge let us down on that subject at the very least they could have set the ECM to tell us and I would love to turn it on when I want it. I know when my regen starts in city traffic but on the road its only mileage and EGT that tells me. My truck has a surge when I hit 2000 RPM while accelerating, that took out my stock clutch when I was in regen. If I had known it when I was passing a semi heavy, I would not have destroyed the clutch.