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Oh, absolutely. Emissions equipment in modern diesel engines is extremely complicated and expensive to repair/replace. Multiple cats/particulate filters that can get clogged.

But, at least in Europe, diesel options in passenger cars are mostly gone, most SUVs nowadays are either gas powered (with a particulate filter, of course, so another thing that can go wrong) or some kind of gas/electric hybrid.




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