Top end engine rattle after Emissions Recall

[UMEL]

Update,

VW 'to address diesel fix concerns but offer no compensation' - BBC News

[martin1810]

It might help if people only comment on one make, one model, one engine. The so called "cheat fix" does not seem to be the same for every make , model and engine. So the experience of a Passat owner may be different to a Golf owner, after the "fix". From what I have seen so far, the cheat fix is a removal of the obvious cheat section of the ECU as well as numerous changes to injection, injection timing and dpf function. The end result is that the cheat fix file is not really the same as the original file even though 90% of it is unchanged. This makes the remap option of a cheat fix file more of a problem. The mapper would be remapping the cheat fix file, not going back to the original file and mapping that. So make sure the company know what they are doing before you have a cheat fix car remapped. Other than the UK government suggesting that the cheat should be fixed, there is no real need for the fix in UK because the "cheat" engine meets all current UK legislation. So if you don't want the "fix, don't have it done. It is unlikely that the UK will ever introduce an emissions test that can tell a cheat fix car from a non cheat fix car, it would not be worth the expense.

[UMEL]

More dung

Audi manager arrested in emissions probe - BBC News

[UMEL]

The first but not last.

VW engineer jailed for emissions scandal - BBC News

Coincidentally a friend has a 2.0L diesel Skoda Yeti which had the patch done and they are having problems now with it and the dealer who already has a bad reputation. I have vowed not to take my Yeti there again following a number of problems with them from new.