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UPDATE: Car is a write off. However it has been taken back by Skoda/Blackhorse. No acknowledgement of the fault being related to the EA189 remap, however I have not had to pay anything to resolve. They've just taken the vehicle back. I've ended shelling out for a brand new car, ironically I've gone for a 1.4 TSI Golf. After Skoda gave me a the same vehicle as a courtesy car (Cunning marketing technique they have there.) Skoda have washed their hands of the claim, even though I've sought advice off a number of VAG specialists who have said there is reasonable proof to say that the remap could have caused the chain reaction. (ie Fuel consumption increases because of the post conditioning of injecting Diesel at 40° past TDC in normal running. This injection diesel is required to raise the temperature of exhaust gas into the DPF catalyst in an attempt to reduce NOx. The extra Diesel gets into the engine oil sump by natural drainage through gravity, this diesel thins the Engine oil and has potential to destroy Turbo oil seals.) I'm seeking legal advice but I just needed to come to a resolution, hence purchasing the new car. I'm not hoping for anything from it, just would like to know my legal stance on the situation.

I have just had major failure of my Fabia Monte Carlo. No issues at all before I had the NOX emission remap in Dec 17, had a number of issues with the car over revving to it all to come to a head today where the turbo has blown and full engine failure. No indication of this previous to it happening today. I have been having to do a DPF regen every 2 weeks or so. I have raised a HUGE complaint with Skoda. Has anyone else had a similar story since the NOX remap or am I one in a million. The fact that the turbo blew, in 5th gear at 70mph on the motorway could have been FATAL. Would be intrigued to see if there are similar stories out there to add fuel to the fire with the claim. VW’s emissions resolution is evidently causing MAJOR issues with our vehicles and need to be held accountable before somebody dies! Would be interesting to see the list of parts that are covered under the EA189 2 year warranty and if the EGR has actually failed in my car leading to this horrendous incident today. Can you shed any light JGrindel?

I had the NOX emission remap in Dec 17, had a number of issues with the car over revving to it all to come to a head today where the turbo has blown and full engine failure. No indication of this. I have been having to do a DPF regen every 2 weeks or so eventually leading to today’s events. I have raised a HUGE complaint with Skoda. Has anyone else had a similar story since the NOX remap or am I one in a million. The fact that the turbo blew, in 5th gear at 70mph on the motorway could have been FATAL. Would be intrigued to see if there are similar stories out there to add fuel to the fire with the claim. VW’s emissions resolution is evidently causing MAJOR issues with our vehicles and need to be held accountable before somebody dies! Please reply with any advice!

Safe to say, today's experience is less than satisfactory.... Will be able to comment further on Monday... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bought my Fabia 1.6 Monte Carlo last May. Pre owned. Lightcliffe sold the car with three tyres that were 'egg shaped' due to them selling it with the tracking alignment out. Which I had rectified myself. This issue was one reason it failed it's 1st MOT. However, upon failure Skoda did replace all four tyres (Pirelli P-Zero's) at their own expense. Which was good of them. Ever since the purchase of the car the dashboard was flagging 'Oil Pressure' issues which I was told was a dashboard error. Which again they replaced at no cost to myself. 8 months in and my dashboard is now flagging Glow Plug error, Temperature Errors and Oil Pressure Errors on a regular basis. I've booked it in for them to look at tomorrow but I am going to refuse to pay to have this issue, which is a 'known' issue, resolved. I'll let you all know how I go on. To review the experience up to now. Reasonable customer service, just a bit disappointed in the issues the cars had, a car that had been 'fully checked' and serviced before sale. Niall Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk