NeilJohnson

@TheSea post on here if you get any response, as that would be good to know. I am assuming that all remedial work done by Skoda Bournemouth is free of charge? I wonder how long before they start trying to wriggle out of the 2 year guarantee they supplied. It seems people are getting a mixture of results. As my mpg has improved slightly, backing up the correspondence pdf attached from @RMurphy195 above that the fuel injection pattern has been changed - I would assume less fuel used. As this was what the service guy from Platinum Skoda Bath delighted in telling me that it was good news and improved the fuel economy. Hopefully you get it sorted out with no long term damage to your Superb. I am considering going back to petrol, but nothing from VAG.

Good work @RMurphy195. At least some truth is being told about the EA189 fix. It would be very interesting to see the torque curve before and after. I can see why they claim maximum torque is unaffected, as it may not be. Platinum Skoda Bath have washed there hands of me and as they see no problem with my car. I am still going through the process with Skoda UK for the second time. The first time they fobbed me off as there was nothing they could do. I started replying to their adverts on social media explaining my situation to everyone, so they contacted me and are looking into it again. Unfortunately, I am sure it will go no where though. I have now taken to speaking to people in supermarket car parks and garage forecourts with Skoda Rapid diesels and asking if they have had the EA189 'fix' done and telling them to avoid it if they have not. Two owners recently were told by there dealer the fix had to be applied, they didn't know it was optional.

Yes, I checked and my car was subject to the emissions recall. I think I will be going down the after market route to get the work reverted. I will post back on here if I have any update from Skoda UK or the dealer in Bath. Or if I get the after market tuning done.

I now have my car back in exactly and same limited performance. I should be realistic here and clarify that when I say limited I mean it feels like it is running at about 75% of its original performance. Both the service manager and head technician drove my car and said it performed as it should. I was told to 'not believe everything I read on the internet as this is spread by people who don't know what they are talking about'. I pointed out that I have driven the car for almost two years and I had gotten used to how it drives, so I was by far the best judge of this. This was the 'clever' part the ECU map update may have deleted my driving style history, so the car would be in default mode and this would change as I drove the car more. The service manager couldn't be specific about how long this process would take, but it could be 'up to 10,000 miles'. It is not even a subtle way to say go away and stop annoying us. I queried whether the ECU update always wipes out the history of a person's driving style and they got a bit more vague and pushed it back as 'that's the information we get from Skoda'. I asked if the ECU map could be reverted and was told it couldn't. As this would mean Skoda we willfully providing me with a known ECU map that cheat the emissions test. Suddenly they seemed very moral. The air flow redirector cannot be removed either as it would cause problems with the new updated ECU map. So I am left with an under performing car and no 'official' way round it. I spoke to an after market tuner who can undo all the software and hardware changes for about £150. Platinum Skoda Bath have raised the case with Skoda UK as, can you believe it, I am the first person to complain after having the emissions recall work done. I am expecting this to go no where. Separately I have raised a complaint with Skoda UK and am awaiting a call back from one of there emissions specialists. In short do not get the emissions work done, do not sign any paper work to allow them to do the work. I am extremely disappointed with the outcome.

I own 64 plate Rapid Spaceback. It was due it's major service so I took it to the Skoda Platinum dealer in Bath. They told me they needed to carry out the emissions recall work. I was assured it would make no difference to the performance or efficiency of the engine. As far as I am aware the fix for my type of engine is a remap of the ECU and an air flow straightener put into air intake system. The service guy explained that nothing would be adjusted as it was just a removal of the piece of code that made the car run in less power mode in MOT conditions. On picking up my car and driving it home I noticed immediately that the performance was limited. The car no longer picked as well in low revs in any gear. There was no noticeable pull until 1700 rpm in second gear and no noticeable pickup in 3rd hardly at all. I spoke to the dealer who said they have done many 2.0TDi emissions recall fixes with minimal complaints, but only a few 1.6TDi fixes. They still maintain that nothing in the emissions fix would have affected the performance and it was the service that could have affected something else. They are having the car back in first thing Monday and say they will rectify the problem. Where do I stand on getting the emissions recall work undone? If anyone else is looking to get this work done I would do your own research and decide if you think it is really worth it.