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My mk3 1.4tdi estate say it does 58mpg but only does 48mpg when you work it out. Dealers have tested it, and there is nothing wrong - surprise surprise.

I agree also. It all hangs on what you were told when you purchased. If you asked about Mirrorlink and were told something not to be true, then you have a case. If Mirrorlink was not mentioned, then i'm afraid you are probably stuck. Interesting to note that there is still a backlog of pre week 22 cars with very low (new) mileage being cleared by Skoda. You would have thought you were fairly safe getting a post week 22 car by now, but it seems that's not always the case.

I remain to be convinced too, but VW group don't lie........................oh wait a minute

Ooh Ooh I have one. Works fine, have not tried anything fancy with it yet. I am waiting for the updated maps, as it already appears about a year out of date. Mine is mounted in the footwell, but will be moved into the glovebox when it goes in for it's first service in March.

I was told that pre week 22 cars CANNOT be upgraded to Smartlink. It is a hardware and software upgrade, and needs installing during the build process apparently. Skoda were meant to be working on an upgrade of sorts for pre week 22 cars to allow Smartlink, but this has never been more than pie in the sky. This is the reason that I pushed for the Kenwood MIB Nav, but this does not add any Mirrorlink or Smartlink capability, it is just a high end Sat Nav.

£599 in the UK fitted.

Yes thanks, I know. My car is on that list, and I have been in contact with Skoda UK, but they are ignoring me currently. Sounds all too familiar.

Funnily enough I don't get 580 miles to a tank......so it spurred me on to work it out: I have been trusting the on board computer MPG, thinking it would be accurate to within 2-3 MPG Since I have had the car I have spent £656 on diesel, which I have averaged at a price of 115.9 per litre. This works out to be 124.53 gallons over almost exactly 6000 miles. Now my car reckons that over a 2000 mile period it achieves 58 MPG (supposed to be 78 MPG) It has averaged since March 23rd .........48.18 MPG........a whole 10 MPG less than the computer reckons. Now this is a full 40% less than the car was tested at in lab conditions. This has made me very wary bearing in mind the current VW situation, are they telling the cars to enhance the MPG? and assuming the driver will believe that figure? It all seems a bit strange to me. I will be booking my Fabia 1.4TDI SEL DSG Estate into my supplying dealer for tests, as 48 MPG is not acceptable.

Very much the later i'm afraid. Prepare for a battle, as you will need your supplying dealer and Skoda UK to go halves each on the cost of the Kenwood. Good luck!

Of course they have not been in touch......they have ignored the issue completely so far. I have contacted them, but a week has passed with no call back. They obviously have enough on their plate with the Euro 5 fiasco, but at the same time, they must still be selling Euro 6 cars that they know are affected. It is just one massive ****-up after another. They don't expect to get Euro 5 sorted until about this time next year, so god knows when they will tackle Euro 6. Trouble is if they continue to sell affected cars, then they will have another years worth of recalls on their hands!

You mention that it happens when you are parking. It does say somewhere in the manual that the car can stall if the angle of steering is extreme when moving slowly - ie: parking. Mine has stalled a couple of times in these conditions, and also asks for a 'manual start'

Funny how all talk of the Fabia Greenline has been dropped as well. That was meant to follow, using the same set-up as the Polo Bluemotion. So they didn't want to release another car with unachievable MPG, they were happy with the ones they already had! As a footnote: My Fabia SEL DSG 1.4TDi Estate is over a 2000 mile period averaging 58mpg, 25% short of the 78mpg advertised.

Quite a few of these Kenwood's being fitted now - good to see that it is still happening.

That's going to be worth a watch. No doubt VW will be bracing themselves for a whole new wave of UK customers giving them a call. Looks like the 'scandal' affects many more models than VW first admitted, across Diesel and Petrol also now.

I think we can all see that VW are going to try to wriggle through any loophole that they can, and are already arguing that they complied with tests on 2016 vehicles. The CO2 and MPG tests have been out of date for years (were they ever useful?) and I agree that the authorities are also to blame for letting the rules and regulations be flouted in such a fashion. Regardless, as you say, VW have still seen the need to push the boundaries of acceptability at the very least, like no other manufacturer seemingly has (at this time) and for that i'm afraid they must be held responsible. If my cars MPG and CO2 have been overstated, then why would I have spent an extra £2000 on a diesel over a petrol? Or why would I have bought the car I did at all? There are man other manufacturers worthy of my money. It will be interesting to see what happens.