Agere with Kie, most dealers woudn't give a monkeys whether or not a car has been mapped as its not them footing the bill for any repair work. Its simply not in their interest to turn down the work as they would lose alot of money. Why would the dealer rat on you to Skoda UK regarding the remap and lose the job? Dealers love warranty claims.

i guess the only issue could be if Slowda want to read the ecu, then its out of the dealers hands and into Slowda's and depending on the fault they might argue the toss

would like to point that iv been told (by my dad who works for a VAG garage) that any modifiction found during a service/mot are to be logged on the system for all other garage too see......... however not all garages will do this but just thought id throw that out there

Agere with Kie, most dealers woudn't give a monkeys whether or not a car has been mapped as its not them footing the bill for any repair work. Its simply not in their interest to turn down the work as they would lose alot of money. Why would the dealer rat on you to Skoda UK regarding the remap and lose the job? Dealers love warranty claims.

Absolutely spot on.

The Business manager of the Skoda dealership I bought my car from said their money is made through warranty work and they do not like to turn it away at any costs.

Would the dealership you work for fix a revo remapped car under warranty?

If the remap has been carried out by a genuine skoda dealership as a genuine accessory then yes i can't see why not but i thought skoda used there own remapping company that fits under the company known as Quantum the same manufactures of VAG oil, now they may use REVO softwear but the reason why you would have to have it done by a Skoda dealership for it to be covered would simply be because if you went direct to REVO and had a map done Skoda don't know what map youve had done for alls they know you could have a custom map or anything done to the ECU which wouldnt meet the criteria that Skoda have agreed to cover. When or if skoda do the remap for you they will stamp your service book to show it has been done by them and its covered.

Hope this helps

Edited 19 January, 201214 yr by Kie

would like to point that iv been told (by my dad who works for a VAG garage) that any modifiction found during a service/mot are to be logged on the system for all other garage too see......... however not all garages will do this but just thought id throw that out there

Very true we do our tech's will look around the vehicle on every service if under warrenty and check that there are no aftermaket parts ect fitted as this will affect the cars warrenty this include dodgey K+N filters and non-genuine discs and pads ect. excessive i know but you can't expect us to foot the bill if anything wrong happens to your car because you stuck some takey aftermarket parts on it that could potentialy have caused or contributed to the problem.

I think the guys on here after spending 15k + on their car are not fitting 'dodgy' parts as you put it, onto their pride & joy.

Most aftermarket parts are made by very reputable motorsport manufacturers and the notion that these parts are not on par with Skoda 'genuine' parts is nonesense

It's almost like saying that you would assume if a car has 312mm brake conversion and spent a lot of cash on that, it's 'bound to be re-mapped'.

Of course I understand where you're coming from insofar as invalidating warranties go etc, but we're not customising 15 year old Corsas here.

I think the guys on here after spending 15k + on their car are not fitting 'dodgy' parts as you put it, onto their pride & joy.

Most aftermarket parts are made by very reputable motorsport manufacturers and the notion that these parts are not on par with Skoda 'genuine' parts is nonesense

It's almost like saying that you would assume if a car has 312mm brake conversion and spent a lot of cash on that, it's 'bound to be re-mapped'.

Of course I understand where you're coming from insofar as invalidating warranties go etc, but we're not customising 15 year old Corsas here.

Lmao! you seem to have taken my quote quite personal it wasn’t a hit at you or anyone on here lol you’d be surprised what we see here people do put some ridiculous parts on their car's and wonder why we have rejected there warranty claims, the only thing that confused me a bit is sentence.. "It's almost like saying that you would assume if a car has 312mm brake conversion and spent a lot of cash on that, it's 'bound to be re-mapped'" well no not really we can’t reject a warranty claim because of an assumption, it may give us reason to check the ECU as every time an engine ECU is accessed it leaves a time stamp for when it was accessed this alone is enough to void engine and gearbox warranty claims but if it just the breaks you’ve changed then its only brake related warranty work we can reject the engine and gearbox warranty will remain the same.

I think the guys on here after spending 15k + on their car are not fitting 'dodgy' parts as you put it, onto their pride & joy.

Most aftermarket parts are made by very reputable motorsport manufacturers and the notion that these parts are not on par with Skoda 'genuine' parts is nonesense

It's almost like saying that you would assume if a car has 312mm brake conversion and spent a lot of cash on that, it's 'bound to be re-mapped'.

Of course I understand where you're coming from insofar as invalidating warranties go etc, but we're not customising 15 year old Corsas here.

And also yes you are correct youll find that most non-genuine parts are made by the same companies that make the genuine parts although the same manufacturers make different ranges of parts for example.. 2 yougurts from Tesco one is tesco's luxury range and the other Tesco's value both are made by the same manufacture but one is made from better materials. Skoda have handpicked the companies they use and their product line that meets the standards Skoda are happy with what you may find is the Motor factors will sell the lower priced product line parts which will still be correct for your vehicle but not what Skoda think meets the standards of what should be on there. Therefore potentialy altering the behaviour and characteristics of the vehicle

Edited 19 January, 201214 yr by Kie

And also yes you are correct youll find that most non-genuine parts are made by the same companies that make the genuine parts although the same manufacturers make different ranges of parts for example.. 2 yougurts from Tesco one is tesco's luxury range and the other Tesco's value both are made by the same manufacture but one is made from better materials. Skoda have handpicked the companies they use and their product line that meets the standards Skoda are happy with what you may find is the Motor factors will sell the lower priced product line parts which will still be correct for your vehicle but not what Skoda think meets the standards of what should be on there. Therefore potentialy altering the behaviour and characteristics of the vehicle

I'll bet nobody on here has fitted 'inferior' aftermarket parts to their VRS ? We're talking about upgrades here, if a little 'off topic'.

I'm yet to read about any aftermarket performance upgrades, yes upgrades, that have had dangerous or negative effect on the vehicle.

If you're saying that the pads fitted to the Fabia VRS were 'hand picked' by Skoda for their excellent behavioural characteristics, then that's not true.

They had a balance of - function, longevity and COST. That goes for the huge majority of parts on the car so by upgrading the brakes to aftermarket ones that are clearly suited to the Fabia VRS for example, then insinuating that these costly performance parts aren't suitable is a nonesense.

Maybe Skoda should see some of the very fine examples of cars that have been modified to make them safer, more effecient and look better, use this in their next 'thinktank' and come up with a car that doesn't need modifying in the first place, instead of dealers looking for someway of 'tripping up' their customers who clearly cherish their cars and the Skoda brand itself.

Lmao! you seem to have taken my quote quite personal it wasn’t a hit at you or anyone on here lol you’d be surprised what we see here people do put some ridiculous parts on their car's and wonder why we have rejected there warranty claims, the only thing that confused me a bit is sentence.. "It's almost like saying that you would assume if a car has 312mm brake conversion and spent a lot of cash on that, it's 'bound to be re-mapped'" well no not really we can’t reject a warranty claim because of an assumption, it may give us reason to check the ECU as every time an engine ECU is accessed it leaves a time stamp for when it was accessed this alone is enough to void engine and gearbox warranty claims but if it just the breaks you’ve changed then its only brake related warranty work we can reject the engine and gearbox warranty will remain the same.

It's snooping and that sucks, period.

If I bring MY car into a dealership to, let's say, get the aircon looked at and it's been fitted with big brakes for example, you have absolutely no right to check the ECU, that's rubbish

Let's know the name of your dealership in order to steer clear

It's snooping and that sucks, period.

If I bring MY car into a dealership to, let's say, get the aircon looked at and it's been fitted with big brakes for example, you have absolutely no right to check the ECU, that's rubbish

Let's know the name of your dealership in order to steer clear

Ok your clearly not getting what I’m saying here possibly blinded by your own ignorance.. if your car was having the air con looked at and they spotted you’d changed the braking system they would involve it in the technicians write up that the brakes had been replace with aftermarket parts (standard procedure). However this would not affect the warrantee of your air con as it does not affect the air con in any way... however if you brought it in the next day with braking problems do you expect us to pay for it? If the answer is yes then your delusional why should we pay for something that’s broken possibly down to the aftermarket parts you’ve stuck on it??? If they are expensive and the aftermarket company assure you they are perfect for the car then why don’t’ they foot the bill for when it causes a fault? Also it might not even be the parts that are faulty but the way in which they have been fitted how are Skoda meant to just accept the bill if there’s a possible chance they have been fitted incorrectly therefore causing a fault, So its simple if you have non-genuine items fitted by Fred in the shed down the road or you and your mate on your drive don’t expect warranty to pay for any problems that might have been a result from this.

So

If spmeone put grooved duscs and fast road pads on their car and the master cylinder failed what would your response be.

Would it be covered, id like to think so because if they are all still the same size as stock

I'll bet nobody on here has fitted 'inferior' aftermarket parts to their VRS ? We're talking about upgrades here, if a little 'off topic'.

I'm yet to read about any aftermarket performance upgrades, yes upgrades, that have had dangerous or negative effect on the vehicle.

If you're saying that the pads fitted to the Fabia VRS were 'hand picked' by Skoda for their excellent behavioural characteristics, then that's not true.

They had a balance of - function, longevity and COST. That goes for the huge majority of parts on the car so by upgrading the brakes to aftermarket ones that are clearly suited to the Fabia VRS for example, then insinuating that these costly performance parts aren't suitable is a nonesense.

Maybe Skoda should see some of the very fine examples of cars that have been modified to make them safer, more effecient and look better, use this in their next 'thinktank' and come up with a car that doesn't need modifying in the first place, instead of dealers looking for someway of 'tripping up' their customers who clearly cherish their cars and the Skoda brand itself.

These upgrades may well be good for the car but what guarantee do skoda have that they are unless they test every single aftermarket part how are they supposed to know which are safe to use and wont cause problems when alls they are doing are taking the aftermarket comapanies word for it just like you are.

i think the moral here is this, if your buying any aftermarket part then take it to the dealer youd be using for warranty work and ask their opinion

its matters not a jot what one dealer says compared to another, only the place youd goto that matters

So

If spmeone put grooved duscs and fast road pads on their car and the master cylinder failed what would your response be.

Would it be covered, id like to think so because if they are all still the same size as stock

You may get away with that but we would however check your brakefluid to ensure you havnt changed it that may have been a result on that. but your still not in the clear becuase skoda will want to know if we have fitted them because if they havt been bled correctly a failure in the master cylinder may be a result of that and if it wasn't skoda that fitted them why should they pay?

Edited 19 January, 201214 yr by Kie

i think the moral here is this, if your buying any aftermarket part then take it to the dealer youd be using for warranty work and ask their opinion

its matters not a jot what one dealer says compared to another, only the place youd goto that matters

Very true most dealers you will pretty much get away with any suttle changes we aint evil we understand you spent a serious amount of money with us and to be honest we would like the work im just speaking from Skoda point of view because they aint the ones making the money there the ones paying the dealers to put it right so i was just explain Skoda’s correct protocol, and just trying to make it understandable from Skoda point of view we cant bring out new model's if were spending all our money on repairing cars

And what if there is a "control box" to turn the ecu back to standard for warrenty work? Who would know then? If the car looks standard and the ecu is back on normal settings why would they check the ecu for signs of fiddling? Just thought I'd chuck that in with the discussion.

Ok your clearly not getting what I’m saying here possibly blinded by your own ignorance.. if your car was having the air con looked at and they spotted you’d changed the braking system they would involve it in the technicians write up that the brakes had been replace with aftermarket parts (standard procedure). However this would not affect the warrantee of your air con as it does not affect the air con in any way... however if you brought it in the next day with braking problems do you expect us to pay for it? If the answer is yes then your delusional why should we pay for something that’s broken possibly down to the aftermarket parts you’ve stuck on it??? If they are expensive and the aftermarket company assure you they are perfect for the car then why don’t’ they foot the bill for when it causes a fault? Also it might not even be the parts that are faulty but the way in which they have been fitted how are Skoda meant to just accept the bill if there’s a possible chance they have been fitted incorrectly therefore causing a fault, So its simple if you have non-genuine items fitted by Fred in the shed down the road or you and your mate on your drive don’t expect warranty to pay for any problems that might have been a result from this.

Ignorance It's your opinion.

I'm sure there's some owners on here who know where I'm coming from.

Erm, what dealership was that ?

And what if there is a "control box" to turn the ecu back to standard for warrenty work? Who would know then? If the car looks standard and the ecu is back on normal settings why would they check the ecu for signs of fiddling? Just thought I'd chuck that in with the discussion.

i thought any ecu work, whether returned to normal or not, would generate some tell tale signs in the map

@ johnny boy, dont worry he's in shropshire so i doubt youll be needing his services, unless you travel a lot

Edited 19 January, 201214 yr by the mad monk

Ignorance It's your opinion.

I'm sure there's some owners on here who know where I'm coming from.

Erm, what dealership was that ?

Ye i understand were your coming from im just sayin from Skoda point of view you must understand were there coming from if your going to upgrade your car and say something goes wrong with your vehicle you cant expect skoda to pay for something that vould potentaly have been caused by the upgrade it may not be but skoda havnt got any gaurantee that these upgrades are not going to cause any problems, for example this is on a ford fiesta someone decided to upgrade there head unit to a sony double din unit costing the best part of £1500 alot more expensicve then the standerd unit and by a quality company fitted by bass junkies(a reputal company) but the way in which ford had wired up there new cambus system caused a feed back to the BCM (body control module) and frazzled the board, would you expect ford to pay for replacing that unit? considering that alone was £900 without labour. i agree certain things do need upgrading for example ive bought a forge carbon incased induction for my VRS because i know skoda have put the air box in completly the wrong place, i know its better for the car but skoda dont and you can't expect them to test every single aftermarket induction kit to ensure they are safe to use for example most aftermarket induction kit's can cause the engine to over fuel and run to rich due to havng to cope with the richer air level's running through the chambers, and yes of course we have no rweason to check your ECU we have no reason to alls i was saying is if you brought your car in with an engine fault say burnt piston rings and the car came in with an upgraded braking system with alot bigger brakes what is the first thing you would think as a technition? "this car must not be running at its standard 178bhp that is what must have caused or contributed to the burnt rings? lets plug in the diognostics and find out what it is running at" now it might not be the map thats the problem but its somthing skoda will void your claim over as im sure you can understand. however skoda do there own mapping service which skoda have tested and are happy that it will run fine with this softwear being installed by skoda trained technitions.

i thought any ecu work, whether returned to normal or not, would generate some tell tale signs in the map

@ johnny boy, dont worry he's in shropshire so i doubt youll be needing his services, unless you travel a lot

Yes that is true it will leave a digital fingerprint which is what makes it a grey area to void a claim on for example shark do an additional unit with your map which gives you the ability to switch the map on and off at will if you switch the map off theres not much evidance that the digital imprint could be off a remap it could however have been a softwear update for example the one we have at the moment to stop the engine misfiring when cold. so there are ways around it you just gotta be careful like keeping your old parts to stick back on if theres a fault

Edited 20 January, 201214 yr by Kie

The way i see it, if you dont want to void your warranty, dont mod and dont complain if it goes wrong. Simple as that. If my car blows a turbo, ill simply go out and get a turbo.

If i bend a piston rod ill uprate the engine internals etc etc.

Big boys rules, if you have doubts dont do it, simple as that.

The way i see it, if you dont want to void your warranty, dont mod and dont complain if it goes wrong. Simple as that. If my car blows a turbo, ill simply go out and get a turbo.

If i bend a piston rod ill uprate the engine internals etc etc.

Big boys rules, if you have doubts dont do it, simple as that.

Exactly you can mod your cars at will just be clever about it.. what you may find is if your using a well known company to supply parts then there less chance of it going wrong at all and even if it does ull probly find the company whos supplyed it will have there own warrenty so you may never need to bring it in to a skoda dealer, but if your gonna by cheap aftermarket parts dont expect skoda to foot the bill if summert goes wrong.. like a decent set of coilovers £500 or the bargain you found on ebay for £150.... buyer bewere

Edited 20 January, 201214 yr by Kie

Where can you get your Skoda remapped by Skoda?