Our Yeti 110 2 litre diesel engine has now covered 132,000 miles and the orange icon comes up on the screen putting it into limp mode for the wife coming home from work. If she stops the engine turning the ignition off and waits for a minute or two before turning it back on then it clears and she has full power back again. Previous occasions this fault has shown up as the dreaded EGR valve. Have not connected it up to a VCDS system yet as it is the famous fault on Yeti's. Would strip it down and clean out the coke myself but they have placed it in a nearly impossible place to get to without a hydraulic lift. Why if you turn off the ignition does it seem to clear the fault for a week or two before limp mode returns again.

Wife is not looking forward to getting a large bill to replace this valve as I expect most garages will not strip the item down. She has been told that Skoda charge around £700 - £800 to replace it. Ouch.

Has it had the emissions update by VW.

 

If not, get it booked in & clear the fault before leaving it with them.

 

It then has 2 years warranty for " Trust Building Measures " that includes the EGR & other expensive items.

https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/ea189

Hi PipH

Deliberately left the original software alone and did not update to the latest EA189.

Having seen so many problems with the updated software I did not want to go anywhere near the update that runs the EGR valve and the whole system into more frequent failures.

They will probably see that I had cleared down the fault many times over the years with VCDS to stop paying out something like £800 for a new valve.

Would be amazed if Skoda agreed to pay out anything towards the clogged up valve being a problem over the last 9 years.

Engine malfunction 0010 4891-EGR valve(18)

P0403 00 (101) malfunction.

Comes up on the VCDS when plugged in and then cleared down.

 

 

 

On 08/07/2020 at 16:10, PipH said:

Has it had the emissions update by VW.

 

https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/ea189

 

So I put my VIN in, and it's come back with

 

"Dear Customer,

the service action for your affected VIN is already available. Please, do not hesitate to contact your service partner to complete this action."

 

Probably being a bit dim, but does this mean (hopefully) that the fix has not yet been applied?

 

T

2 hours ago, tintinandcharlie said:

does this mean (hopefully) that the fix has not yet been applied?

Yes. Your lucky.

 

Woo hoo!

Thanks for the speed response.

 

T

Remember... if you take it to a dealer for any work to be done, they will probably apply the 'fix' automatically unless you give them specific instructions not to. You may have to sign a disclaimer.