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My Volkswagen Tiguan has been back to Volkswagen 3 times now for being noisy following the emissions fix and they are telling me that there is nothing wrong with it. I have searched the internet and can...
Should I have the EA189 "fix" completed on my 1.6 TDI Volkswagen Golf Bluemotion? I don't want to lose performance of fuel consumption.
I have a two year old Audi Q5 (bought new) which has the EA189 engine. I have received a few letters from Audi to say that they will be fixing it one day (it is over a year since the cheat was first disclosed)....
My EGR valve has gone on my Volkswagen Jetta 2011 and the car has only 42,000 miles on clock . I took Volkswagen extended warranty, will this cover it?
You answered a question on 13 December about VAG emission changes. including this: "Latest on the 'fix' for 2.0 TDIs is that it increases the revs at which peak torque is developed by 300rpm and that...
I currently own a Skoda Octavia 1.6 TDI (purchased days prior to the news of the cheating) and I've followed the saga with interest over the past months. With the situation regarding the 2.0 engine and...
You recently gave this advice to a question on the 5 December: "If the EGR fails prematurely (within 60k miles) I am telling people to try to claim this as a consequence of the VAG emissions defeat ECU...
My 2011 Audi A3 diesel has 70,000 miles on the clock and an amber fault light on the dashboard. The local Audi dealer says I need to replace the EGR valves, which will cost £1600. This seems like a huge...
I purchased a 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan in 2013. The car had 9000 miles on the clock and I bought it from a car supermarket. The vehicle has now covered 49,000 miles and has a full dealer service history....
Our Skoda Yeti 140PS diesel 4WD six-gear manual was tested on a dynamometer to provide the power and torque output graphs before and after the 'cheat' software upgrade. The Yeti had the same grade supermarket...
 

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