Here is the quote from the MOT Tester:

"I am an MoT tester and only this week I tested a 2010 Golf 2.0 TDI 2.0. When it came to the emissions test like nearly all Golf that are 2010 2011 2012 registered, it would not rev past 2500 revs even with my foot down to the floor. Surely VOSA must have been aware that these cars were cheating the diesel opacity test a long time ago"

Obviously considering this is the problem we have been having occasionally whilst driving the car in normal conditions then it made me very curious. It could be an unrelated problem and i hope it is, although 2 garages have told us they can find nothing wrong. Short of taking the car off the road or selling it what was i supposed to do?

VW need to come out and say exactly how the cars performed when they knew they were being tested. Was it just urea injected into the exhaust system or were revs restricted too?

You have absolutely NO evidence that VW have provided you with a 'dangerous vehicle'.

In addition, just because ONE person has reported cars not going above 2.5k rpm in the MOT test, and has wondered (note, ONLY wondered) IF it MIGHT be related to the cheat software, does not mean your car MUST BE affected by the same cheat software in normal driving conditions. When you compare that report from a single MOT tester to the millions of VAG diesels which are going to be recalled, your supposition and extrapolation really does start to look ridiculous.

Taking it into a garage when they've failed to diagnose the fault previously. There's a saying about doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results ...

Might I suggest a different garage, preferably a diesel specialist ? First steps being to change fuel filter (if it hasn't been done recently) and getting it hooked up to a proper diagnostic machine.

Used the same procedure with my old SDI 1.9 Gof when it failed its first smoke test on emissions.

Just screwed down the revs on the fuel pump and hey presto it passed OK. Then after the test reajusted the pump so I could drive the car normally.

But I understand that the car manufacturers have delegated authority from EC governments to test their own vehicles for emissions. So the whole process is carried out under lab conditions on the manufacturers premises to gain the outcome they require.

But as Clarkson said in his Sunday Times column. "I have bought a Golf recently. Its safe , reliable well bulit and I don't care a s..t what spews out of the exhaust

I guess vauxhall must be in on the scam too, I have a diesel Movano on the drive right now and guess what........that wont rev past 2.5krpm when stationary either.

I used to drive one of them and noticed the revs were restricted when reverse was selected.