I have a 1.6 TDI VW Polo which I use to tow my Eriba Pan Duo T. My car has run perfectly for 6 years but had the "fix" done in March this year.After this it sounded like a tin of spanners rattling with a lumpy tickover and power surges.By June the EGR valve light was on permanately plus the heater plug light.VW agreed to look at the problem sympathetically... The bill came to £800 + and they did the work FOC.The car seems to be OK but time will tell.I have now had a letter from VW saying if EGR valve problems reoccur they will look sympathetically towards charging.Does this mean they think it will fail again? Anyone else had similar problems or feedback from VW?

I had many letters from VW and my local dealership asking me to get the "fix" done.To be honest I just presumed (always dangerous!) that it was necessary to get it done.Corrspondence went on for more than 12 months.I am not alone in this - thousands of cars have had the "fix".I realise that I should have stuck them out.There is now joint legal action against VW with a court date in October.

I forgot to say that on the 1.6 diesel it was more than a software update - it also involved some recirculation pipework.Only on the 2.0 litre was it just software.

Did you get the goody bag as compensation when you had it done !

No.Just a loan car and some sort of offer on servicing.

A coffee mug and a Skoda umbrella!

BBC Watchdog did an article recently, a lot of people have complained that since the cheat software was updated a lot of VWs have been running very rough

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058nmk1

Thanks for the link.Not yet had a look but basically the "fix" is overworking the EGR valve.I was told that the "fix" could not be reversed! I have done 1100 miles since the new EGR valve was fitted including 300 miles towing.Seems OK but is regenerating (burning off the crap) more often.Heyden

I have a Skoda Yeti which I bought secondhand last year. I had the fix done in the New Year. Touch wood, nothing major has happened except twice the engine has completely cut out when going at low speed eg approaching a roundabout. I had no idea there had been problems with the fix until recently....a friend who bought a similar Yeti has had major problems with engine cutting out and EGR light coming on. She's made the garage take it back. I had a letter from Skoda last week similar to the one you have had, Finwoody. If I had known the potential problems I wouldn't have had the fix done.