software update

[mcmaddy]

Unfortunately you can't and you'll probably lose the revo and your mechanical side of your warranty too.

[Mr Savage]

Unfortunately you can't and you'll probably lose the revo and your mechanical side of your warranty too.

Well actually you can. You're well within your rights to tell VW not to flash your ECU. You're not forced to have work done to your car unless it's for safety reasons, such as to meet MOT regulations.

Also, you only lose your warranty on the affected parts of the car. In this instance it will be the ECU and Drivetrain warranty that is void. The warranty is still intact for the rest of the vehicle.

[mcmaddy]

Which is why I said mechanical warranty and not warranty on its own!!!

[Mr Savage]

Which is why I said mechanical warranty and not warranty on its own!!!

Mechanical is still very broad a term. My warranty only has 2 years left anyway and since dealers generally get out of all warranty claims via some loophole then they are not worth the paper they are written on.

[mcmaddy]

Very true they do try and wriggle out of paying out but by remapping you've just given them even more reason to blame something else and not pay out. They will use the broad term mechanical to refuse warranty work.

[Mr Savage]

Which would give an excuse to go Stage 2 with a bigger APR turbo

[monkeyhanger]

My warranty only has 2 years left anyway and since dealers generally get out of all warranty claims via some loophole then they are not worth the paper they are written on.

Dealers will generally do any warranty work they're confident VW will reimburse them for, it's a revenue stream for them. Some dealers are better than others. Benfield flat out refused to pay for whiteworm on my MK5 Golf even though there were no scrapes. They bottled it, thinking VW would not pay out for a set of new wheels. Pulman did the honours. Benfield have replaced the entire cylinder head on the same car because they thought a tiny casting burr was causing poor economy and DPF regens after investigational work. It didn't work and a software fix a week later put it right. VW Germany sanctioned the huge job so Benfield had the bottle to do it. If a turbo pops and there are no TD1 flags or any other indication your car has been modified in a way that could affect it, the dealer really shouldn't have any wriggle-room, nor should they want to deny you the warranty repair/replacement.