Quote Originally Posted by Guy_H View Post
Same as any modification & any warranty, NO unless the modification is proved to be the cause. From what this post is saying there seems to be a recognised manufacturing problem & there are several cases with the same failure. No one is left out in the cold without warranty, form either VW or APR.
Well that eases my mind a little - as soon as our 15k service is done I'll be getting a flash. I plan to just leave the car in "APR mode" all of the time as well.

Interestingly, our car seems to be not the best on economy compared to the claimed figures - it's close but isn't miraculously thrifty no matter how "economically" by the book I drive it. Whether there's different states of tune out there, or whether it's an actual manufacturing defect with something else causing these dramas I'll probably never know, but I'm sure as hell keen to find out.