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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2013, 09:32:53 pm »
I remember the story of the last guy who randomly appeared on this forum, made one post slating a tuner. . . .

Would that be me??

I'm pleased there's more people finding out about the pure lack of ability to map these diesel cars.
Sedox performance totally ruined my Golf and like the post above it cost me to fix it.
Well done Sedox another quality map. NOT

Lots more of these stories appearing which won't alter his fan boys opinion.

I respect the opinions of people who have used and still running Sedox software but these people who big them up and aren't even running their software sums the job up.


Erm I was thinking about the Tiguan owner that slated "MoreBHP" after his engine failed. The tuner then proved the engine had problems due to oil starvation IIRC.

Sorry mate
I must be touchy today, I automatically assumed you were having a dig.
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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #31 on: December 15, 2013, 09:58:09 am »
Just to finish this off.
I've had my reply from Sedox performance HQ
Which says that 100% my software was not genuine Sedox performance software as that dealer did not request any software for a Golf GTD CR170 during the whole month of March!!!!
Funny when 2 gtd's were done on the  day I was there.

Something very fishy going on here.
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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #32 on: December 15, 2013, 06:12:57 pm »
Just to finish this off.
I've had my reply from Sedox performance HQ
Which says that 100% my software was not genuine Sedox performance software as that dealer did not request any software for a Golf GTD CR170 during the whole month of March!!!!
Funny when 2 gtd's were done on the  day I was there.

Something very fishy going on here.

Its not surprising really.  If they were to sell you genuine Sedox software they will have to share the profit with Sedox as the software provider, however if they charge the same and just load up thweir own bodged software themselves they get to keep all the profit!

I read on SCN a couple years back of guys going to AMDEssex for REVO software then finding out a year or so later that they had in fact had AMD software loaded on!!

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #33 on: December 15, 2013, 06:36:15 pm »
I remember the story of the last guy who randomly appeared on this forum, made one post slating a tuner. . . .

Got to be a first time to join for everybody. Slating a tuner? thought i was just warning people

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Re: sedox bad remap
« Reply #34 on: December 15, 2013, 06:55:03 pm »
For all you who are thinking of getting a remap on your pride & joy, BEWARE. Did a lot of research on this remapping lark & it is a mind field anybody can set up & call themselves any expert. Anyway I decided to go with SEDOX performance in sunderland (or formally know as Vsport and PDtuning) wonderful glossy web site good reviews, plenty of bragging of what they can do, bla bla bla, So decide to go with them, yes they where 200 miles away but they’d do a good job wouldn’t they?? Had a golf 170 tdi & audi A6 2.5 tdi to take, golf was a no runner cos the DPF was  blocked & had shut down, Trailered the golf down behind the Audi. Would get Audi remapped & management light was on cos I removed the egr valve. Got the work all done in a day DPF removed & a remap on golf, it was running  hura hura, The audi was remapped & light out, but needed  MAF ( which they done for me) & N75 valve  which I did when got home, Anyway it all seemed fine, paid £1074 and headed home, on the way home management light comes on ( the audi that is as  golfie’s having a ride home ) and stays on. The golf’s DPF light comes on a few days later also quite a aggressive power band with lot’s of (not a bit) black smoke under acceleration.  Some emails later  David from sedox  suggested I take them to my local garage for diagnostics (DM performance cars pulford) could not find anything wrong & said the light should not come on as it has been mapped out. Back to David & this was his reply—

   If there is a light on, there will be a fault code. The light is never 'mapped out', infact anyone that suggests that any diagnostic processes should be mapped out simply doesn't understand the process. Did they check the live data and reset all of the ECU adaptions? We're they using genuine VCDS or VAS diagnostic equipment, or a generic fault code tool?

At this stage I thought ‘this guy is full of carbon’ & I am not getting anywhere, If I took the cars back there all that way to get sorted, is he going to do another sh*t job? Back to square one. So back to dm performance, he says have you tried simon at ecotec at buckey just 6 mile away? No never heard of them, They do DPF removal & remapping he said.   F**KING  HELL. After coming down from the sealing I paid him a visit told him the story & he like me thought sedox where good, but would look at the golf first to see what was what. Simon phoned me up later saying he could not believe the car has been remapped this way terrible job, also they had wiped the codes   so going to have diagnostic checks was a waist of time as there was nothing to read and they will have known this.  Simon  phoned sedox to try & make sense of his remap,  But in the end Simon sourced a standard VW golf file started from scratch, remapped it and sorted all the issues, (no problems with sensors etc) and running much smoother now, no lights coming on, also sorted the audi as well, Many thanks to you Simon as you are down to earth,  not full of sh*t & know your stuff. As for  David  Appleby of sedox you are one of the sharks and will  No doubt will have a clever explanation for this, but the net is moving in.


This seems a massively one sided argument..after reading it a couple of times I'm still not sure what dash/fault lights were on or not pre/during/post the remap work. It's clearly a rant from a hacked off Audi/VW owner.
To me it looks as though both cars were not exactly in tip top health before a map was installed.
The golf was trailered there !!

I'm sure PDT will comment if the original post requires a comment.
But can only comment that I thought long and hard about where to get my Ed30 mapped and the Revo software installed by Dave has been spot on.
And in terms of PDT/Sedox own remaps my father in law had his Civic tdci done there..no issues at all in well over two years.
Either way if the original poster ever returns to read this..hope you get it sorted.

The  Audi's engine management light was permanently on because i removed to egr valve, been like that for months but still ran like a  dream, just wanted it turned off. The golf only does short journeys so blocked  DPF up, a re gen didn't  work, so management system shut it down, no big deal, apart from that the golf WAS in good order  ( 46,000 miles). All i can say is when Ecotech looked at the cars me, he came out to garage shaking his head, nuff said.

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2013, 07:07:28 pm »
"I brought 2 broken cars to Dave and got him to map them both then left"

 :grin: I see no problems here.

IMO and from my experience when you car is broken, stay local. Without driving around and using the car daily you'll never know if its fixed yet.

Never increase power on a car you know isn't running right!

Oh and joining a forum just to make a post about a bad experience isn't a great idea.
No, still here, Not just a one hit wonder, joined because got a Golf Mk 5 & had a bad experience, what should i have done, kept my mouth shut??

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2013, 07:25:33 pm »
Your story would have held more water if you had introduced yourself to us all, and made a few posts. There's a lot of dodgy folk on here so I tend to take what most people say with a pinch of salt. Your an unknown quantity, you have joined to slag of a tuner and not really knowing you it's difficult to believe what you have said, particularly as the story itself was difficult to comprehend  :confused:

Fair enough if you are genuinely just trying to warn people  :innocent:
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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2013, 07:31:40 pm »

No, still here, Not just a one hit wonder, joined because got a Golf Mk 5 & had a bad experience, what should i have done, kept my mouth shut??

If all you did was join to post up and moan, yes?

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Re: Re: Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #38 on: December 16, 2013, 12:03:44 pm »
Just to finish this off.
I've had my reply from Sedox performance HQ
Which says that 100% my software was not genuine Sedox performance software as that dealer did not request any software for a Golf GTD CR170 during the whole month of March!!!!
Funny when 2 gtd's were done on the  day I was there.

Something very fishy going on here.

Its not surprising really.  If they were to sell you genuine Sedox software they will have to share the profit with Sedox as the software provider, however if they charge the same and just load up thweir own bodged software themselves they get to keep all the profit!

I read on SCN a couple years back of guys going to AMDEssex for REVO software then finding out a year or so later that they had in fact had AMD software loaded on!!

Ive heard the same

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #39 on: December 16, 2013, 12:23:15 pm »
Doesn't surprise me as far as AMD are concerned!

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #40 on: December 21, 2013, 11:35:07 am »
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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #41 on: December 21, 2013, 11:46:09 am »
Very interesting.

Must say.... It's gone awfully quiet around here with regards Dave from PDT.

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2013, 12:19:33 pm »
With the posts on Seat cupra about Dave not using a sedox map and using his own but charging and telling the customer its a Sedox one is shocking..

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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2013, 12:44:48 pm »
Very interesting.

Must say.... It's gone awfully quiet around here with regards Dave from PDT.

Indeed Rich,

You would think there might be some comment from them at least.
Especially if there were perhaps explanations to give for this 5h1t storm across two forums.
Perhaps there are none to give I guess.

As said before my Ed30 was Revo'd by Dave at PDT three years back.
I went there because it was very local to me/ I had read good forum recommends and also Dave had his Ed30 at that time so reasoned he knew what he was doing. Was always/still very happy and had no issues.
However that was done when they operated out of a much smaller unit in Boldon.
Once they moved to Sunderland and appeared (almost at the same time) to morph into being called 'Sedox' rather than PDT the service/customer care changed to my eyes. I guess increased overheads meant more cars needed to be processed etc.

To be truthful even when asking Dave or Mark what the PDT/Sedox hook up was I never fully understood what the differences were. And only by reading the Cupra.net link I'm now aware that Sedox are a software tuner outside the UK.

Whether this will all get resolved to the satisfaction of the guys who have had their diesels mapped with issues who knows. But rightly or wrongly forum chat like this thread does get people thinking..and of course 5h1t sticks.

I doubt it will happen but an explanation and refund to users with issues would go a long way to salvaging what's remaining of Dave's tuning 'name' and reputation.
If two or three cars have been 'cocked up' with non genuine maps just hold your hands up and get them sorted.
Customer care and wanting a happy customer counts a lot in my book.


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Re: PDT/Sedox performance Sunderland - Revo Remap
« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2013, 02:59:29 pm »
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360607

Sedox HQ have now got involved

So this pazzywazzy guy has just joined SCN as well, but just remember, he hasnt joined just to go tuner slating......

On another note, doesnt look good from PDT.Sedox UK and someone has been logging on and emailing SCN from a sedox email address that isnt genuine!!  Never boring on SCN lol
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