Holden Captiva: ECU Reflash

WE WERE told by a reader that his Holden dealer had fixed the high fuel consumption of his Captiva by reflashing the memory. He told us the dealer had said it was a Holden recall, but it seems that isn't the case. He may have been misinformed, or misunderstood what he was told. In any case, Holden tells us it has not had a recall on the Captiva to improve its fuel economy. What it did tell us was: ``All published fuel-consumption figures are calculated using a controlled government testing procedure . . . ADR 81/01, which is a combination of highway and urban driving conditions and is used as a comparison measure. As such the real-world fuel economy of any vehicle will vary according to external influences such as driving styles and/or conditions.''