Category: VW Phaeton Forum

Hello everyone, as soon as the tyre change time is again, I wanted to listen to your summer tyre recommendation. Problem with my Phaeton is the only approved tyre dimension with 255/45 R18 103 Y with a V6 TDI. There are not so many tires… So if someone has experiences with tires in the same size and load I would be happy to read them here. Especially after my fall with the “test winner” winter tires I trust now on the real information from the circles of the experienced Phaeton drivers. Gruss capdoc

Hello everyone, I have a very annoying problem with my thick! It’s a VW Phaeton 3D year 06/2005 with the 3.0 TDI engine and automatic transmission. The problem is as follows, sporadically it doesn’t jump on. If the error is there there are no error messages or similar the starter turns off quite normally for about 2-3 seconds but then turns off on its own, even if I hold keys in starting position. I can’t reproduce the error myself, sometimes it’s not at all a few days. It was also for example already when I drove 30km then briefly refuel and see it doesn’t jump on. Sometimes it goes after the 10 times try sometimes but also after 1-2 hours again. I already tried it with both keys and a new power supply battery installed unfortunately without success. Can it be if the engine rotates normally at the roadblock lie? Has someone already had such a case? I hope you can help me with every help position.

Hello together, my first post in the Phaeton Forum….. So, I’m playing with the thought of my current 5 BMW into a Phaton (with a low payment). It’s thought of a 3.0 tdi with just over or under 100,000 km. Yesterday I looked at the Phaeton at the VW dealership and I’m… I didn’t expect the car to be so beautiful. Great, noble, luxurious and PERFECT. The dealer would also buy my 5er… Now I don’t know; the new price of the Phaetond (is a 2005 model) was 75,000 EURO. Now the good piece only costs a little more than 20,000 EURO?!? How can the with the great car such a high value loss arise within 5 years of 55,000 EURO? Is the Phaeton after my possible purchase then sellable again, or no one intersted for it anymore. Again: I can’t understand how such a beautiful car (at least from inside) can have such an enormous value loss… What should I have for you next Friday?

Hello, I had a warning or warning symbol on my dashboard display this weekend. Since I did not find this symbol in my manual and I (and my wife) could not interpret the sign, I would like to contact the forum. A round, grey sign with a green dot and three vertical “spirals”. What should I fill up or observe? The symbol has disappeared again. The picture should only indicate the place and the approximate appearance. The vertical strokes are (heating) spiral-shaped. Please no comments on the artistic value.

Hello together, after it gets colder and colder and every time I start with 0°C cold engine a malicious shiver runs down my back, it will at least now at the time of the time to make me think about retrofitting a heater. What I have found out so far is that V10 drivers can probably be lucky here. Not only that a heater was installed as a heater, these also have a certain valve which would eventually separate the heating from the cooling circuit with the other engines. According to the SSP for the heating the configuration of the heater differs or not with the V10 exclusively in the coding of the control units. Therefore my question: Has it already been done by you? Nice greetings, Alex

Hello everyone, recently we had the discussion whether the vehicle weight plays a role in dry road. It was said that this is not the case if you are travelling with maximum possible braking force and sufficiently dimensioned brakes. But how is that on snow? On snow I do not get a maximum braking force. For me as a layman the picture shows that a much higher mass and thus also fly mass must be braked at high vehicle weight. Thus, a heavy vehicle on snow would have a significantly longer braking distance. Can anyone confirm this by the experts or refute it or examine it more physically? Gruss capdoc

Dear Phaeton drivers, Volkswagen AG as well as the organisers mebedo, dickschiffuser and desireless welcome you to the 6th FPOC Phaeton meeting on 25-27 April in Molsheim in Alsace. The Phaeton meetings are made up of Phaeton drivers of all ages, family and professional stands. Almost half of the new participants come to the meetings. Whether you come with family or alone, with V6, V8, V10 or W12, we look forward to seeing you. At this meeting we will visit a manufactory again. Just like in the glass manufactory in Dresden, cars are still made here by hand, which set new standards in their class. In the footsteps of Ettore Bugatti we will not only visit his legacy but also the surrounding country, which then conveys a special appeal in the spring. We will stay in a stylish wellness hotel. The meeting will be part of VW and the places are limited. Who has an interest, please contact us at www.phaeton.

Moin, wish everyone a happy new year.For a week the display of the P remains black,it tries to drive up iwie (display becomes bright again dark, ventilation nozzles drive high blower is connected again from nozzles) If you want to listen to music, it still goes. can you make a reset with the radio? Have already tried to disconnect both batteries over several hours,has not helped. Battery voltage measured (default off) right has 12.5V left 11.5V had the charged without result. Charging current in the combo shows 14V, charging current measured at the right battery (motor on)14,5V left 12.5V is connected with it? have already read the vilt only a replacement of the radio helps. Lg Thomas

Hello all, my Phaeton is in repair, with a noble screwdriver (Ferrari, Masserati, etc.) in good hands so. The car is at the moment completely deep sunk, over a period of one and a half years. In order not to strain the air bellows and other parts over the measures, I have to get it up somehow. Since parts of the electrical system are still jammed, i can not let it pump up again with VCDS without greater effort. I have tried, at the moment VCDS does not recognize any control unit. This worked before the repair. Who can give me tips? Can I use a direct control of the compressor, which causes high pumping, or is there the control unit against it, even if the whole electrical system is jammed at the moment. Thank you for any targeted information. Best greetings from the Black Forest!

Hello Good morning dear Phaeton Forum, I have a little time today before I have to go to the late shift, and thought about making a few settings on my Phaeton. As described in the title, I wanted to assign my radio key to a memory key. Have driver seat, steering wheel and mirror set and set the setup to Memory key 1. After that, however, as described in the picture, tries to assign the key without success? I see the correct key recognized in the infotainment, but nothing changes in the vehicle settings when I unlock as described and open the door? With a duck on button 1 on the seat, everything goes into position. Is there a trick to learn which is not described in the guide? MfG. Kuci