Category: VW Phaeton Forum

Hello forum, I am not really the user of an air conditioner. Today I was on the highway for the first time and I found that the air conditioning does not bring any cold air. Since I can get it into a workshop at the earliest at the end of the week I wanted to ask you if I can test the function of my air conditioning system? Is it also so with Phaeton that you should briefly notice a speed difference when activating and deactivating the air conditioning system? I don’t notice when I press the “Econ” button. Again, I had the impression that in winter, when the windows are fogged, the ECON button would have to clear the windows much faster and the climate would have to work!? On the other hand, an air conditioning system below 5° outside temperature would not work again, would it? I’m a little confused right now… VG Tom

Hello I’ve noticed more than once that my P is very sluggish when overtaking the road in the 5th gear from approx. 2000U/min and I have already been allowed to cancel the overtaking process a few times. I accelerate in the 4th gear from 2000 U/min. It pulls better by lengths and even at a slightly higher speed in the 6th at the same speed,I have the feeling that it pulls much better. Only in the 5th it doesn’t want to attract so much. or something can be broken. Is a 3.0tdi CEXA from 04/09. As said in the 4th and 6th at the same speed felt good thrust only in the 5th, you think it will hold you the intake tract too. Do not want to use the kick down every time to overtake it Evtl can something to say Greeting Martin

@ Diesler I had a problem today. Driven 20 m backwards from the parking gap, after that normally continued……. From this time speed swings in the stationary gas. When switching down to stop then the corresponding jerk in the gearbox to the stand of the vehicle. That at every further traffic light…. After another 5 km, red traffic light again, construction site, car switched off, restarted, everything without speed swings, as if nothing had been! two times, in larger intervals (months). Strangely always after the reverse driving. Must say, however, that in my opinion the shutdown to stop and the starting is generally too “hard”. Turbos and gear oil change (ATF_055_055_A2) was done times at about 50000 km on Kulanz, now are about 70000 km on the clock. Ride rather restrained, unfortunately mostly short distances 10 to 20 km, rarely highway. kopi63

Hello people, please write to me how much experience you have about the pre-specified engines! Does the V8 not make the W12 unnecessary? Is the V6 really that bad? Wie goes the V10? happy about this motor discussion! Mfg

Hello, have again a problem with the error message exhaust gas workshop. The error was already at the beginning of the year and was fixed with the exchange of the sensor which sits at the gearbox passenger side up. (have forgotten the name) So now it is time again and the error is there again but stranger wiser only when it is wet outside. when it is dry, it is gone after a few days. But since the wet season is there. I went to my buddy to read the error. E r has read out the Phaeton to us see there a lot of errors. I will attach the error log. Now we have deleted the errors first. Please can you look at the error log and maybe help me further. Especially this clamp 30??? what is that supposed to be. Greetings to you and thank you in advance

Hello together, in the north turns, or another Phaeton floats his laps. After feeling endless (years long) search I have now turned my back on my E-Class (350 CGI/Mj. 2012) and hit it otherwise. It is a three-liter diesel year 12/2012 (5-seater/short) in beryllium grey with anthracite interior equipment (and exclusive equipment). Therefore I call it “Mr. Boredom”. For me, however, it should be exactly this equipment variant (and the mj.!); he was the sc The tastes are different. The whole with just under 60tsd. KM and from the dealer. I hope that I – as I wish for all drivers here of course! – will be spared from zigzags and “curiosities” and the Phaeton does what he was built for and especially “applyed” for. In the forum I will be rather the “silent reader” (which I was also before ), because I neither a craftsman nor a craftsman. On top of that, two left hands have grown up. However, this hopefully does not stand in the way of a general exchange. Visually, adhoc and in Natura I have to confess, I still have to become friendly with the Megara rims. Subjectively, it seems as if “Opa on high-speed running shoes” is on the way. As the day of the days will come, the question of course arises of a competent VW workshop in Hamburg, resp. radius SE/OD. From experience (with other vehicles/brands) ) I am well aware that here occasionally 2 worlds can meet each other (in relation to “competent” and workshop”… Via PN I am grateful for information, where these places better accelerate again. VG Richard

This morning I had the heater on the windows with light ice. After that the Phaeton did not start, even the emergency start function did nothing. This evening then voltages measured. The left battery (comfort) was 11.5 V. Some control units reported undervoltage. The right starter battery was at 12.7 V. So certainly not empty. Both batteries were tested 2 months ago, one very good, the other good in the VW report. I deleted the errors and now charge the However, the ZAB shows that the battery voltage is too low, system shuts down. In the dashboard display appears: start the engine. I try that, but I don’t do anything. You only hear a cracking from the left side of the battery when you try to start it. I have a keyless go, I also tried the other key, about the ignition lock: unfortunately nothing so far. I can open the doors normally, all the devices seem to work. Only the engine does nothing. n a low voltage of the comfort battery also cause such problems? Or a defect at the starter switch? Then I can have it picked up. So this is the first time that the car lets me sit properly, after 1.7 years. At least at home.

Hello together, I was on Wednesday with my Diva at VW to make a check. After 1.5 hours I got a list of defects that should be made in the near future. As I ran to my vehicle, I noticed that the ass was pretty high. I ignored this first because I thought that this would level up again during the ride. Unfortunately this is not the case. After a few kilometers, I got in the display the error message “Level regulation workshop! … Ass still stays gaaaananz high up and the way it feels, there is no air in the front. So I am back to VW the next day and explained the problem to them. Now they said that some things had to be done to get the vehicle back to the standard. Today I got a call and VW said that they still haven’t found the mistake. Meanwhile he has been standing at VW since Thursday. It’s frustrating because before this “CHECK” everything had wonderful funk And all of a sudden, nothing should work anymore?… It seems to me that the vehicle no longer comes out of the jack mode. Maybe someone has ever had the problem? Because normally, he would have to deactivate from the jack mode after a certain time and spend himself in a basic position. But I don’t know if it’s just this mode. VW just meant that he doesn’t have the normal values anymore. But you can’t just re-establish the vehicle. Calibration and good is?…

With VAG-COM you should get the car 20 mm lower without any problems. On the other hand a hardware module is sold on eBay. On request I got the following information: Quotation: from the software lows I think nothing at all. it is a hardware module of a noble tuner. By using new shorter or longer joint levers of the chassis level control the vehicle lies the described about 30mm lower in the chassis . Technically nothing is changed on the chassis. Thus no ABE, TÜV etc. are required. All characteristics of the air suspension remain completely intact, including the speed-dependent lowering. Absolutely no comparison to the software variant!!!. This approx. 30 mm is already a maximum value, since one can not adjust a fall at Pheaton. This means at maximum speed due to the additional speed-related lowering results in an extremely negative fall. The traction is This is also the reason why the chassis should be adjusted according to the attached measuring sheet. These measurement data come from the development department of the Phaeton R60. Due to this additional measurement, the front tyre wear almost adapts to the normal condition. (depending on driving mode!) The following things must or should be done after installation. Installation or replacement of the elements approx. 10 min. (can be done by yourself). 2. Reprogram the vehicle level control with +30 mm (2min. work in the workshop which also makes the measurement). 3. Increase air pressure by 0.5 bar over normal with 285 tyres What is your opinion about this or what experiences have you already made?

Hello together , I would have a question about the steering wheels of the Phaeton models . After some looking again and again I noticed the quite “modest , (for my taste ) , looking steering wheels of the Phaetons . I compare the a little with the wreaths from the 70s ala stroke 8 like W115/116 etc. Did these actually only change a little from 2010/2011 ? Since I have this at every exit in the eye as well as in the hands I can not be friends with it at all , there would be me “Ugly” rims prefer, which I don’t see when I drive and it stands parked ???