Hi all, I'm looking to change my car and i had my eyes set for quite a while on 2011+ used Phaetons. I'm wondering what's your opinion on reliability of said year, model, engine, most common faults and what to lookout for when driving / testing ? And is that a car that could easily live up to...

I’m at a loss for what to do here. I have a 2005 V8 Phaeton. My wife tried turning it on to move it the other day, problem was, the thing wouldn’t turn on, nor would it relinquish the key. So, the key is stuck in the ignition. Won’t turn on, no lights come on so there’s no power. I’ve tried...

Hi. I changed my broken aux/parking heater to a refurbished one that had the same part number. I the new one works as a auxiliary heater just fine, but it does not start when I try to start it from to center screen. On VCDS it said that the coolant shut off valve N279 is not fitted and that...

Mine is a silver/black 2004 V8, bought in late 2020. It started & ran reliably, but in limp mode (3rd gear, PRNDS displayed all characters at once.) Only other problems were details. As long as both batteries were charged, it was otherwise great. I drove it to a local transmission shop in late...

Hi,i want to buy a project w12. I am thinking of a lot of things. And i serched and serched,but nothing found. I need a custom twin turbo set-up in EU,i am willing to come in person and drop off the car and all of that. For now i am just asking to see if anyone is intrested. Not even bought the...

Hello, I need help. I have a problem with my car. I let my car for 1 year and something in yard. 2 month ago, I tried to start it but it doesn’t has battery, I gived to the car energy from other car by some cables special. And it started without problems. Today, I tried to start the engine and...

Dear Sirs, Can anyone tell me please how can i get rid of the earlier stored user profiles from the infotainment system? My car is a 2006, 3.0tdi bmk Phaeton Thank you very much in advance for any information or suggestion! I have and use vcds for the car, just unable to figure out the way...

Hi everyone, I hope we are all well I got a Phaeton V8 model 2006 with four seats in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, But I don't know what cell phone should I use to get my handsfree back on again I heard some rumors that I could use a Nokia phone Can anyone help me with this matter...

Don’t take your car to Bonneville, is pretty much the lesson of this video. Do go to Bonneville, just don’t do it in the car you’re hoping to drive back to town. Especially not if that car is an out of date luxury car with some electrical gremlins. There’s really no real-world applicability to...

The fact that the Phaeton was an expensive folly that showed the best and worst of Volkswagen at the time is, by now, not new information. But in a recent interview with Top Gear , VW’s head of design gave the world an insight into just how best-and-worst it was. Bischoff was, at the time...

You don't have to be an accountant to see that buying a Phaeton would be a colossally stupid decision. It’s a big, expensive to fix, unreliable, Passat clone with luxuries that are more than a decade out of date. But I defy you to watch this video and look at the prices for one, and not feel the...

The Volkswagen Phaeton may be one of the greatest cars that no one bought and even fewer people understood. The German uber-sedan came to market loaded to the headliner with incredible features: Torsen-based all-wheel drive, two big engines in the U.S.: a V8 and a W12, aluminum body panels...

Starting a business or getting a new technology up and running is not easy; you need money, space, access to resources, and a lot of coffee (I'm guessing). At CeBIT 2017 Volkswagen announced they're going to help entrepreneurs with most of these needs. Space within the Transparent Factory in...

If you happen to be in Dresden, take a look at Volkswagen’s factory and you’ll see some action happening inside. The reason is twofold. First: the plant is transparent, so you can see everything that happens inside (along with their industry, Germans are known for the subtlety of their...

We reported last week that William Shatner , who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series, was selling his 2004 VW Phaeton at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction and we can now report that the hammer dropped at $29,700. Although that number isn’t mind blowing, it’s still...

Professional Canadian and acting enthusiast William Shatner is selling his 2004 Phaeton. The lot will be for sale at Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach auction , which starts tomorrow. Shatner describes the car as “a great VW Phaeton – one of the most advanced cars of the world of its time.”...

Rumors are surfacing that Volkswagen intends to make an all-electric successor to the Pheaton. The full size luxury car started production in 2002 and the line only stopped this year. The German publication Auto Bild reports that a company spokesman was recently quoted as saying “The Phaeton is...

The Transparent Factory ("Gläserne Manufaktur") is to be realigned: Volkswagen's Dresden location will open a new Volkswagen brand showcase for electromobility and digitalization on April 8. Visitors will be able to experience the future of mobility at close quarters in a playful, interactive...

It's fair to say that Volkswagen's venerable Q-ship the Phaeton is getting a little long in the tooth. Most in tune with the brand's product cadence know there's a new one planned, and we've just received these renderings of what that car might look like thanks to our friend Tobias Büttner. As...

Accelerated implementation of the efficiency program creates room for reorientation Streamlined processes leverage further cost-saving potential, including cuts in fixed costs Investments to be reduced by 1 billion euros per year compared with planning – combined with prioritization of...