Everything wrong with the 2005 VW Phaeton

"ciscokidinsf" (ciscokidinsf) 07/28/2016 at 20:56 • Filed to: None

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- The BIG one - AC compressor is kaput - approx $1000 parts and labor at my indie VW/Audi place - Can only drive it before 10am and after 10pm. It’s hot yo!

- The rear passenger side door keyless entry sensor stopped working. All other doors are ok - annoying, I know

- It blew again the bulb in the passenger side front headlight. That might have been my bad, as the bulbs I bought less than 2 years ago were “a good deal” from Amazon probably chinese knock-offs. The regular ones cost $80 each, and I got these for 2 for $100 - What’s cheap now costs more later. I can do this myself when I have money.

- It’s about to need new brakes - but for once, I am covered. Bought a complete set of front rotors and brakes for a great deal at a closing VW shop.

- The left side small dashboard drawer needs an extra firmer push to close correctly (oh, the humanity!)

- The cover of the rear charger near the bottom of the rear ac controllers comes off all the time

- I have to manually turn on the phone (Nokia real OG yo!), before it would do it automatically when car started, but it lost this preference when I replaced batteries the year I got it.

C62030 > ciscokidinsf 07/28/2016 at 20:59

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Still gonna get one someday.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ciscokidinsf 07/28/2016 at 21:38

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Bay Area? I see a couple Phaetons sometimes.

BobintheMtns > ciscokidinsf 07/28/2016 at 22:31

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Cool car.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ciscokidinsf 07/28/2016 at 23:32

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Yeah the AC can be $$$, I have a bulldog so I had to get my old Mercedes going. I basically rebuilt the thing with new parts, ice cold now. BUT now the pod with the two center vents is stuck closed, they are vacuum like the door locks etc.. on a W123, so I only have the two vents on either side of the dash. I need to pop the dash and replace all four just to be sure, not sure I want to do it since I know a guy who is an expert.