Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Climatronic diagnostic codes

My friend pookie reminded me today of a trick I had already heard of but never tried. Apparently it is possible to enter a diagnostic mode using the climatronic console on many VW-Audi cars, and particularly the Volkswagen Polo.

  • By pressing econ and auto simultaneously you switch the display of the air conditioning temperature between degrees Celsius and Farenheit.
  • By pressing econ and the three buttons corresponding to the upper, middle and lower air vents simultaneously, you enter the diagnostics mode, which you can exit by pressing econ again. By turning the temperature knob you can see the values of many of the car sensors.
A google search for climatronic codes yields many results. However I've found a summary of the sensors which may be useful:

1. System error
2. Actual value feeler virtually
3. Actual value interior feeler console
4. Actual value outside temperature - feeler wasserkasten
5. Actual value outside temperature - feeler bumper
6. Actual value blowing out feeler floor space
7. Actual value blowing out feeler man Anstroemer
8. Display check
9. Actual digital value acknowledging potentiometer temperature flap
10. Target digital value temperature flap
11. Actual digital value acknowledging potentiometer A/C flap
12. Target digital value A/C flap
13. Actual digital value acknowledging potentiometer Fuss/Def flap
14. Target digital value Fuss/Def flap
15. Actual digital value acknowledging potentiometer ram air flap
16. Target digital value ram air flap
17. Driving speed (km/h)
18. Actual value of the blower tension (volt)
19. Desired value of the blower tension (volt)
20. Actual value of the compressor/on-board tension (volt)
21. Number of low-voltage events
(not volatilely)
22. Switching status of the high pressure switch
23. Number of high pressure events (volatile)
24. Number of high pressure events (not volatile)
25. A/D value kickdown switch
26. A/D value hot light
27. Engine speed
28. Compressor number of revolutions
29. Coding
30. Software-Version
31. Software index
32. Potentiometer error counter temperature flap
33. Potentiometer error counter A/C flap
34. Potentiometer error counter Fuss/Def flap
35. Potentiometer error counter ram air flap
36. Temperature flap notice cold
37. Temperature flap notice warm
38. A/C flap notice closed
39. A/C flap notice opened
40. Fuss/Def flap notice Def
41. Fuss/Def flap notice foot
42. Ram air flap notice up
43. Ram air flap notice too
44. Operating cycle counter
45. Interior temperature counted (Ninc) dig
46. Outside temperature filtered (°C)
47. Outside temperature not filtered (°C)
48. ECOR
49. Coolant temperature
50. Service life in min
51. Engine temperature °C
52. Compressor switching off conditions
53. Announcement more actively el. Exits:
Compressor/circulating air valve/water valve
54. Rule index
55. Outside temperature °C
56. Interior feeler virtually °C
57. Interior feeler console °C
58. Temperature wasserkasten °C
59. Temperature bumper °C
60. Blowing out feeler floor space °C
61. Blowing out feeler man Anstroemer °C
62. Sun intensity W/m-1
63. Sun intensity filtered W/m-1
64. Delta exhaust rise
65. Delta A/C Klappenverschiebung
66. Time constant/1.6 seconds
67. Cold weather starting correction
68. Maximum correcting variable for i and p-portion
69. Actual value blowing out feeler foot (cnts)
70. Desired value blowing out feeler foot (cnts)
71. Deviation (Epsilon)
72. Portion (+ heat/- cool)


Ain't it cool?