Volkswagen Rabbit Complaints

160 consumer complaints on file.

#10939891January 5, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED THE GEARS WERE HARD TO ENGAGE WHEN DRIVING IT. FINALLY IT LEFT MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER STRANDED IN THE STREET ON HER WAY TO WORK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936470December 20, 2016
SEATS, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
I HAD THE HEATED SEATS ON AT THE LOWEST SETTING OF 1. I WAS DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD BY MY HOUSE AND THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT STARTED GETTING REALLY HOT AND I SMELLED SMOKE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AS I WAS WORRIED THE SEAT WAS ON FIRE. I TURNED OFF THE SEAT HEATER, GOT OUT AND CHECKED THE SEAT. THERE WAS A HOLE BURNED INTO THE SEAT AND INTO THE JACKET I WAS WEARING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936290December 19, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN IS NOT WORKING. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A BROKEN CLOCK SPRING. OTHER VWS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT MINE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH AND I THINK THE HORN IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ALERT DRIVERS AROUND ME IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. BOTH SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY THE SAME BROKEN CLOCK SPRING AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10934469December 10, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
MY 2009 VW RABBIT HAS HAD INTERMITTENT ABS ISSUES FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. THE CAR HAS 67K MILES. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN THE ABS ACTIVATES THE THE DASH WILL LIGHT UP WITH THE ABS, BRAKE, AND ESP LIGHT. THE CAR WILL ALSO BEEPS A FEW TIMES. AFTER THIS HAPPENS, THE CAR WILL HAVE NO ABS OR STABILITY CONTROL. RESTARTING THE CAR WILL MAKE THE LIGHTS TURN OFF, BUT THE ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN THE ABS IS ACTIVATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929481December 1, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
THE ABS MODULE IN MY VEHICLE FAILED AROUND 90,000 MILES, WHICH I'M NOW DISCOVERING IS A VERY COMMON FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND YEAR. THE ABS SYSTEM CEASED TO FUNCTION BUT OTHER SYSTEMS WERE AFFECTED AS WELL; MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP WORKING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT A TIME, AS WELL AS MY FUEL GAUGE. POWER STEERING WOULD CUT OUT AND I WOULD EXPERIENCE A CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE. I WAS NEARLY HIT WHILE CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET ANY ACCELERATION FROM THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO BEEN TRIGGERED INTERMITTENTLY BY THIS PROBLEM SO I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PASS A SMOG CHECK, MAKING MY VEHICLE ILLEGAL TO DRIVE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE I'M STATIONED WITH THE MARINES. VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIPS ARE CHARGING MORE THAN $1,500 TO FIX THE ISSUE AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10925250November 9, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE CAR WOULD SHAKE IN THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT CERTAIN MOMENT. ALSO STOPS RANDOMLY I DON'T KNOW WHY MY CAR ACTING THAT WAY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE EVEN THE REPAIR SHOP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10924137November 3, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
MY ABS BRAKE PUMP AND/OR CONTROL MODULE HAVE FAILED AT 75K MILES. I PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR MY CHILDREN AND USED THE IIHS SAFETY RATING WHEN SELECTING IT. THE REPAIR IS OVER $2000. I'VE READ COUNTLESS THREADS OF VW OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON MULTIPLE MODELS. I'VE CONTACTED VW AND EVEN WROTE THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. WITH SO MANY SUCH ISSUES REPORTED, I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR NHTSA TO ACT ON BEHALF OF VW OWNERS WHOSE VEHICLES SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT VW'S EXPENSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10917172October 18, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TOOK MY VEHICLE IN AS THE ABS, BRAKE, ESP/ASR LIGHTS CAME ON AND WERE BEEPING. REPLACED THE ROTORS, BRAKE PADS, ETC. WHEN I CAME BACK TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE, THE VAG COM HAD MULTIPLE FAULTS STILL SHOWING, COME TO FIND OUT I NEED THE CONTROL PANEL REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 59K MILES, DOZENS OF FOLKS HAVE REPORTED A SIMILAR SITUATION IN 2009 VW MODEL CARS, ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING W LESS THAN 60K MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916065October 14, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
MY ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON THE PAST FEW DAYS WHEN I USE THE BRAKES. ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM TURNING. I AM NOT SLAMMING THE BRAKES ON AT ALL-- I AM A VERY CAREFUL DRIVER. I KNOW THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 76, 000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909709September 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
THE ABS CONTROL HAS FAILED (DIAGNOSED BY VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP), ABS, TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON, SPEEDIMOTER IS ALWAYS ON ZERO, THE CAR LOOSES STEERING CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909498September 25, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CONSTANT SINCE PURCHASING (I.E. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON DURING LONG TRIPS, THE PRND LIGHTS LIGHTING ALL AT ONCE AT RANDOM). THESE ISSUES WERE NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY. I STARTED THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BRAKE LIGHTS LIT UP AND THE CAR MADE 3 "BEEPS". I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND CONTINUED. I THEN DROVE ON THE FREEWAY FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN THE STEERING, AND EPC LIGHTS CAME ON. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGES DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE STEERING BECAME SLOW TO RESPOND/DELAYED. LUCKILY THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS ON THE ROAD AND I SAFELY PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. I SAFELY DROVE THE CAR HOME THAT DAY, BUT MY HUSBAND EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES WHEN HE TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR THE DAY AFTER. AFTER RESEARCHING THESE SYMPTOMS ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2009 GTI AND RABBIT MODELS, AND THAT, WHILE THIS MALFUNCTION MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE, VW WILL NOT HELP CONSUMERS WITH THE ESTIMATED $2K REPAIR COSTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903191September 1, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE TRACTION CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE INITIALLY DID NOT TURN ON EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE BUTTON THAT TURNS THE ESC ON AND OFF. AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE IT, MY ABS, BREAK LIGHT, ESC, AND STEERING WHEEL LIGHTS HAVE COME ON. NOW MY VEHICLE LOOSES TRACTION IF I MAKE A FAST TURN. MY STEERING HAS ALSO BECOME REALLY STIFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, THE FUEL METER GOES DOWN DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CAR HAS FUEL. LASTLY, THE SPEEDOMETER GOES UP AND DOWN WHILE BEING STATIONED. THIS SAME PROBLEM REGARDING THE ABS CONTROL MODULE HAS EFFECTED HUNDREDS OF 2009 VOLKSWAGEN OWNERS AND DESPITE THE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE, VOLKSWAGEN HAS REFUSED TO COVER THIS UNDER A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899376August 29, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
DRIVING INTO A CURVE, MY ABS BRAKE MODULE FAILED, TURNING OFF MY TRACTION CONTROL, ABS DISABLING MY POWER STEERING. AS I WAS TRYING TO COME OUT OF THE CURVE, THE STEERING FAILED TO RESPOND TEMPORARILY. I ALMOST T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE, SCARING THAT DRIVER TO DEATH...I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OUT OF THE TURN, OVER CORRECTING ALMOST PUTTING IT IN A A DITCH... THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892700August 3, 2016
AIR BAGS, SUSPENSION
TAKATA RECALL. RABBIT IS UNLISTED BUT CONTAINS EXACT EQUIPMENT AS OTHER MODELS. DOES THIS PERTAIN TO THE VEHICLE? ALSO. WEIGHT OF ENGINE IMPACT STRUTS THEN TO THE SUSPENSION LINEAGES,ARMS,ETC...THUS, AFFECTING THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLES FROM THIS FIVE-CYLINDER ENGINE TO CAUSE BUSHINGS TO FAIL. THE EQUIPMENT WAS DESIGNER ORIGINAL FOR THE FOUR-CYLINDER MODELS EVEN WITH TURBOCHARGER. THE COMPOSITES OF THE BUSHINGS HAVE SUSTAINED A QUALITY DEGRADATION TO THE POINT OF POOR SYNTHETICS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10891820July 30, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
PUT ON BRAKES SUDDENLY. CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL TO THE LEFT HITTING A HIGHWAY DIVIDER AND THEN TO THE RIGHT HITTING A CAR. MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND THE INS. CO. PAID ME THE FULL MARKET VALUE FOR IT. THIS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE ABOUT 6 MONTH AND 5 YEARS AGO WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10888502July 25, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON....FOLLOWED BY STEERING LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT SPEEDOMETER FAILING, GAS WARNING LIGHT ON, NOW MY CAR WILL NOT START AND THE KEY IS STUCK TO THE IGNITION. MY POWER WINDOWS NOT WORKING PROPERLY ....ALL STARTED FROM THE ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10876408June 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
AFTER DRIVING AT APPROX. 70- 80 MPH ON HIGHWAY FOR OVER 1 HOUR AND STOPPING WOULD FEEL OFF AFTER COMING TO AN A COMPLETE STOP FROM TRAFFIC OR EXITING THE FREEWAY, AND THEN THE CAR HAD TROUBLE REVVING UP - COULDN'T ACCELERATE AND DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AS IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET UP TO EVEN 30 MPH - SEEMED TO GO INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL. FIRST FEW TIMES IT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL IF I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE FOR 15 MINUTES. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY AND WOULD ONLY GO BACK TO NORMAL IF ENGINE WAS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. HAPPENED ABOUT A COUPLE OF HANDFUL OF TIMES IN THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS - EACH TIME WAS FRIGHTENING AND ALMOST GOT INTO BAD ACCIDENTS. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS AT ABOUT 76,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR FIND ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE. NOT A TURBO VEHICLE SO THEY TOLD ME NOT DSG OR MECHATRONIC ISSUES. BASICALLY, DRIVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874661June 16, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SAGGING HEADLINER AROUND SUNGLASS HOLDER IN FRONT. WATER LEAK THROUGH WINDSHIELD (ORIGINAL, NO ACCIDENTS), WATER EVERYWHERE INSIDE CAR. STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT DURING RAINSTORM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822896January 28, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN USING THE HEATED SEATS THE PASSENGER SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CABIN FILLED UP WITH THICK SMOKE AND WE COULD NOT BREATH. WE HAD TO STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND WE PUT OUT THE FIRE. THIS IS A KNOWN VW PROBLEM THAT HAD A FULL RECALL IN CANADA. ASTONISHINGLY, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO MENTION OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE. THE LOCAL VW DEALER DENIED ALL KNOWLEDGE OF ANY HEATED SEATS CATCHING FIRE BUT THEY INSTANTLY GAVE ME A $755.00 QUOTE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A FIRM ESTIMATE OF FOUR HOURS TO REPLACE THE ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS IN THE SEAT. ALTHOUGH THE VW DEALER HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM THEY SEEM TO HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF EXACTLY HOW TO REPAIR THE SEAT. VERY CURIOUS INDEED......
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822103January 25, 2016
SEATS
ELECTRICAL BURNING HEATED SEATS SETTING: 5 SMELT BURNING WIRE SMELL WHILE DRIVING, THEN FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN MY BACK. TURNED OFF HEATED SEATS PULLED OVER. PULL OVER. MK5 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT 2007 2.5
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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