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Volkswagen Rabbit

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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All years2009 · 1 recall2007–2009 · 1 recall

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V913000·2016-12-20

    Volkswagen Recalls 2009-2010 Models for ABS Control Unit Failure

    Volkswagen is recalling 2009-2010 Jetta, GTI, Golf, and Audi A3 vehicles because the ABS control unit may fail, potentially causing loss of vehicle control.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI JETTA SPORTWAGEN, JETTA, GTI, GOLF
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·10V621000·2010-12-10

    Volkswagen Recalls Jetta, Beetle, and Rabbit for Fuel Line Fire Risk

    Volkswagen is recalling certain 2006-2010 Jetta, Beetle, and Rabbit vehicles because a fuel line may chafe and leak, creating a fire hazard.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, BEETLE, RABBIT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2009Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2009; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2008Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2008; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2007Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2007; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE21008 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors
  • DP19003 Defect Petition · engine
  • EA18003 Engineering Analysis · open · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • RQ17009 Recall Query · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • PE15010 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal

Technical service bulletins

305 manufacturer service bulletins across 4 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2009: 3.8/5 · 62 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2008: 4.0/5 · 23 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2007: 3.8/5 · 54 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2006: 4.3/5 · 13 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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