Volkswagen Rabbit stalling problems

Filed Jan 22, 2025 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 130,000 miles · NC

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 16V913000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electronic Stability Control (ESC); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds or while idling, the vehicle occasionally stalled, and had to be restarted to operate as needed. The failure was intermittent. The contact stated that the ABS, tire pressure, and air bag warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed the contact that the recall repair could not be completed due to there not being a specific diagnostic code showing the extending ambiance reading a code of only 100 times and the requirement was 125 times. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 130,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Apr 12, 2024 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 145,000 miles · CO

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 16V913000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electronic Stability Control) after the contact had experienced the failure. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the ABS warning light illuminated, and the vehicle failed to accelerate as needed. The vehicle stalled, and after several attempts, the vehicle restarted and was able to be driven to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed as ABS failure. The dealer was made aware of the failure but advised the contact that the failure had happened outside of the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Jan 13, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 76,000 miles · CA

My car has been running fine since purchase and I have had all the necessary maintenance done to prevent issues. Last week while driving on a major highway my cars steering wheel locked as well as stalled almost causing a major accident. When I looked it up it seems that this vehicle has been issue with campaign number: 10v621000. Albeit this is not the same issue but my vehicle has experienced fuel leakage at the same time and I have reason to believe that they are interrelated. Beyond that, there have been several complaints about the same issue on many vw forums. This is a major issue and a huge safety problem. Could you imagine the lives that could have perished if I had not handled that situation effectively. I am now told that I need to replace this part for $2000 where I truly believe volkswagen should be held liable. This company has shady business practices and I would not be surprised if this issue is due to a defective part. My car was bought in 2009 and has 76,000 miles on it.

Filed Apr 4, 2011 · Engine · 8,000 miles · TX

I own a 2007 volkswagen rabbit. About 4 months after I got it, it started stalling. Only when my car is idling. It also sputters and is not running smoothly. Recently I started hearing a knocking noise under my hood. I've taken it into the dealership over and over and they send me home, saying they cant replicate the problem. The knocking happens on a regular basis, the stalling randomly happens, sometime I can go weeks without my car stalling, other times its only a few days. They've done nothing to fix this problem, just send me on my way. I need answers, and this problem to be fixed.

Filed Sep 15, 2010 · Electrical, Fuel system · 100 miles · FL

Frequent near stalls of my 2007 rabbit 2.5 automatic. This is my 2nd report to you and advised by the orlando sentinel reporter . The car's RPM drops about 1000 RPM on normal acceleration for about 4-6 seconds, never shutting off but just sitting there. This has occurred since taking the lease car in 08, but the dealership refuses to acknowledge the defect. Numerous similar complaints have been filed with edmunds and no action has been taken. This is a very dangerous condition if turning in front of an oncoming line of traffic, and I want it fixed, but also acknowledged by vw. An orlando vw technician told me it also happened in one of their new c model deluxe vw's a month ago. This drop off of power happens almost every time the car is driven. I will advise the orlando sentinel's reporter I have contacted you again. Thank you. Updated 01/18/11. *jb *tr updated 04/13/11

Filed Apr 1, 2010 · Transmission · 14,484 miles · AL

Vehicle does not respond to accelerator on ocassions, no response when trying to accelerate fron stop. Have complained to vw dealer @ 5,000,10,000, & 15,000 miles. They say they cannot find the problem. This is a dangerious situation as it stalls, then accelerates very fast . I never know when it will happen as there is no set pattern. I feel like the dealer is not responsible as they say it might get worse then they can find the problem. It does not show up on the scanner,and the check engine light does not come on.

Filed Oct 6, 2009 · Fuel system · MA

I purchased a 2008 vw rabbit, w/manual transmission, new during april of 2008. Since the first miles driven to today, there has been an intermittent fuel shutoff problem that results in a stall or a lurch that results in a near-stop. This occurs in low-speed, heavy traffic situations with trailing throttle (typically no brake application). Eventually this is going to cause me to be rear ended. I have complained to the dealership (paul clark vw - one of their technicians experienced it during a test drive) and they told me that other customers had complained about this but that vw of america said that there was no fix. I complained to vw of america and they told me that this was a part of the brake-assist program and despite my telling them that this was nonsense (because the brakes have no role in this because they are not touched when the problem occurs). I then complained to vw world headquarters in germany and they simply referred me back to vw of america with out comment. I then wrote to vw of america and vw germany and told them that if they don't remedy this problem that I would file this complaint with the federal safety agency and neither ever responded. I am convinced that the fuel management software that my manual transmission vehicle employs was written for vw's with automatic transmissions and the fuel shutoff is programmed deliberately to raise the average fuel economy of these vehicles. Vw refuses to acknowledge this and refuses to fix it hence this complaint. I have since found identical complaints on several vw-interest forums on the web including carspace automatic forums and vwvortex forums, vw rabbit owners club and edmunds.com. This is a disgrace and an example of a corporate irresponsibility. I need your help!

Filed Mar 28, 2009 · Fuel system · 17,400 miles · TX

Above ambient temperatures of 80 degrees fahrenheit and 20 minutes of highway driving my 2007 vw rabbit experiences bogging, jerking stalling upon coming back onto surface streets mainly the issue occurs on launching at stop lights and stop signs. Issue occurs between 3/4 and 2/3 of a tank. Incident repeats whenever conditions are right. So far diagnostic testing has turned up few leads however a variant of my car has a pending recall for similar symptoms. Http://www-odi.the federal safety agency.dot.gov/recalls/results.cfm?rcl_id=09v093&searchtype=quicksearch&summary=true&refurl=email.

Filed Jan 18, 2009 · Acceleration · 23,550 miles · 00 · crash

I bought a used 2007 volkswagen rabbit with 22,500 km jan. 10, 2009. I drove the vehicle fairly steadily in the city and on the freeway the week after the purchase . While on the freeway I did notice a substantial acceleration on one occasion when I passed although I did not accelerate very much, however I thought I might have engaged passing acceleration. Then a few days later on jan. 17, 2009 a week later, I was in quite a frightening accident that resulted in considerable damage. Thankfully no one was injured. I had gone to a small shopping mall that had parking in front of the shops. I pulled into a stall in front of one of the shops and was gently accelerating to pull up to the stall curb when the car accelerated out of control into the shop damaging the building and the car. The whole thing happened so quickly, I couldn't even react to put on the brakes. Had people been walking in front of the car, they would have been killed. I am not an aggressive driver and I have not had an accident in 25 years. I was in a state of shock. Due to the seriousness of what happened, I thought you should know in the event others start to happen. Right now I am in the process of getting the vehicle repaired and try to determine what happened.

Filed Nov 16, 2008 · Electrical, Engine · 35,000 miles · NY

2006 vw rabbit, 2.5l, 5 cyl. Has been stalling intermittently while idling, over and over again since buying this car brand new in 2006. I prefer not to give my VIN # for confidentiality reasons. I have read numerous posts on forums online, including vw employees who own the car and claim vw of america is pretending like they don't know of such an issue when it has occurred many times. My car has been to the dealer many times and they say its fine, well I don't think it is and I have 2 little kids that ride in this car on a daily basis.