2007 Volkswagen Rabbit owner complaints

Halogen headlamp bulb lifetime is shorter than expected. Too often I have to buy new bulbs and it's very unsafe on the road during a day.

This past weekend I arrived home late saturday night/early sunday morning to my local, well-lit train station that I use regularly. I locked my car (as I always do) using the remote and made sure that my car beeped before I boarded the train. I arrived home 9 hours later by myself (I'm a petite 29 yr. Female) and as I got to my car (which had condensation on the windows) I pressed the unlock on the remote and opened the door only to find a man sitting inside my driver's seat. I quickly shut the door but the man immediately got out and approached me. I was trapped in the parking lot with this man for 15 minutes by myself at 1am. I am just shocked as to how he got into my vehicle. I paid thousands of dollars for this vehicle to keep me safe and in this economy I expect that the money I inve

Defective coolant fan #2 manufactured by siemens. P1951 fault code for non operational coolant fan #2 occurred on 09/29/2011 at 122,163 miles for a 2007 vw rabbit. Vw dealership detected the fault and replaced the defective coolant fan #2 with a new siemens coolant fan #2 at owners request on 09/29/2011. On 08/20/2014 at 182,000 miles the replacement 09/29/2011 siemens coolant fan #2 failed and stopped working. A second fault code p1951 was detected by a certified and licensed private mechanic. Second siemens coolant fan #2 found defective in less than 3 years and 60,000 miles. Original coolant fan # 2 lasted 4 years and 122,000 miles. *tr

I want to add a complaint to the Volkswagen mark five model's crankshaft position sensor. For some reason, this senor at times does something to the engine and it kills the engine. It has happened twice in the span of 4 months. Everything is on, including headlights, all electrical systems, steering but at high speeds, the engine dies and I've had to coast to a stop to restart it and restarts without any problems. I've looked at forums to see what could be causing it and my pointed to the crankshaft positioning sensor. It's occurred to vehicles with high and low mileage. *tr

At random, the traction control ABS light on the dashboard cluster has gone off. The mechanic states that the issue is the ABS module, and that it needs replacing. There is no known reason for its failure, but the vehicle is now without ABS. A similar recall was issued for other vehicles with the same ABS module from later years, so I would expect that it should be perfectly reasonable to issue a recall for this serious and potentially life-threatening issue.

Rear brake pads worn quicker than normal, at 12,000 miles they started wearing down and the metallic sound started to occur. *tr

ABS control module - approximately $2,000 to replace vw has already recalled the ABS control module for '08 and up cars...I happen to have an '07 with the same module that is not covered by the recall.

I have a 2007 vw rabbit, purchased august 13, 2007. Manufactured 05/2007 my brakes appeared to be squealing under light depression of the brake pedal during low speed braking situations. I brought my vehicle to the dealer nearest me. When alleged repair of my vehicle was completed the dealer informed me that remaining pad life averaged 80% for all four wheels. However upon completion of work vehicle squealed louder than when vehicle was dropped off for service. When I inquired as to the cause of the squeals origin, the service writer informed me that "squealing was normal" I (owner) am a BMW diagnostic level iii technician with over 10 years service experience. Educated at uti, I have the benefit of the theoretical expertise to understand the the principals affecting the brakes system

Our 2007 vw rabbit needs to have rear brake pads and rotors replaced... The car only has 25k on it, and this problem began to appear three months prior to today. The service department told us three months ago that the pads looked okay, even though a nys inspection station said the rear pads were very low. Now, they are hitting us up for $450.00 repair; they say it is not covered by warranty, but is 'standard' wear! What car needs pads and rotors so early? This is a defect. *tr

The vehicle was brand new, less than a day old from the dealership, with only 240 miles on it. The vehicle was driven to dinner, and after dinner it would not start, there was a strong fuel smell. Looked under the car and noticed a significant fuel leak. Manufacture sent a tow truck. The local dealership said it was a fuel line that had been improperly installed at the factory. They re-attached it. *jb

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

Excessive brake wear at 6k miles on my car due to over tightening of parking brake at factory, thus causing pads to stick and wear out way too early. *tr

The driver seat is stuck and wont move forward or backward. Something is broken in the mechanism of the seat tracks and levers. I can not reach the pedals. Passengers in the rear cannot safely exit the vehicle quickly. The release mechanism on the passenger seat near the head rest also stopped working. The seat folds down but the seat does not slide forward. *tr

#1: body: noted that driver's side door latch would not lock and trouble with securing. Door open alarm would not sound when door was open. Submitted vehicle to vw dealership for repair. Door latch was found to be defective. The door latch was replaced. #2: engine: noted that fan would not engage. Dealership ran a gff. Found fault p1951 coolant fan #2 difficulty of movement/blocked. Ran test found #2 faulty. Dealership replaced cooling fan #2. *kb

2007 vw rabbit with 20,000 miles manual transmission stalls during take off after being warmed up. Taking off from a green light the car will suddenly and quickly come to a stop and have to be restarted causing traffic behind me to catch up very fast almost causing a collision. This has happened numerous times. I have had the car to the local vw dealer 3 times and the last time they had it for 2 weeks. The dealer has replaced spark plugs, coli packs, mass air flow sensor, catalytic converter, performed a static discharge on complete wiring system, reset throttle body and basic settings and reset readiness codes. The problem is still not solved. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen rabbit. While driving 35 MPH, the contact rear ended another vehicle and caused $9,000 worth of damage to the entire front end of his vehicle. He smelled the powder coming from the air bags; however, they failed to deploy. The contact was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. The vehicle was towed from the scene. The contact was transported to the hospital in an ambulance due to his injuries. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was 30,000.

My 2007 vw rabbit has a known safety issue with the valve body system. I took my vehicle to findlay vw in november 2014 to have this issue fixed, as I had just become aware that there was a known issue which met the criteria of my problem exactly. I was told that "their hands were tied" due to the fact that this issue had to have been repaired before 2013. I then asked why I was never informed that there was an issue with this and was told they had mailed out a letter-which many people in las vegas including myself did not receive-and was told that if I had moved it may not have been forwarded. I then asked why they had not informed me of this issue any of the times I had brought my vw in for service. Their service director then informed me that it is "not their policy" to check for any re

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen rabbit. While driving 70 MPH, the contact stated the steering failed which caused the contact to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a guard rail. The air bags did not deploy. The contact was taken to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a concussion. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact to send pictures of the crash. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages was 107,000.

New continental tires on new car were wearing oddly. I had car inspected for problems and alignment and it was found not the fault of the car nor myself. The tires 205-55-16 91h were reported to me as manufacture defect. They ware in small spots causing the rubber to wear to cord. Very difficult for consumer to see if tire is not in just the right spot to happen to notice. This could lead to a blow out and accident. The dealers fot the tire and the manufacturer have refused to address this issue. The distributors say is a manufacture defect but hard for them to be reimbursed so they don't want to deal with it. 2 of my 4 tires have this. *tr

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.