Volkswagen Rabbit by model year

254 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volkswagen Rabbit across 4 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Volkswagen Rabbit

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2006	18
2007	78
2008	35
2009	123

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2009	123	Brakes (36%)	2	24
2008	35	Air bags (17%)	2	24
2007	78	Brakes (18%)	2	22
2006	18		1	22