2006 Volkswagen Rabbit problems, complaints & recalls

2013-03-12 · Fuel/Propulsion System

“my car is a 2006 and after one of my fuel ups with the wife we smelled gas, thought it was nothing maybe some gas on my had or something. during the week we still got smells of gas off and on, well the smell was so strong that my wife was getting headaches from it. i looked under the car to see for fuel leak, around the gas tank but nothing. i wen…”

2013-03-11 · Seats · 56,000 mi

“while driving noticed that there was a dull pain beginning in my back, looked at the drivers side seat and noticed that seat heater shorted out and left dime sized hole in upholstery as well as discoloring piece of clothing i was wearing. *tr…”

2012-11-24 · Engine · 75,000 mi

“my wife was driving her 2006 volkswagen rabbit on us 98 preparing to enter i-4 when the vehicle entered limp home mode (epc light & check engine light on) rpms went to over 3000 and vehicle refused to go above 25mph, she was almost killed by the semi that was behind her on us 98 luckily the semi swerved to avoid her. the vehicle was taken to the de…”

2012-08-13 · Air Bags · 66,000 mi

“on two separate incidents i had my air bags light came on. i brought it to the volkswagen dealer and they fixed the wires under the seat the first time at no charge the second time i was charged $100.00. the problem was the same but on both seats first, was the passengers seat the second time, was the drivers seatdriver seat. i contacted custome…”

2011-12-04 · Seats · 115,850 mi · 🔥 fire

“while idling car after starting, seat warmer was turned on. drivers side inside back warmer shorted out and caused a grape size burn hole in cloth seat. *tr…”

2009-07-22 · Power Train · 24,129 mi

“i had suspected that my dual mass flywheel on my manual 2006 rabbit w/ 24k was beginning to fail because i heard/felt something shaking around in the bell housing of the vehicle 1 out 10 times that i would depress the clutch pedal in 1st gear. the shake had been present since i bought the car but in the past year it had gotten progressively worse. …”

2008-12-29 · Vehicle Speed Control · 6,000 mi

“tl*the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen rabbit. when starting off from a stopped position and the consumer steps on the accelerator, the vehicle moves forward about ten feet and then dies no response from the accelerator. in the same position as when starting from a stopped position. the car stays in hesitation mode for a period of 2-5 seconds, the…”

2008-11-16 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 35,000 mi

“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 a…”

2008-10-26 · Exterior Lighting · 14,000 mi

“2006 volkswagen rabbit. high mount center third brake light is inaccessible. bulb is blown out and i cannot access to repair it. *tr…”

2008-10-24 · Engine And Engine Cooling

“this is my second complaint. my 06 vw rabbit has been stalling since approx. the second month that i had it (bought 06/06). in august 08 after continually complaining about this issue my car first started to sputter "like the timing was off" while driving (not the first time for sputtering but it usually does it when idle, not driving). i took the …”