16V913000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.
2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
2 safety recall campaigns, 123 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints123
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire5
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
10V621000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
IF CHAFING OCCURS, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FUEL LEAK TO DEVELOP. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
What owners report most
- 39SERVICE BRAKES
- 25ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 10STEERING
- 5VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 5SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBITs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.