2007 Volkswagen Rabbit Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 5about this part
- Share
- 9%of 54 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 23,550miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit, 9% of the 54 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 23,550 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Cruise control on my 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit will intermediately come on and off. According to blogs and Volkswagen rabbits also notice this. At one point I saw myself only doing 40 MPH when I had the cruise set on 70 MPH.”
NHTSA complaint #10325902, filed 2010-04, 72,000 miles“Rabbit issues: 4 months in. To give you an idea...with 300000 lms on the car I was stuck in inner city traffic just after I pulled out of my street where I lived. It was a warm day in january, and I had let the car warm up , but when I was in traffic it decided to stall. I had to wait a few seconds to get the motor to turn back over. The car had been shaking more then it would normally a few moments before. Then, the other day, I started the car, cleaned the snow off, and then drove off. …”
NHTSA complaint #10190436, filed 2007-05, 300 miles“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. …”
NHTSA complaint #10255504, filed 2009-01, 23,550 miles“While starting the car, several diagnostic lights came on, including the ecp and check engine light. Entering the reverse gear made the car accelerate fast backwards when releasing the breaks but not using the gas pedal to accelerate. The surprise it came with could have LED to back into cars or passengers standing behind. The car fell into a safety mode, forward accelerated very slowly to max 30 MPH while heading to a shop.”
NHTSA complaint #11194395, filed 2019-04, 5 milesVehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
13 complaintsElectrical system
10 complaintsAir bags
8 complaintsSeats
8 complaintsFuel system
5 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
5 complaintsSteering
4 complaintsEngine
3 complaintsEngine cooling
3 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsElectronic stability control
2 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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