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2007 Volkswagen RABBIT Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1052616
Internal NHTSA #	10576109
Manufacurer	Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	RABBIT
Model Year	2007
File date	04/02/14
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The vehicle failed to shift into second gear causing the car to stop... Rpm's increased. I reported this to the dealer and was told that the valve body would need replacement and would cost $1700. I delayed the repair due to the cost and the transmission seemed to shift fine for several hundred miles however a loud clunk began to develop ( on and off... Sporadically) in shifting between 1st and 2 gears. I called the dealer and was told that the valve body was the likely cause of the clunking. A repair order was not written because i delayed due to the cost. Finally i took it in late march to have the valve body replaced. I was told that the condition would not generate a code on the computer. I also asked if they have seen a lot of rabbits/golfs in for this and the answer was : "yes unfortunately we do". After i dropped the car off i decided to google this condition and found that vw had know about this safety defect and had extended the warranty to 7 years 100,000 miles. Irate that i was never informed about it decided to call vw and complained that i should have been told about the extension and i would have brought it in sooner for the repair. They now refuse to fix under warranty because it has 101,700 miles. It seems that they do not communicate with the customers about this issue although they claim a letter was sent to owners. This known safety defect (the valve body assembly) should be on a mandatory recall... Or the very least the factory should ensure that the owners actually are aware of this issue through certified mail and dealer communication via the service drive. The dealer claims they did not know my vehicle was covered or they would have communicated this to me? They are sweeping a known safety item under the rug until the car reaches 100k , after the warranty ends to fix it. There are many blogs on the internet that show this is common.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	98000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LA JOLLA , CA
VIN pattern	WVWBS71K17WXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	5
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Vehicle speed	12
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2007 Volkswagen RABBIT Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2007 Volkswagen RABBIT Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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