Vehicle report
1984 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
This model year
What the record shows
The 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit is a subcompact car, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1975 to 2013.
The EPA rated 16 configurations: engines from 1.6-litre four-cylinder to 1.8-litre four-cylinder, three transmissions and running on diesel and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 21 to 38 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 1 owner complaint for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.