A vehicle control system includes a wiper, a control portion that outputs a drive command such that the wiper is placed in a first state or a second state that is more restricted than the first state, and a checking portion that checks whether a mobile device is in the vehicle via wireless communication between an onboard device and the mobile device, when a door of the vehicle is opened or closed. If the door is opened while the wiper is in the first state, the control portion performs a first control that switches the operating state of the wiper from the first state to the second state, and then after a period of time for which the check by the checking portion is executed has passed while the wiper is in the second state, the control portion switches the operating state from the second state to the first state.