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Volkswagen Atlas cross sport Electrical Problems

150 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2021. Best year: 2025.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Electrical · 2024 4

Vehicle: 2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport VIN: [XXX] Component: Air Bags – Frontal (Driver) Description of the problem: I am reporting a possible safety issue involving the driver front airbag. I was involved in a frontal collisio...

Electrical · 2022 4

Initially, my Atlas would not auto-start with the key fab. When I returned to my vehicle, the lights flashed, it gave a battery warning, then I was able to start the vehicle. However, several lights on the dashboard cycled through, radio...

Electrical · 2021 4

The back up camera does not signal or brake when something is too close. Back into another car because I had no warning. VW denies this is a problem with Atlas Cross sport. I looked it up and it is a major problem

Electrical · 2021 4

The passenger airbags did not deploy during a crash . A suv vehicle hit my vehicle on the side and caused over $7000, in damage.

Electrical · 2021 4

The contact owns a 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65-70 MPH, the vehicle in front of him swerved into another lane and he noticed there was a vehicle stopped in the middle of the h...

Electrical · 2021 4

The contact owns a 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph the driver suddenly steered to the right to avoid a collision with a second vehicle and suddenly the front passenger-side ai...

Electrical · 2021 4

While driving at approx. 65 mph in heavy rain the rear passenger window suddenly went down and smoke came from the door and at same time all electrical systems went out. the vehicle quickly decelerated to the point the vehicle was not ...

Electrical · 2021 4

Vehicle was in passage side collision and air bags did not deploy.

Electrical · 2020 4

I was driving and hit a bump in the road, It was a uneven surface similar to a curb. My front right tire all of a sudden went flat and all the side and seat airbags deployed. It makes no sense to have a tire go flat and have all the ai...

Electrical · 2021 4

My adaptive cruise control AND airbags FAILED when traffic ahead of me suddenly stopped. (There was NO airbag deployment.) I crashed into the person in front of me who then hit the person in front of them. The vehicle is available for in...

Electrical · 2021 4

I was in a front end collision, no airbags were deployed.

Electrical · 2022 4

When parking the car it hit the other parking vehicle on the right side of it. The sensors didn't work at the time of the collision or after the collision. The vehicle is taking a force parking when the parking button is turned on.

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