Volkswagen Atlas
The Volkswagen Atlas appears on NHTSA's register for model years 2018 to 2026: 48 recall campaigns (77 model-year entries) and 147 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is electrical system (241.7 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by unknown or other (180.1).
The 2018 model year has the most complaints (139). Recall campaigns peaked in 2022 with 9; complaints were received in the largest number in 2018 (75). Within Volkswagen, this line ranks 15 of 43 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Volkswagen Atlas | 17 | 139 | 851% | 1,184,304 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Atlas | 12 | 8 | 49% | 1,618,963 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Atlas | 4 | 0 | 0% | 665,637 |
| 2021 Volkswagen Atlas | 17 | 0 | 0% | 1,085,334 |
| 2022 Volkswagen Atlas | 7 | 0 | 0% | 618,427 |
| 2023 Volkswagen Atlas | 5 | 0 | 0% | 571,838 |
| 2024 Volkswagen Atlas | 8 | 0 | 0% | 766,642 |
| 2025 Volkswagen Atlas | 5 | 0 | 0% | 407,290 |
| 2026 Volkswagen Atlas | 2 | 0 | 0% | 57,878 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Volkswagen Atlas complaints (211 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Volkswagen model lines
- Jetta 170 recalls · 8,185 complaints
- Passat 126 recalls · 6,785 complaints
- Beetle 71 recalls · 2,283 complaints
- Golf 132 recalls · 1,033 complaints
- GTI 83 recalls · 959 complaints
- CC 41 recalls · 882 complaints
- Tiguan 65 recalls · 759 complaints
- Routan 9 recalls · 629 complaints
- Touareg 30 recalls · 502 complaints
- EOS 21 recalls · 342 complaints
- Eurovan 6 recalls · 215 complaints
- New Beetle 10 recalls · 191 complaints
- Cabrio 7 recalls · 186 complaints
- Corrado 16 recalls · 148 complaints
- Atlas 77 recalls · 147 complaints
- Rabbit 48 recalls · 142 complaints
- R32 5 recalls · 125 complaints
- Fox 16 recalls · 81 complaints
- Jetta Hybrid 6 recalls · 59 complaints
- Vanagon 28 recalls · 50 complaints
- Passat Wagon 11 recalls · 49 complaints
- Cabriolet 13 recalls · 44 complaints
- E-Golf 10 recalls · 31 complaints
- Golf Alltrack 4 recalls · 24 complaints
- Golf Sportwagen 20 recalls · 20 complaints
- Scirocco 45 recalls · 16 complaints
- Golf R 20 recalls · 11 complaints
- Beetle Convertible 22 recalls · 7 complaints
- Quantum 6 recalls · 4 complaints
- Camper 12 recalls · 2 complaints
- Dasher 11 recalls · 2 complaints
- Type III 8 recalls · 1 complaints
- Atlas Cross Sport 53 recalls · 0 complaints
- ID.4 42 recalls · 0 complaints
- Type I 16 recalls · 0 complaints
- Type II 14 recalls · 0 complaints
- Karman Ghia 10 recalls · 0 complaints
- Taos 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Touareg Hybrid 7 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arteon 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Syncro 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Thing 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- ID. Buzz 2 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Volkswagen Atlas model years have the most recalls?
2018 (17), 2021 (17), 2019 (12). Across model years 2018–2026 there are 48 distinct campaigns.
Which Volkswagen Atlas model year has the most complaints?
2018, with 139 of the line's 147 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Volkswagen Atlas complain about?
electrical system (241.7 per 1,000 mentions), unknown or other (180.1 per 1,000 mentions), service brakes (132.7 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.