2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS Complaints

BATTERY WILL NOT TURN ON, CAR IS ONLY 12 MONTHS OLD, THERE WERE NO ISSUES FOR THE REASONING FOR THE BATTERY TO NOT WORK.

TRANSMISSION/MOTOR IS MAKING A WHISPPING SOUND WHEN YOU ACCELORATE ON THE GAS. HAVE REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS. IT IS A TERRIBLE SOUND. CAR IS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES

LEFT FOG LIGHTS SPORADICALLY BLINK ON AND OFF FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON. THIS HAPPENS DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, AND WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND RED EXCLAMATION CAUTION WARNING LIGHTS ON VEHICLE COME ON FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT WARNING. THESE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON DURING NORMAL CITY DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE LIGHTS USUALLY GO OFF ON THEIR OWN OR AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AS WELL AS EPC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING NORMAL CITY DRIVING. POWER AND PICK UP OF THE VEHICLE BECAME GREATLY REDUCED MAKING TRAVEL OVER 15-20 MPH IMPOSSIBLE. UPON ARRIVING HOME AND TURNING CAR OFF, VEHICLE WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED FROM HOME TO DEALERSHIP WERE IT WAS FOUND THAT ELECTRICAL MECHANISM IN VEHICLES HIGH POWERED FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND QUIT WORKING. HIGH POWERED FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED.

MY CAR BATTERY HAS DIED TWICE NOW IN 2 MONTHS ON A CAR THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD. WITHOUT WARNING AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT JUMPSTARTED AGAIN. TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED BUT HAVE SEEN SEVERAL FORUMS OF OTHERS WHO OWN THE SAME CAR THAT HAVE ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT BARELY STARTED AND THEN WENT INTO LIMP MODE. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD AN INSUFFICIENT CHARGE TO POWER THE COMPUTER. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.

AT ROUGHLY 5000 MILES 2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS SE 2.0T BEGAN HAVING A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. NOISE HAPPENED MOSTLY AT LOWER SPEEDS AND WAS A RATTLE AS WELL AS A BOTTOMING OUT SOUND. VEHICLE WAS ALSO PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT AND ALIGNMENT SEEMED TO BE OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO VW DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. INITIAL REPORT WAS THAT THE FRONT BOOTS WERE LEAKING GREASE AND THOUGHT TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, BOOTS WERE REPLACED AND TECHNICIANS STILL NOTED A SOUND COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. STEERING AND AXLE PARTS WERE OVERNIGHTED 4 TIMES, EACH PART NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. AXLE AND ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THE VEHICLE BEING PULLED OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAVEL AND CAUSE A WRECK. DEALERSHIP REPORTS THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ALIGNMENT OF THE VEHICLE.

THE BATTERY DIED WHEN THE CAR WAS SIX MONTHS OLD WHILE IN A STORE PARKING LOT. THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD FUEL CELL AND REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME BATTERY. 8 MONTHS LATER THE BATTERY DIED AGAIN IN THE SNOW WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WE WERE UNABLE TO JUMP IT. THE BATTERY DYING IS NOW A KNOW ISSUE AND THEY WILL REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT BATTERY. BUT THEY ARE NOT RECALLING IT YET EVEN THOUGH IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MY FRIENDS ATLAS DIED AT A STOP LIGHT DUE TO THE AUTO SHUT OFF FEATURE. IT IS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE.

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START IF IT IS REALLY COLD OR IT HAS BEEN SITTING FOR DAYS WITHOUT BEING STARTED. I AM TAKING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY.