2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS Complaints

CAR AUTOMATIC START/STOP FUNCTION FREQUENTLY FAILS TO RESTART ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER TEN TIMES WITH TWO OF THOSE ALMOST ENDING IN ME BEING REAR ENDED AT HIGH SPEED. DEALER SAYS BATTERY IS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT ISSUE IS HAPPENING AGAIN. NO WAY TO PERMANENTLY DISABLED START/STOP FUNCTION. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

THE RANDOM PROBLEMS WE ARE EXPERIENCING ARE ELECTRICAL RELATED ISSUES. WHEN UNLOCKING THE CAR WITH THE FOB THE CAR SOMETIMES DOES NOT ADJUST THE SEAT BASED ON THE FOB, NOR DOES IT RECOGNIZE THE SATELLITE RADIO, THE RADIO GETS STUCK ON THE AM SETTING, ETC. OTHER TIMES THE CAR ENGINE SHUTS OFF BUT EVERYTHIING ELSE IS ON JUST LIKE THE AUTO ENGINE SHUT OFF FEATURE. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR. IT DRIVES FINE AND THE ISSUE IS RANDOM BUT FREQUENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.I AM AN IT PROFESSIONAL AND THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT MY ATLAS HAS SOME TYPE OF SOFTWARE/ELECTRICAL BUG. ON SUNDAY MORNING THE RADIO WAS NOT WORKING AFTER I STARTED THE CAR. I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RADIO SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY, VERY RANDOM. ALWAYS WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR.

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND I HAD TO MANUALLY TURNED THE CAR ON TO PROCEED. SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I WAS WAITING TO OPEN MY GARAGE. THE CAR TURNED ITSELF OFF, I HAD TO TURN IT BACK ON MANUALLY.

AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT AT THE TRAFFIC THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, THE BATTERY OF ENGINE DIED.

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 AND THE BATTERY CANNOT MAINTAIN IT'S CHARGE. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A DRAINED BATTERY FIVE TIMES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ON 12/2/2018.

THE AUTO RAKE SYSTEM ON MY ATLAS SEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WHEN EXITING DRIVEWAYS/PARKING LOTS THAT ARE STEEP, THE FRONT SENSORS SENSE THE ROAD, START BEEPING AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS STOPPED THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I COULD GET COMPLETELY ON THE STREET. THIS FORCES YOU TO EITHER TURN OFF THE SYSTEM (THAT YOU ARE PAYING FOR), OR EXIT VERY SLOWLY HOPING THAT THE SYSTEM WON'T BRAKE ALL OF A SUDDEN. VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN

MY VEHICLE BATTERY DIED AFTER REFUELING. AND I HAD TO CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A JUMP. VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM SHOWED 2 MESSAGES: 1) 12 VOLT BATTERY LOW AND RECHARGE WHILE DRIVING 2) ERROR START/STOP SYSTEM

2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS SEL HAS A SAFETY SYSTEM CALLED MANEUVER BRAKING. THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAKING IS 'MANEUVER BRAKING PROTECTS THE DRIVER FROM A COLLISION. IT PREVENTS UNPLEASANT DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER, AND TO ANY OBJECTS NEAR THE VEHICLE,' SAYS DEVELOPER LYNN BRENNECKE. I WAS EXITING A PARKING LOT MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS NIGHTTIME, MY HEADLIGHTS WERE ON, CLEAR WEATHER, AROUND 70 DEGREES. THE AREA WAS A RESIDENTIAL/INDUSTRIAL MIX. THE PARKING LOT EXIT HAD A SLIGHT SLOPE. WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR I ACCELERATED TO ENTER THE TRAVEL LANES AND THE ATLAS ACTIVATED THE "MANEUVER BRAKING" THEREFORE BRINGING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. I WAS WELL INTO THE SECOND TRAVEL LANE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO OBSTACLES SUCH AS OTHER VEHICLES, TRAFFIC CONES, ANIMALS, BRANCHES ETC. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY, WHAT IF THE BREAK IN TRAFFIC WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP COMPLETELY AND RESTART BEFORE TRAFFIC ARRIVED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE ATLAS WILL SUDDENLY DECIDE IT IS TIME FOR A "MANEUVER BRAKING" EPISODE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2017. IN JULY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FAST FORWARD TO NOVEMBER AND I AM STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE, AND IT SEEMS THAT ANYTIME THE DEALERSHIP FIXES ONE ISSUE, ANOTHER APPEARS. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES BETWEEN JULY 25TH AND AUGUST 7TH, IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT I HAD A BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER. AFTER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS FINALLY REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD OXYGEN SENSOR. AFTER THAT WAS FINALLY REPLACED, ANOTHER ERROR LIGHT CAME ON THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING ELSE, AND I HAD TO WAIT FOR A NEW PART TO COME IN. AFTER WAITING SEVERAL WEEKS, THAT PART CAME IN, REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, AND ANOTHER ISSUE CAME UP. MY CAR HAS NOW BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 21 DAYS STRAIGHT (THIS TIME), AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ETA ON WHEN IT SHOULD BE FIXED. PROBLEMS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND FRONT ASSIST (COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM) SENSORS, BUT NOW THE ISSUES HAVE EXPANDED TO MOST OF THE CAR'S INTERNAL COMPUTER SYSTEM IN GENERAL. VEHICLE WAS IN A WRECK IN MAY 2018 WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. FRONT ASSIST ERRORS ARE BEING ATTRIBUTED BY DEALER TO THE WRECK, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE AND OTHER COMPUTER ERRORS, INCLUDING ISSUES WITH ABS CONTROL MODULE (LATEST PROBLEM) ARE NOT AND ARE BEING COVERED UNDER WARRANTY

THE COOLANT WARNING LIGHT WENT ON 3 DAYS AGO. WHEN I FIRST START THE ENGINE IN THE MORNING OR AFTER HOURS OF PARKING, THE COOLANT WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. AFTER THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GOES UP, I HAVE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN TO HAVE THE COOLANT WARNING LIGHT DISAPPEARED. THIS IS AN ONE YEAR OLD VEHICLE WHICH HAS 10500 MILES. I HAVE DRIVEN 6 BRANDS OF VEHICLES IN MY LIFE BUT THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME TO HAVE A COOLANT PROBLEM. I CHECKED THAT NO COOLANT LEAKING AND SHORTAGES.