18V369000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
16 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 2 defect investigations, 660 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns16
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints660
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 16
23V215000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
22V086000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
Without the reduced GVWR label, the vehicle could be overloaded, leading to a loss of control and increasing the risk of a crash.
21V321000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.
21V142000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
Over cured tires may develop a break in the sidewall, resulting in sudden air loss or belt edge separation which could lead to tread/belt loss. Either condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
20V561000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of a crash or injury to vehicle occupants.
What owners report most
- 109ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 99AIR BAGS
- 97ENGINE
- 74SERVICE BRAKES
- 72UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 30FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 23STEERING
- 18FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLASs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.