2025 Volkswagen Atlas: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 47 complaints
47
Total Complaints
5,550mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
3
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

3,793 25th Percentile
5,550 Median Mileage
8,887 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
9
POWER TRAIN
6
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
ENGINE
4
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3
STEERING
2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
2
SERVICE BRAKES
2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
2

Severity Assessment

3
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"This is a 7 day old vehicle. Twice in the past two days the steering wheel locked up when steering into a turn, forcing me to slam on the brakes to avoid crashing. It also happened once when in reverse, backing out of a parking lot. Error/failure codes pop up for a few seconds when this happens and..."
"Ever since the 2nd day I owned the car which I purchased on [XXX], the interior lighting, sunroof button and roadside assistance button operate themselves when it's colder then 40 degrees outside, the lights blink, the sunroof button doesn't work and the roadside assistance gets called repeatedly. ..."
"Ever since the 2nd day I owned the car which I purchased on [XXX], the interior lighting, sunroof button and roadside assistance button operate themselves when it's colder then 40 degrees outside, the lights blink, the sunroof button doesn't work and the roadside assistance gets called repeatedly. ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

FL: 10 TN: 5 WI: 5 NJ: 4 IL: 4 MD: 3 NC: 3 NY: 3 TX: 3 NV: 2

Volkswagen Atlas — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
20186458
201966511
2020490
202167010
20222505
20231496
202421612

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28