Volkswagen forward collision avoidance problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,067 complaints involve forward collision avoidance. The Atlas accounts for the largest share (29%). The single worst model year is the 2023 ID.4 with 100 forward collision avoidance complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,067 about forward collision avoidance, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- Atlas 29% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 17,000 miles 85 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 130 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for forward collision avoidance
- 2023 Volkswagen ID.4100 complaints
- 2019 Volkswagen Atlas96 complaints
- 2021 Volkswagen Atlas80 complaints
- 2021 Volkswagen ID.447 complaints
- 2024 Volkswagen Atlas37 complaints
Forward collision avoidance complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 25 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 60 |
| 2019 | 152 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2021 | 194 |
| 2022 | 194 |
| 2023 | 148 |
| 2024 | 98 |
| 2025 | 54 |
| 2026 | 20 |
Among the 85 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 17,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.