Volkswagen Atlas by model year

3,126 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volkswagen Atlas across 10 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Volkswagen Atlas

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2018	678
2019	728
2020	51
2021	777
2022	292
2023	210
2024	282
2025	89
2026	19

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2027				23 to 25
2026	19		2	21 to 23
2025	89	Electrical system (20%)	5	21 to 22	5 stars
2024	282	Electrical system (16%)	8	21 to 23	5 stars
2023	210	Engine (19%)	5	20 to 23	5 stars
2022	292	Engine (18%)	7	19 to 23	5 stars
2021	777	Electrical system (19%)	17	18 to 22	5 stars
2020	51	Electrical system (22%)	4	19 to 22	5 stars
2019	728	Air bags (19%)	12	19 to 22	5 stars
2018	678	Electrical system (16%)	17	19 to 24	5 stars