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Volkswagen Atlas 2019

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.61 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 114 complaints filed in the first three years, of 480 ever. 95% lower bound 1.32.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20183.32198
20191.61114
20200.7754
20214.57301
20222.38150
20231.89108

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 141 complaints

part recall5136%
repair yet3827%
yet exceeded3424%
error2417%
mileage tool1813%
parts yet1813%

Service Brakes 76 complaints

booster faulty1115%
middle1115%

Electrical System 76 complaints

parking brake1216%
start stop1216%

When it breaks

74% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 10,555 miles, from 140 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 84 complaints about this component over roughly 48 months before an investigation opened.

Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11163963 · 11181108 · 11190850 · 11190934 · 11191049 · 11195840

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.