2022 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 502 evidence records for the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 112 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes23 (20.5%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2023–2025.
- Engine19 (17.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2022–2025.
- Electrical system18 (16.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
- Driver-assistance systems14 (12.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2021–2026.
- Air bags (restraint system)10 (8.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2020–2024.
- Fuel system7 (6.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021–2022.
Other / uncategorized: 12 classifications (10.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (932 records, model years 2020–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, driver-assistance systems and brakes.
- Safety recalls (83 records, model years 2020–2026) are most frequently classified under: tires & wheels, driver-assistance systems and air bags (restraint system).
- Manufacturer communications (3,133 records, model years 2020–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, equipment & accessories and electrical system.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2020 608 records for 2020
- 2021 746 records for 2021
- 2022 502 records for 2022
- 2023 345 records for 2023
- 2024 389 records for 2024
- 2025 210 records for 2025
- 2026 101 records for 2026
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 1mention a crash
- 1mention a fire
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 7
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 419
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
- Owner complaints NHTSA 70
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.