2025 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 210 evidence records for the 2025 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: 38 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system10 (26.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)6 (15.8%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2025.
  • Driver-assistance systems5 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2021–2026.
  • Engine5 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2022–2025.
  • Fuel system2 (5.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021–2022.
  • Brakes1 (2.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2023–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (18.4%) 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.

  1. 2020 608 records for 2020
  2. 2021 746 records for 2021
  3. 2022 502 records for 2022
  4. 2023 345 records for 2023
  5. 2024 389 records for 2024
  6. 2025 210 records for 2025
  7. 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.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 5
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 182
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 19

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