Fuel systemSeat belts
Filed Nov 12, 2025
The second row captains chair seat belt latch on the passenger side does not latch fully. It latches and can be pulled out by hand. If a wreck were to happen, the passenger would not be truly restrained causing bodily harm or death. The problem has been reproduced at a service center. It has not been inspected by police, insurance or representative. No warning lights or messages for the seat belt. The car will randomly stall while rpms are low, liking making a turn, pulling into a parking spot or stopped at a traffic light (while auto start/stop is turned off). It makes me put the vehicle in park and restart the engine. This can cause wrecks that could cause bodily harm or injury. It has been reviewed by a auto mechanic. The engine light and evap system light will randomly come on and go off.
- NHTSA ID
- 11698880
- Incident
- Oct 20, 2025
Seat belts
Filed Apr 3, 2025
Seatbelt sensor will not go off even when seal belt is fastened.
- NHTSA ID
- 11652680
- Incident
- Apr 2, 2025
Seat beltsSteering
Filed Jan 20, 2025
With the past year, have had 2 dangerous safety issues pop up. 1. April 2024, seat belt malfunctioned causing an error message. From what the VW dealer told me, the seat belt would not lock, therefore requiring a replacement of the entire assembly Had to drive home several hours with this error message. Should a 5 year old car have such issues? 2. January 2025, steering began to feel very sloppy. Was informed Steering rack assembly had excessive play inside the steering gear. Presume losing steering at highway speeds would be quite dangerous. Replacing seat belt assembly cost $1261.25, the steering rack assembly replacement will cost $1988.75. Both should be recall items and covered by VW.
- NHTSA ID
- 11637158
- Incident
- Jan 17, 2025
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Oct 28, 2024
I own a 2019 VW Atlas SE, purchased it new. The car has never been in an accident of any sort. While away from town this weekend, on Saturday an "airbag error" popped up on the car when starting the car Saturday morning. Had no idea, texted my VW dealership and brought the car in Monday morning. Note: I had to drive home ~80 miles on Sunday. Apparently the drivers side from seat belt assembly has to be replaced. The front seat belt tension igniter N153 resistance malfunctioned, causing the "Airbag error." First, in hindsight, I presume this means that if I got in an accident while driving home on the highway yesterday, I could have died due to this error. Second, I am a very cautious driver, if there is a way to check on the car, would clearly see that there have been VERY VERY FEW hard braking situations so I'm not sure why this would happen. Very dangerous and should not fail in a 5 year period and cost nearly $750 out of pocket to repair. The code the the seat belt assembly 3CN-857-705-E-RAA, costing $286.15, and another $379.90 for labor.
- NHTSA ID
- 11622225
- Incident
- Oct 26, 2024
Driver assistanceOther / unspecifiedSeat belts
Filed Oct 11, 2024
The rear driver side seat belt does not stay in place when the seat is lowered, therefore, leaving this seat without a seatbelt. The adaptive cruise control sometimes works and sometimes does not work. There is no specific reason for this. It works during the snow and does not work during the sunshine. When making a hard right or left turn, there is a grinding noise underneath, I am guessing it has something to do withthe wheels or what the wheels are attached to... I have brought each of these items up to the dealership service department and they look at me like I am crazy stating this is the way volkswagon works. I do not believe this is so.
- NHTSA ID
- 11619260
- Incident
- Oct 11, 2024
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Aug 21, 2023
I have been waiting on VW to fix their PODS system recall for 6 months now. Our front passenger seat flips between not registering the airbags when a passenger is present, so thinking that there is a passenger seated when the seat is empty. They still tell me there is no fix for the issue and the only thing I can do is not utilize the front passenger seat. This is absolutely OBSURED that it is taking this long to rectify this situation. I have a seat is unsafe and it does not appear there is any urgency on VW's part. 6 months with no fix is entirely too long.
- NHTSA ID
- 11539742
- Incident
- Aug 21, 2023
BrakesElectricalSeat belts
Filed Mar 15, 2022
I have a 2019 VW R line that has been in the dealer repair for 2 months. All the lights on the dash mysteriously come on. The parking brake engages by itself and the rear window goes down. While in the parking lot, I videotaped one occurrence and the car would not stop beeping until I shut the car off and had to restart several times. I was told by dealer that the car was still not repaired because they are waiting for a part but still no part 2 months later. I was told it could not be driven because the car could suddenly brake whe driving and cause an accident or worse.
- NHTSA ID
- 11456887
- Incident
- Nov 1, 2021
Seat belts
Filed Nov 9, 2019
THE SEAT BELT INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS COME ON 2X WHEN MY SEAT BELT HAS BEEN ON. THE SOUND WILL STOP AFTER SEVERAL MILES BUT THE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR THE WHOLE TRIP. IT HAPPENED THE 1ST TIME IN ROUGHLY SEPTEMBER & THEN NOVEMBER 9TH
- NHTSA ID
- 11279165
- Incident
- Nov 9, 2019
- Mileage
- 2,215 mi
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Feb 19, 2019
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A SLOW STOP AT A STOP SIGN. THE MIDDLE ROW RIGHT SIDE SEAT DISENGAGED WHILE CHILD AND CAR SEAT IN THE SEAT AND FLUNG FORWARDED AND INTO THE BACK OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.
- NHTSA ID
- 11181108
- Incident
- Feb 19, 2019
- Mileage
- 300 mi
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.