Took to the dealer where it was purchased from immediately-4 days later “repaired” replaced a valve stating a flap wasn’t closing correctly. Vehicle died without emergency brakes or any brake system at all take place in middle of the road. Vehicle 2 hrs after purchased start/stop failure notice came on. Nothing on the scan tool or on the onboard vehicle diagnostic.Īll problems of the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas I read the crank and cam pulses, usually you’d expect a drop in pulse that could cause the engine to shut down but there’s nothing. I’ve been a mechanic, a machinist and an engineer for nearly 20 years. We are going to take it in to vw soon but there is a lot wrong that either make driving it a hazard to ourselves and other drivers and makes us feel very uncomfortable. Also not major but sometimes when the front passenger window is half down, if you push the button to roll it up, it goes all the way down. It does this while driving or while parked with the vehicle idling. Our Atlas also makes a loud “clunk” sound from the undercarriage in the center/rear of the vehicle. We drive both and rarely get above 16 combined mpg even with multiple drivers and making an attempt at getting better economy. The epa rated fuel economy is 26 highway and 22 city. Forward collision sensors come on with nothing in front of us which also puts the breaks on and makes a distracting loud beep which has made me jump out of surprise while driving. The brakes have automatically came on 2 times. It has done so on the highway and on main streets putting our family of 6 at risk of being in an auto crash every time. Our 2018 vw Atlas will randomly shut the engine off even with auto start/shut off disabled.
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