20V712000
STEERING
A damaged steering knuckle can fail, causing a loss of steering, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
17 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 736 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns17
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints736
Complaints citing a crash13
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 17
24V464000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
23V215000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
22V815000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.
22V514000
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
A rearview camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
22V245000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
Long fuel injectors with missing filters may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 140ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 93SERVICE BRAKES
- 80ENGINE
- 73UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 63AIR BAGS
- 58EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 52FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 39FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLASs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.