NHTSA Complaint #11652354 — 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11652354
Vehicle	2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	April 1, 2025
Date Filed	April 2, 2025
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	LA

Consumer Description

Vehicle idles and dies, dashboard error shows manual restart necessary. This happens at red lights, in carpool, on the interstate if traffic has slowed, potentially a huge hazard for being rear ended. You have to put the car in park and manually restart the vehicle. VW is inspecting today but has not been able to recreate the issue. VW forum online has many car owners with the same issue and concerns. Check engine light and auto start/stop errors are almost continuous now. Check engine light came on/off about 4 months ago and would clear and then reappear. I assumed maybe bad gas that needed to burn off, the auto start/stop also had intermittent errors.

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