Model years to avoid

Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport

What it says about you

Opinion

The Atlas with the roof cut down and a row removed. You wanted the shape and did not need the seats.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

7 model years on record, 458 complaints filed. No year stood out against this model's own history — which means it has not drawn unusual complaints, not that it is a good car.

Every year

  1. 2026 2 recalls 0 complaints
  2. 2025 5 recalls 16 complaints
  3. 2024 8 recalls 90 complaints
  4. 2023 6 recalls 18 complaints
  5. 2022 7 recalls 70 complaints
  6. 2021 14 recalls 162 complaints
  7. 2020 11 recalls 102 complaints

What does a Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.