Model years Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
This year drew an ordinary 90 complaints for a Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport — the model's median is 70. What they were about is the unusual part: 34.4% of them mention windshield, against 11.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 90 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 70 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- windshield — 34.4% of this year's complaints, against 11.1% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: windshield, across, impact, crack.
- during — 14.4% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the model's other years (4.9×).
- present — 11.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (7.8×). Owners wrote it as: present, third, danger.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Windshield cracked for no apparent reason. Did not see or hear any object strike windshield. Began as a 6 inch crack from roof to rearview mirror and crack continues to spread and extend across windshield without any cause. The weather has been warm and no fro…
My windshield developed a crack across the windshield without any impact, no rock chip, debris, or collision. The vehicle was fine when I pulled it into the garage and the next morning, the crack appeared and has continued to expanded. This appears to be a spo…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V593000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V464000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V480000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V723000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V100000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V334000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V434000 SERVICE BRAKES Fixed free of charge.
- 26V473000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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