NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Volkswagen Atlas Recalls
The 2020 Volkswagen Atlas has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 29, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Volkswagen Atlas. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 27
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Volkswagen Atlas, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 23V215000
- Reported
- March 29, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 143,053
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021 Atlas, 1 other model
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 22V815000
- Reported
- October 31, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,044
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Atlas, 9 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 22V152000
- Reported
- March 28, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 222,892
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2023 Atlas, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 22V086000
- Reported
- February 16, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,648
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021 Atlas, 1 other model
2020 Volkswagen Atlas complaints by year
NHTSA has received 27 owner complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas, the newest on July 23, 2026.
In complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas, the component group named most often is the electrical system (41%), followed by the air bags (30%) and the forward collision avoidance (26%).
2 of the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Air Bags8
- Forward Collision Avoidance7
- Steering5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Service Brakes4
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 9. 52% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Atlas year in the same window: 5th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Atlas years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 27 complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Atlas by model year
Other 2020 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: July 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted