NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Volkswagen Atlas Recalls
The 2022 Volkswagen Atlas has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 20, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Volkswagen Atlas. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 184
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 Volkswagen Atlas, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V464000
- Reported
- June 20, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,330
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021, 2023–2024 Atlas, 1 other model
Suspension: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 22V807000
- Reported
- October 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 22V753000
- Reported
- October 7, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76,515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2023 Atlas, 2 other models
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 22V657000
- Reported
- August 31, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,184
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 22V514000
- Reported
- July 20, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,091
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Atlas, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: injectors
- Campaign
- 22V245000
- Reported
- April 13, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,382
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Atlas, 1 other model
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
2022 Volkswagen Atlas complaints by year
NHTSA has received 184 owner complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas, the component group named most often is the engine (27%), followed by the service brakes (25%) and the electrical system (24%).
None of the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas's 7 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2022 Volkswagen Atlas owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine50
- Service Brakes46
- Electrical System44
- Air Bags30
- Unknown Or Other26
- Forward Collision Avoidance20
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 52 | |
| 2025 | 43 | |
| 2026 | 40 |
Complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 52. 78% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Atlas year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2022 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Atlas years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 184 complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Atlas are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Atlas by model year
Other 2022 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted