NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Volkswagen Atlas Recalls
The 2025 Volkswagen Atlas has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 22, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Volkswagen Atlas. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 Volkswagen Atlas, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 26V473000
- Reported
- July 22, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57,851
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Atlas, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 25V434000
- Reported
- June 30, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 546
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2023–2024 Atlas, 2 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V334000
- Reported
- May 21, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 171,381
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Atlas, 1 other model
Engine
- Campaign
- 25V100000
- Reported
- February 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 177,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Atlas, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 25V081000
- Reported
- February 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2025 Volkswagen Atlas complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%).
In complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the power train (25%) and the engine (14%).
1 of the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas's 5 recalls also concerns the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System18
- Power Train13
- Unknown Or Other12
- Engine7
- Forward Collision Avoidance7
- Service Brakes5
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 35 |
Complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 35.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other Volkswagen Atlas years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 51 complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Atlas are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Atlas by model year
Other 2025 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted