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The 2024 Volkswagen Atlas suddenly lost all power and acceleration while driving at approximately 45 mph with a child passenger. There were no warning lights, messages, or abnormal symptoms prior to the failure. Pressing the accelerator pedal, including flooring it, produced no response, and the vehicle continued to decelerate. I was able to coast into a nearby neighborhood and pull off the road safely. Had this occurred on a highway, it could have resulted in a serious accident. After stopping, the engine would not restart and only made a clicking sound. The check engine light illuminated at that point. The vehicle has been undrivable since. The dealership initially attributed the issue to the tires. After further diagnosis, they determined a complete engine replacement is required. The vehicle is still under warranty with roughly 44,000 miles. The engine component is at the dealership and available for inspection. The problem has been confirmed by the authorized dealership. Volkswagen corporate and the dealership have been difficult to deal with regarding this warranty claim. No prior warnings or symptoms were present before the sudden failure.

VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2024 ENGINE

As I was stopping at a stop light the back, passenger seat lock came unlocked causing my son to fall forward into the passenger seat back and be stuck until unlocking and returning the seat to the upright position

VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2024 SEATS

The hood cable has snapped and now we cannot open to access dead battery

VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2024 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

It's been about one month since engine light has lit up on the dashboard and stays on now. The first incident occurred about a week ago, as I was driving, I was slowing down to go into a roundabout, the vehicle begin to jerk and pull back, a red triangle exclamation mark light started going off  warning me to safely park my vehicle as it had overheated. I assumed it was low on coolant so I topped it off to see if  that would fix the issue. Then two days later after the first incident it occurred again. I came to a stop at a set of stoplights and when it was time to go, as I was accelerating I felt it starting to jerk again and again, I started getting a bunch of red warning lights to safely park my vehicle as it had overheated again and a message popped up on the dashboard about the speed. I can't quite remember the wording. I can't say for certain that I've figured out what is happening but I think that it may have something to do with the Auto Start/Stop function. Seems like when it comes to a stop, it turns off and when i'm going to start driving again it's triggering something. I've been disabling it now when I drive my vehicle and these incidents haven't occurred anymore.

Since purchasing my vehicle, the collision sensor lights on my Atlas go off  quite often even if there arenât vehicles near or by my blindspot while driving.

2024 Volkswagen Atlas — vehicle data sourced from FuelEconomy.gov.

The 2024 Volkswagen Atlas is a 5-door SUV offering a spacious interior and a 2.0L turbocharged petrol engine. With front-wheel drive and an 8-speed automatic transmission, it delivers a combined 23 MPG.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Price	—	—	—	—	—	$35,150	$37,975–$53,575
Engine Capacity	2L	2L	3.6L	2L	3.6L	3.6L	2.0L
Fuel Type	Regular	Regular Gasoline	Regular Gasoline	Regular Gasoline	Regular Gasoline	Regular Gasoline	Regular
Transmission	Automatic (S8)	Automatic (S8)	Automatic (S8)	Automatic (S8)	Automatic (S8)	Automatic (S8)	8 speed automatic
Body Type	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD	SUV

Volkswagen Atlas (2024) Specifications