2019 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS — Complaint #1812535
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL filed May 13, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1812535 (ODI reference 11464544) concerns a 2019 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS and was filed on May 13, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 10, 2022. The report was geocoded to Arkansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as parking brake:conventional, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS cohort independently describe similar parking brake:conventional failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Thos vehicle has opened the rear hatch on two separate occasions, which was confirmed as an issue by both the local dealer, McLarty Volkswagen in North Little Rock, and Volkswagen Corporate. The airbag light is constantly on, and the parking brake may engage randomly. Volkswagen Corporate told us to "drive it as long as you feel comfortable with it, or just park it, but there isn't a plan and new parts can take 4-6 months to be ready." They also said no loaner vehicles are available due to the large amount of issues they are having. This is unacceptable as my wife and children ride in this vehicle daily and put their lives on the line with these issues.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1812535 |
| ODI Number | 11464544 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2022 |
| Failure Date | May 10, 2022 |
| VIN | 1V2WP2CA8KC |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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