2025 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT — Complaint #2166313
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION CASE/HOUSING filed January 14, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2166313 (ODI reference 11710972) concerns a 2025 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT and was filed on January 14, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 6, 2026. The vehicle had 13,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:transmission case/housing, 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 CROSS SPORT cohort independently describe similar power train:transmission case/housing 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 2025 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2025 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. While driving at approximately 50 MPH on a main road, the contact received a message indicating that the transmission was in emergency mode. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle entered LIMP Mode and began to vibrate. The contact pulled over because the vehicle failed to exceed 25 MPH. The check engine, air bag, and oil warning lights were illuminated, along with several other unknown alerts on the instrument panel. After restarting the vehicle, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the dealer but was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 13,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2166313 |
| ODI Number | 11710972 |
| Date Filed | January 14, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 6, 2026 |
| VIN | 1V2AE2CA7SC |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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