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2018 Volkswagen ATLAS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1525590
Internal NHTSA #	11164147
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	ATLAS
Model Year	2018
File date	02/12/18
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I had 2 incidents when using the start-stop system. The first time was a couple of months back. I was driving to my work. When i stopped at a red light (very busy avenue at mathilda ave, sunnyvale with 4 lanes traffic in one way), when i tried to start, the car would not start. I had to restart the engine again to start the car. The second time, 12/2/2018 5:50pm. I was driving with my wife and two of our kids (one infant under 1). We stopped for the red light at the cross road of jackson st and meek ave, hayward (very busy intersection with 3 lanes traffic in one way). When i tried to start, the car completely stopped there and would not ignite at all. We had to call 911 immediately because the speed limit is very high and it put my family into a risk of being hit. The battery completely failed and i can not even put it to a n gear to push the car manually. We had to wait for the officers to come and helped to stop the traffic. The officer helped us to jump start the car and we were rescued. I can not imagine that what would happen if there were a hit accident. We were stucked there for more than 1 hour. Now that i am feeling very unsafe to drive this car again let alone that it put my whole family into a risk of being hit by running high speed traffic. The dealership service stated that the battery had low voltage reading at 62%, and battery defective was found. The battery was replaced 2 days after. I got the reply from vw custom care that the 2018 atlas should be good to drive without being returned or replaced. I feel that is unacceptable. From the manual of 2018 atlas, the start-stop system won't switch off the vehicle in case o the battery voltage is low. Why did the start-stop system shut down the car in case of a known low battery voltage at 62% ? dtjb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	9700
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SUNNYVALE, CA
VIN pattern	1V2LR2CA6JCXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons
No. of fatalities
Date of purchase	18/11/17
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	AWD
Transmission type
Vehicle speed	0
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Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
Dealer's name	CAPITOL VW
Dealer's telephone number	408-265-4400
Dealer's city	SAN JOSE
Dealer's state code	CA
Dealer's ZIP code	95136

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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2018 Volkswagen ATLAS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2018 Volkswagen ATLAS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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