Brake Disc Pads problems of the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas

One problem related to brake disc pads has been reported for the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas based on all problems reported for the 2018 Atlas.

1 Brake Disc Pads problem

Failure Date: 01/17/2020

After 2 years of owning the car, and about 34k miles, I had to replace both the rotor and pads of the front brakes. The part of the rotor facing the interior of the vehicle were gauged about 2mm deep by the pads. Those pads still had about 2mm left of life according to the tech. The exterior side of the rotor was in good condition with the pads still having about 4mm. Having to replace pads and rotors after such a short amount of life shows inappropriate design. Additionally the fact that the rotor was more than worn out ( the pad created a grove on the rotor) shows: 1/ a huge difference of force applied between the inner and outer pad 2/ possible material issue on either the pads or the rotor.


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