Adaptive Cruise Control problems of the 2024 Volkswagen Atlas

On 5/24/25 I made another complaint with my car issues complaint number 11662972 the vw orlando south dealership replaced my transmission. I received my vehicle back on 06/05/25 and after a few hours once I did a u turn, the gears shifted by themselves again. I had to quickly pull over to safety. On the freeway going 70mph it also stalled out, again I had to quickly pull over to safety. The next morning, I informed the dealership the vehicle was having the same problems. I dropped the car off again to vw orlando south on 6/09 and the dealership still does not know what is wrong with the car.

My gears shift randomly while driving and every time I do a u turn. My air conditioning goes out for an hour randomly then comes back on side mirror signals do not tell you when a car is next to you or passing you as they should.

The infotainment system stops working and goes blurry. The dash where the speed is shown goes black. Blind sport monitoring on the passenger side does not work. I almost got into an accident today because of this.

Within a year of owning my vehicle, I began to notice a severe shudder on braking when descending from 7000 foot elevation (mammoth lakes, CA) to a 4400 foot elevation (bishop, CA) on the sherwin grade of us 395 upon braking. I have driven this route approximately 25 times in the past 1. 5 years. Normally, I would set the adaptive cruise control to 73-75 mph on this downhill grade to control speed, and let the adaptive cruise control do the work of controlling speed, while keeping my own foot off the break. However, if I did need to slow further due to traffic, I would experience a severe shudder upon manual breaking- see attached screenshot of a video taken at night. I brought this incident up to vw (see mechanic video) in 1/2025, and they blamed the problem on overheating of the front rotor (see technician video link below). Upon return trips to mammoth, I now realize that this overheating was caused by the adaptive cruise control itself attempting to control auto speed. Now, in order to make this less dangerous, I have to let the car get up to 80 mph and then pulse the breaks- because if I let the adaptive cruise control do the work as designed, it creates an unsafe driving condition because of a faulty design by vw- if heat is an issue, better dissipation is needed, or a temperature sensor is needed. Vw's solution was for me to spend $700 to replace brakes and rotors due to a vw design flaw, despite my car being under warranty, and I cannot afford this currently. I think this issue must be recalled immediately before I (or someone else) who drives on long hilly grades has a fatal car accident due to a design flaw in the vw Atlas adaptive cruise control. Vw technician report found here: https://app. Quik. Auto/main/job-client/d30e9618c58cc7cae45943f5cb69f9d6.

Front assist constantly goes off, parking sensors faulty, damaged by general driving. Lane departure warning light.

My wife and I bought a new vw Atlas 2. 0 sel on February 2, 2024. On the way home from auto imports in brainerd, mn, the adaptive cruise control (acc) shut off suddenly in the dark slowing the car until I disconnected the adaptive cruise control. My wife drove our autistic grand daughter to her therapy session in grand forks, n. D. Using as we customarily do interstate #29. It happened to her twice on the way home. We took the car to valley imports in fargo four times and were told each time many other Atlas's were experiencing the same and other problems. Acc disengaging, brakes stopping the cars etc. The navigation system had to be repaired it was off by 1 mile and the stop/start system has never worked. The dealer told me the start/stop system only works in perfect conditions, not to cold, not to hot etc. It has never worked. After the dealer tried to follow the vw recommendations 3 times it continued. I have experienced the acc defect dozens of times and on April 29, 2024 7 times on the interstate. We dropped the car at the dealer and after one week at the dealers on may 7, 2024 , and a new radar sensor was installed, it happened again twice on the way home on the interstate i29 crowded with semi-truck traffic connecting the us to canada. Most importantly on the return from the dealer or the third repair on March 27th, to walhalla on the I-29 interstate highway, the brakes suddenly slowed the car from 75 to 68 until I could disengage the acc. There were cars and semi-trucks following us creating a dangerous situation. All we need is for the acc to shut off or the brakes to suddenly slam on as described in front of distracted semi-truck driver heading north or south on the interstate behind us and we have a disaster. We will not drive the car again nor risk my wife, grand daughter's or my life. I found the case of sherrod v. Vw u. S. D. C. #2:22-cv-01537. Vw has known about these dangerous defects, has done nothing and concealed them. Risking our lives. .

I was told by dealership that due to the boosters transmitting radio frequencies in rural areas that it interferes with the adaptive cruise control. I have gone on 3 trips where this causes the front assist and cruise control to disengage at highway speeds. Had someone been behind me they would have rear-ended my vehicle. In 6 months has happened three times but the dealership has not been able to reproduce due to our high population in our area. Dealership is aware but they don't know how to fix as manufacturer hasn't released any information. Car was purchased in 9/2023 and happened twice within 3 weeks. Third time was 2/17/24 on another trip through a rural area.