Battery Dead Problems of Volkswagen Atlas

Atlas is on its 3rd battery in 30,000 miles. When the battery fails it will die in an intersection during auto start stop. After boosting electronic steering, brakes, adaptive lighting, regular lighting, blinkers all fail and often limits to 15 mph.

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I own a vw Atlas which is 2 months old. Battery died all of a sudden 2 months back. Had to jump start the vehicle. Couple of days back battery was complete down again. I used the car everyday before battery went cold in my garage.

Battery died right after I bought car and it appears this is quite a frequent issue with this car.

I was driving on a busy highway and came to a stop in traffic. The auto start-stop activated, and the engine turned off while I was stopped. Traffic started moving again so I took my foot off the brake, which is typically when the engine restarts, but the engine was completely silent and the car was dead. I tried restarting it to no avail. I had this same issue two months ago, and Volkswagen replaced the battery. After the car died, I got an error message saying the battery was low and I should drive to recharge it, however at that point the battery was too dead to drive. I really wish this error message would have shown up before the car died. Why did the auto start-stop activate if the battery didn't have enough juice to activate the engine?? two different batteries, same issue.

Battery dies with short idle. Waited less than 10 minutes for my husband and warning came on to drive the car to charge the battery. I was in a parking lot with air conditioning on. Engine had manually shut off so I went to restart and battery would not turn on. This has happened before.

I was stopped at a busy intersection when the battery died. This was the second time in 2 weeks that the battery died. Traffic had to be rerouted around me as I sat waiting for a jump start. I took it to the dealer and they say the batter is on back order which makes me think that this is a systemic problem affecting this vehicle.

My battery died while driving and I had no control of brakes or wheel.

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The battery has gone dead 3 times,, once at a stop light while driving and once after driving 45 minutes, turning car off for gas, then dead at gas station . . . Just drove to dealership today and it happened again while in the waiting bay in the service department, jennings Volkswagen had to jump car to move it . . . Was sitting off for 5 minutes after driving for 1 hour.

Battery went dead without warning. Dealer has car does not know how long it will take to get new battery. Dealer says battery problem.

Purchased new 2018 vw Atlas with now, 10k miles. The last 2 weeks the dash sensors have been randomly going off & on. Sunday 02/10 I was driving, the vehicle shut off while in motion. Brakes locked, no steering control, no electrical. When tried to restart the first time -t he sensor said to 'drive to charge 12v battery' but the car would not turn back over to do so. Towing company was able to jump it, the battery was running @ 15v which is too high for vw (confirmed with service tech this is abnormal). Was not able to keep it running, so we had it towed to the dealership. Dealership called & said "bad battery vw Atlas is known for chronic battery failure". I was told a new one is on backorder with no eta - but that my Atlas is sitting in the lot next to another Atlas with the same problem, that has been waiting on a replacement for 3 weeks. Will use a loaner car for a month until mine is functioning. I was also told the replacement battery may or not be a fix/solution but it's all they can do for now to get the car running. Beside myself there has been no formal recall to this to prevent catastrophic injury to vw Atlas owners who own a vehicle that fails while in motion. Located on a city street - did involve local law enforcement to prevent additional threats to danger in the roadways.

Battery died after less than one year (bad cell).

I was sitting with my car parked in a school pick-up line, no-idle zone, so I had my vw Atlas running on it's battery. The battery died out of the blue after a few minutes. There seems to be an ongoing battery issue with my vehicle as it has had a hard time turning over this past week. This car is only 1 year old and shouldn't be facing this issue. I'm glad I wasn't in an intersection when it happened, as I've read has happened to others. I'm taking it in to vw for inspection, but it sounds like I'm one of many who is running into the vw battery issue and I wanted to make it known.

The battery keeps dying. I believe it's because the start/stop system is too much for the battery. The battery dies if we stop the car and idle for more than 2-3 minutes, with the infotainment system running.

The battery died when the car was six months old while in a store parking lot. They said it was a bad fuel cell and replaced it with the same battery. 8 months later the battery died again in the snow with two young children in the car. We were unable to jump it. The battery dying is now a know issue and they will replace it with a different battery. But they are not recalling it yet even though it is a common problem. My friends Atlas died at a stop light due to the auto shut off feature. It is incredibly unsafe.

I have had issues with the battery dying on my Atlas for the last several months. I have driven it, gone into a store for 5 minutes and coming back out and the battery is dead. Or the car won't start the next morning after sitting my heated garage overnight. In my instance the car has been stationary the entire time but I know others have had this happen while in motion. This has happened 7-8 times recently and its unacceptable for this to be happening on a car this new. I have not had the car not restart in an intersection yet like many others have had happen but regardless its still a significant safety concern and vw needs to address this issue. I have read many items that people have taken their cars into the dealer to get the battery replaced and the problem still occurs. Vw needs to recall 2018 Atlas's for this problem and find a permanent fix for this problem. It is clearly an issue that they know about and need to take action on it now. I can't have my family in vehicle that that I don't know when it will or will not start.

Drove to husbands office and parked in lot. After about 5 minutes received a warning that I needed to drive to charge battery. Tried to go but car wouldn't start. Had to be towed to dealership. Service center said that battery was dead and needed to be replaced. Bought the car new in July 2018. Read online that this appears to be a known problem with 2018 Atlas.

Vehicle, inside our garage, will not turn on. Battery is dead, receive error message that 12v battery is low, lights flash and sounds happen, but will not turn over. Our Atlas is just over a year old. A couple weeks ago, various lights came on then went away and didn't return until today. Also waiting on recall for catalytic converter that was before christmas due to check engine light coming on over and over. Been at least 3 weeks waiting for that part. Disappointed in an expensive new car having this many problems right from the start. Calling the dealer today about the battery issue. For the record, this is the car that is driven on a regular basis for my husband's commute to work and kept in the garage.

When riding in the passenger seat the air bag would disengage and engage as the person moved in the seat with the movement of the car. Moved the seat back and it went off, dealership mechanic could find nothing wrong. Last happened this morning, started after a few seconds of grinding, then went 12 mph, shut down, then started fine. Had the vehicle for 14 months the battery went dead, when pushing the start button it would catch and continue to try starting even when the finger was removed. When it started epc would come up and the vehicle would move at about 12 mph. Shut the vehicle down and start again, it would run ok. Have had it into repairs twice and nothing is found, yet it continues to start or not start and run slow. Warning comes up check running light, check right headlight, check left headlight. Replaced the battery two months ago, have already had to charge because it has gone dead. It is like the computer panel is not turning off. The vehicle has always been stopped - parked when it will not start, sometimes for a few minutes some times over night after having to use the fog lights. I have all the recalls fixed, but this started after having those fixed. My battery was replaced after 45,000 miles.

Had the car for 18months and have started having issues with the battery failing for no reason - car gives a message that the voltage is low and will not start. Happened after very short time of the engine being turned off a couple of times, no valid explanation from the dealer as to why suddenly started happening. Happened once on a highway, once at home. Now worried that we don't know when it will happen again.

My vehicle battery died after refueling. And I had to call for roadside assistance for a jump. Vehicle infotainment system showed 2 messages: 1) 12 volt battery low and recharge while driving 2) error start/stop system.

The battery died in the intersection suddenly while I was dring waiting for a traffic light. It made me in danger. This is a one year old vehicle. I have driven 6 brand vehicles so far in my life, this is the first time the battery died. I think Volkswagen should recall for this problem.

Battery issue- the start/stop feature drains the battery. A 2018 Atlas battery died while the car was on at an intersection. Was in the middle of an intersection waiting to turn and the car shut down. It cause everything to try off and steering and braking were impossible. It is a known issue at vw and there is no recall.