My car would activate the emergency brakes for no reason. A safety risk for myself, my family and anyone on the road near me. I was late to work several times as the parking brake would become stuck and not allow me to drive. The car would shake and the engine light would come on causing me to think my car would leave me stranded. The windows would roll down and get stuck and go up and down. My brakes and rotors were warped and would squeak and make a terrible grinding noise. Everyday was new problem that would come and go until it because constant and all at the same time, sometimes. I was in fear for my safety and that Of my son, mom family. The dealership was informed and i was assured that it was not an emergency mechanical issue. I could drop it off if I liked but there were no loaners available. Since I needed a loaner to get to and from work, I was placed on a waiting list and called when one was available. That was 10 days later. I kept looking at my car net app vehicle health report for my car that states my car had the issues aforementioned and I should schedule an appointment to get it checked but did not advise to stop driving the vehicle, which is an option. That gave me some type of reassurance but I realized that was not correct. I did not feel safe driving but I couldn-??t miss work and get fired or afford to a rental myself and my car note. I dropped of my vehicle on Jan 31 2022. The advisor knew exactly what the issue was and the part it needed. Advised me the part was on backorder and 2-3 weeks for part to arrive. That turned into over 45 days with no estimated time of when it would be made and shipped. I learned through the internet searches i did that VW has a manufacturing plant in Ukraine where the part is produced. Ukraine is at war so the part is not going to be ready anytime soon. I was grateful for the loaner and rental provided but none suited my needs for the transportation of my mom who uses a wheelchair.

- Hialeah, FL, USA

My car-??s door harness defect was a terrible safety issue!! I was merging onto a major 3-lane highway in New Jersey with my 3 children in the car, when my vehicle suddenly shut off, and the emergency brake came on! I could have easily been seriously rear-ended with my family in the backseat. A huge accident would have been the result. This frightening experience plays over in my mind every time I drive my car. It has given me nightmares ever since; I presently have no confidence in this vehicle, & rightly so. In addition to the emergency brake going on, the car windows rolled down on their own, and the dashboard system was beeping incessantly & flashing about 10 different error codes, one after the other. This same scenario happened 4 more times before I could reach my own home. Then, I had to drive my vehicle to the VW dealership the next day to drop it off for repair, and the scary situation happened 3 more times on the way. Unacceptable. I was without my vehicle for 2.5 months because the part was on extended backorder. I am told that even though the door harness was replaced, the defect could happen again, because the part has not been fully redesigned. Therefore, I am driving in fear, every time I get into my car!

- Park Ridge, NJ, USA

I have a 2012 VW Atlas Cross sport with 6400 miles on it. For the last month and a half my driver side door doesn't work, there are four different warning lights on and every time i brake it starts beeping and the parking brake is automatically activated, leaving both driver and passenger windows will come down by themselves. If has become impossible to drive and the dealership is least bothered and said to go to VW US since it's their car. I had to drive holding my door once to the dealership as it was not closing.

- Melville, NY, USA

Car started engaging emergency brake while driving. Started off in park and progressed. Windows would roll down and lights would come on. Took in to VW. They said door harness needs replaced. No ETA for part. They said they had a temporary fix that they did but It did not even make it out of the parking lot of service without the ebrake engaging again. Refused to drive it home and was given a loaner a few days later. Loaner tiguan did same thing within an hour of leaving the dealership. I returned it immediately and showed them the video of the issue. Filed a corporate compliant at this time and they said we were not eligible for buyback because it was not fixed but they have no estimate or fix to make things right. VW gave us the run around. Lied about contacting us. Avoided all calls and emails. They are crooks and know the car is bad and are hiding issues. We eneded up trading car in taking a major loss!! They said there was nothing they could do for us. They are endangering so many lives by allowing these cars on the road and primarily putting the financial burden on the customer. Either wait and hope the harness comes in which they have no idea when or get it replaced and hope it works and ebrake never engages. I am in a group of atlas owners who are all going through the same thing. Worst part is they had my car listed the next day for sale passing this issue onto some poor unsuspecting person. These cars are dangerous and VW needs to be held accountable for what they are doing and fix this issues or reimburse people properly for THEIR poorly made dangerous car.

- Bluffton, SC, USA

on 2/2/22 Brought vehicle to nearest dealership.Upon inspection they ordered a HARNESS;TECH CHECKED AND FOUND LOST COMMUNICATION WITH DOOR CONTROL MODULE DRIVER SIDE DOOR MODULE FAULTY PART ON ORDER. My vehicle is available for inspection upon request keeping in mind underivable safety issues. on 2/02/2022 to start with, drove into dealership because of windows on drivers side opening, dash board lights all lit up.on 2/14/2022 while driving on highway and thru streets emergency brake would go on and give a hard brake stop. lights on and beeping. to get vehicle moving we had to turn off car, get out while on highway open and close doors to try to reset only for it to happen over and over while in traffic on the highway and then in city streets.The vehicle has been parked in my driveway since 2/14/22

- Staten Island, NY, USA

While driving the vehicle it would randomly turn on the emergency brake, roll down the windows, and start flashing all of the lights. We were told it is a door wire harness issue. We have been waiting on the replacement part for 5 months now with no end in sight. The

- Haubstadt, IN, USA

My vehicle is having issues with the drivers door contact switch. The emergency break will come on spontaneously while driving the vehicle.

- Coleman, OK, USA

Front drivers door wiring harness has malfunctioned causing every error light on dash and info center to come on and causes Emergency brake to be applied even while driving the drivers side front and rear window both roll down 5 inches sometimes car will not restart tire monitoring lights come on head light warnings it is literally every warning light and sounds start beeping door won't lock or unlock alarm just randomly goes off so they had to unhook battery. took to shop 11-23-2021 and has still been in shop for 66 days as of 1-29-2022 and part still is on backorder with no date confirmed for part to been installed been talking with VW customer care I have started a case so far the latest info i have gotten is part might ship last week in February that will bring my vehicle to being in the shop for over 90 days but I'm sure the date will be pushed back again. i was also told by dealer they have 10 other of the same vehicle in shop for same part

- Benton, LA, USA

With 10k miles and barely over a year, my atlas cross sport needs new brakes and rotors! Brought to dealership and opened a case with VW corporate but they won-??t cover it because I-??ve owned it more than a year. The dealership service manager even said they have had seen this issue with other atlas cross sports.

- Mckinney, TX, USA

brakes are squeaking at 15k, airbag light on, cracking noise when turning corners

- Temple Hills, MD, USA

The contact owns a 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Sport. The contact stated that upon depression of the brake pedal, an abnormal grinding noise would emit from the brakes. She stated that the failure was intermittent and that no warning lights had appeared on the instrument panel. The contact had called and taken the vehicle to several dealers; Fiesta Volkswagen (8201 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110); University Volkswagen Mazda (5150 Ellison St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109); Garcia Volkswagen of Santa Fe (2560 Camino Edward Ortiz, Santa Fe, NM 87507) and each confirmed that they are aware of the failure; however, there was no remedy. The brakes had been inspected by each dealer and none were able to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was then notified of the failure and was informed that the grinding noise was normal. No further assistance was provided. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 16,000.

- Santa Fe, NM, USA