[tc1uscg]

I hate to be this guy but I absolutely hate this car! My wife and I were very excited to finally buy a NEW family( usually buy used) vehicle and one with a great warranty that would give us POM for a few years. We travel quite a bit and shuttle kids around to 4 diff activities and school throughout the week. So far we have owned our 2019 Atlas v6 4motion with rline and tech for almost 1 year and 30k miles. We HATE IT and this will be our last VW. I am only keeping it because of the warranty but I am seriously thinking about taking a $5k bath in neg equity to dump it and buy an older Toyota Sequoia. Resell value is an entirely different thread. That is also absolutely horrible. My 5 year old base model Truck with 100k miles is worth about what trade value on this atlas is. Overall, we are completely disappointed in this rig especially with a $44k sticker price.

I am sending it back to the dealer this week fora few things:

• TPS sensors are malfunctioning..... Again. this morning they told me i had a flat. checked all tires and they were all great. the light have been on for a week now
• coolant issues...... Again. I have had to add fluid twice and i know I can smell antifreeze. according to the adviser over the phone " this is normal". that cant be normal
• the front struts sound like they are going to come through the hood. without a doubt at least 1 is broken.

I hate to be the guy to inform you if you bought a car for the investment, you are not very bright. Sorry but if the mods delete this post, so be it. But if you have such hate for the car over the 3 things you mention, man, do I have a HONDA nightmare I can pass on. I OWN a 2011 Chrysler Minivan with 100k, 2 Jeeps, both with over 100k and a 2019 Atlas SEL Pre. We got the VW because we have an outstanding dealership in our area and though the car was on the same level ground as other midsize SUV's, it's safety rating won us over. Now, after 4 long trips, the last one was 2800 miles, we are not sorry at all and the ONLY issue we have had is a pesky tire out of balance that the dealer has reset twice. If you really want a car that holds it's value when it's time to resale, you might want to look at a Jeep Wrangler. Just sayin.

 

[tc1uscg]

Oh, god no. NOT a Jeep!!!

Don't buy anything other than a Toyota. Period.

It's hard not to get into a head-butting contest over that statement but I've owned two Toyotas in my driving lifetime (both Celica's). That's why I'll never own another. Along with a Honda, GM or Ford. I'm sure to get flamed for saying this but so far, my best three cars/brands have been:
1. VW Jetta (1984) 15 years
2. Plymouth Minivan (1993) 17 years
3. Jeep Liberty (2009) 12 years

All 3 of the above never left me stranded and with the exception to the Jeep, were cheap to maintain. You know what Jeep stands for right? Just Empty Every Pocket. But dang, they are fun to drive and mod. My KK has a 3in lift, 33 tires on 10inch rims, full skids, customer steel front bumper w/winch, class III hitch (and it will town 5k pounds), and sliders with sidebars. It's my daily driver even if it gets 10mpg city, 15 hwy (only 3 miles to work). and the best part, it might be a plain POS but it's paid for, has a lifetime warranty on the Eng/Trans/Drivetrain.

And where I live, the only thing that rusts faster than a Toyota is a Honda and Dodge.

 

[tc1uscg]

Well, just got told the diagnosis on our 1 month old 2021.5 Atlas is one bad fuel injector. I'm shocked they aren't changing all of them, but if another one goes out, you can bet I'll be asking for all of them to be changed as now I wonder if our vehicle was part of the "bad batch" that has been discussed. We should get it back by this Friday and will see how it goes from there.

I would agree. They should swap them all out. New car and who's to say there isn't another bad one just waiting it's turn to malfunction? Surely if it happens again, I'd be asking for them all to be replaced.