2018 Volkswagen Atlas: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Mar 25, 2025 · Seat belts · CO

Back seat belt won’t un latch buckled in behind diver seat daughter is skinny enough to squeeze her way out safety issue. Just stopped working and now is stuck.

Filed May 16, 2023 · Brakes, Seat belts · GA

Brake booster fault warning, brakes want to lock up. Rear seat belt buckles won’t allow belt buckle to insert. Have received brake booster fault several times recently. If I stop motor and restart warning goes away and brakes function correctly.

Filed Jul 7, 2021 · Seat belts · NC

The 2nd row driver's side seatbelt buckle on my 2018 VW Atlas became deformed and broken. I took the vehicle to the dealership because a recall was made on these buckles for becoming unusable and unsafe due to child restraint interference breaking them. Volkswagen refused to fix the recalled buckle, citing it must have been an outside influence, however only child restraints have been used in seating positions, nothing has been done in the vehicle otherwise to substantiate these claims. We are the only owners of the vehicle. Because of the weakness already identified in the buckle housing, I feel this is not out of the realm of possibilities for this buckle. Volkswagen marked the vehicle as having recall work completed on this vehicle, however it has not been completed.

Filed Oct 13, 2020 · Seat belts · 16,520 miles · TX

My wife and I have a 2018 atlas. We have two children, and their car seats are placed on the second row seats. We have been noticing that the latch for the seat belt buckles securing their car seats were coming undone. It would latch down and we would pull it to confirm it's securely latched. Then we would be driving it normal but later upon removing our children from their seats, would realized that the seat belts became undone. I did research and found vw atlas 2018 model did have that safety issue and issued a recall for the affected vehicles I typed the VIN number into the nthsa and the vw website and could not find a recall for our vehicle. We never got a recall notice either. This is a major safety issue for our children, which needs to be remedied asap.

Filed Jan 20, 2020 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 49,800 miles · AZ · 2 injuries

On many occasions, the automatic braking system and blind spot detection systems have engaged at inappropriate times. Most recently, the automatic braking system engaged when safely merging with proper signaling from the right lane, which was ending, to the next to the left lane when the only vehicle in the vicinity was fully in the left turn lane. There was enough space between our vehicle and the vehicle behind to avoid a rear end collision but the hard braking was unnecessary and could have caused damage or more serious injuries than those sustained by the driver and passenger caused by the seatbelt locking on the collarbone and chest because of the sudden application of brakes. Another recent incident was on the freeway when safely changing lanes with proper signaling from the far left lane to the center lane and the blind spot detection system prevented changing lanes when the closest to the right vehicle was in the far right lane, one lane further than attempting to change into. If this had occurred while changing lanes to avoid a collision with debris or another vehicle, it could have caused damage or injuries.

Filed Sep 4, 2019 · Seat belts · 35,000 miles · TX

In the last 6 months I have purchased two 2018 volkswagen atlas se SUV's both vehicle had a faulty seat belt buckles in the rear seat section. Under pressure of car seat installation and/or normal use these buckles have been deemed faulty by a volkswagen dealership and I was advised to not use the buckle until a replacement was ordered. The easiest way to visually see the defect is to look at the buckle and if the red depress button raises above the exterior plastic it is considered faulty and should be reported to the dealership. I have attached one normal photo and a faulty photo.