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2023 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS — LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

crash1 injured · 1875649 · 2023-02-23

Vehicle

Make
VOLKSWAGEN
Model
ATLAS
Year
2023
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

I was driving on a city road and making a right turn on a green light, I glanced to the left to avoid any driver possibly crossing a red light as I usually do as a defensive driver! Before I know it my SUV had jumped the median divider into the other side of the road and landed on another vehicle stopped. The safety system did not give me any signals to stop or to auto stop. I was very slow and from previous experience with this vehicle it did stop at being close to a concrete side of the street but in this situation it did not. None of ADAS parts of the system worked! My ATLAS is badly damaged so is the other car. I have other issues in the last month that were not as dangerous but are glitches in the safety and technology package. I contacted VW but they said that the design does not cover this, which is not correct based on other situations I noticed in the last three months since I purchased this vehicle.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11508773
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown