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Service bulletins for the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

821 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Automatic transmission are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
V3920012060391112024-03-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT. Bevel box leaking, update to Arteon labor operation numbers.
V3718022033975112023-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Automatic Transmission Fluid Requirements
TT 34 21 012021-07-02. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Reverse gear function note.
SM 11-20202020-04-02. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. This special notice is to inform dealers to return all parts listed and only use the superseded part numbers going forward.
18VWUSMN1126192019-12-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. "Additional Maintenance Items section: ""Transmission, Automatic (non-DSG): Change fluid and filter every 80K miles"" REMOVED: ""and filter"""
VWSSP 8501932019-05-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. VWSSP 850153 - Self Study Program / Automatic Transmission 09P
23X1 201808092018-12-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. Current Engine Control Module software does not properly operate the Leak Detection Pump heater circuit. This can allow moisture to collect within the pump and influence EVAP system measurements, which leads to erroneous EVAP fault codes stored in the ECM memory. REVISED
On-car-analysis2018-04-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MIL-on P0420 and/or P0430 in the ECM
Bulletin - 37K72017-12-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Software update needed for smoothing the shift operation, driveshaft protection and transmission emergency mode for the AQ450 transmission. continued driving is still possible. Bulletin was updated the same day - Original was vixible one day in Elsa.
Bulletin - 37K72017-12-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Software update needed for smoothing the shift operation, driveshaft protection and transmission emergency mode for the AQ450 transmission. continued driving is still possible.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.