# NHTSA recall 25V081000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 25V081000
- Manufacturer's number: 38CX
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2025\-02\-12
- Owners notified: 2025\-03\-12
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Units potentially affected: 19
- Part numbers: 09H.300.035.M

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2025 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles.  The transmission may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in a loss of drive power.


## What can happen

A sudden loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the transmission, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed March 12, 2025.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 38CX.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-888\-275\-9153\) or go to nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 19
- Reported remedied: 19 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2025 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2025/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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