1) radar auto-brake: when parallel parking and backing ( going in reverse ) parallel to the curb, at maybe 2 mph and 10 inches from curb, i got yellow stop, stop !!!!!!! message followed by sensation of hitting an object and being thrown into the seat. only there was no object. ran out of a car, nothing and nobody there, at least for 50 yards. an auto-brake engaged. that is really broken. interference caused it to do that ? overheated computer in 90 degree sun ? 2) transmission logic: unrelated to above, when going in slow traffic 2-10 mph, pressing gas shifts transmission into higher gear instead of lower, resulting in hit-like engagement and actual inability to rev the engine and accelerate. slow and deep pedal movement does downshift and accelerate but too much. all cars are like that and i test drove several. 3) transmission logic: related to (2) above, paradoxically in sport driving mode, when trying to accelerate and merge highway from 10 mph, transmission shifted up several gears, not allowing to rev the engine, and resulted in rpm decay /power loss -- very scary. that launch was timely aborted, and driver later merged the road in manual "tiptronic" mode. 4) improper gas pedal calibration: compared to other german, japanese and american cars, vw atlas has abnormal and unsafe gas pedal calibration. from a stop, only lightly feathering the pedal results in civilized controlled motion. normal gas pedal pressure results in a car rocketing forward uncontrollably. vw has to talk to some other manufacturers and get their gas calibration consistent with other cars, so it can be driven steady and safely at slow speeds when necessary.