I have a 2019 Volkswagon Atlas. Generally speaking, I like my car. But one thing in particular frustrates me to no end. When something goes wrong, it just suddenly goes wrong with little to no warning. Today I was driving down the road and my car is suddenly losing power. I look down and the EPC light is on, meaning something is wrong with the electrical system. (And it wasn't on the minute before.) I could barely get it over to the side of the busy 5 lane road I was on. And last year, I was on a road trip and had driven 200 miles with no indication anything was wrong. I was on a highway that went through small, one light towns. I had to stop at a red light. My car has that stop-start feature to prevents idling/wasting gas/helps with pollution. So at the red light the engine stopped (like it is programmed to). When it went to start, all the dash lights start flashing and the car wouldn't start. Long story short, it was simply the battery. No sluggish starts like I have had with cars past to indicate a coming problem. Just-WHAM!-big sudden problem. I had to get help to push my car out of the highway lane, which could have been super dangerous.
So my question is this: is this just how the somewhat newer/newer cars are or is this something specific to my car? I find it so frustrating and nerve wracking!
So my question is this: is this just how the somewhat newer/newer cars are or is this something specific to my car? I find it so frustrating and nerve wracking!