Volkswagen ID.4Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 1,034 NHTSA owner complaints across 6 model years, the Volkswagen ID.4 years to avoid are 2023, and the strongest years are 2021, 2022 and 2024. The ID.4 has 27 safety recalls on record.

Volkswagen ID.4

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden, CC BY 4.0.

Best & worst years

Volkswagen ID.4 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the ID.4 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Complaints by system

Most common Volkswagen ID.4 problems

All model years combined: 1,034 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system52237
Forward collision avoidance15364
Vehicle speed control12546
Structure1206
Service brakes9035
Back over prevention8516
Power train743
Fuel/propulsion system636
Engine517
19 other systems28536
2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the ID.4

  1. Inadvertent Door OpeningRQ24010 · 2021–2023 · closed Nov 4, 2024
    No recall
  2. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2021–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063