10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #37

Oct 162023

ID.4

  • miles
Control/infotainment system crashed without warning while driving at speed. It appeared that all the driver's assistance features were unavailable until the completely system rebooted.

- Vancouver, WA, USA

problem #36

May 062023

ID.4

  • miles
While driving my ID.4 couple of months back, it hit something.on the road. Taken to the body shop, I was given the bill of $27K to replace the battery. Looking at the damage, the battery housing was damaged and it could not be replaced without replacing the entire battery. Battery housing being such an important & sensitive part of the vehicle should be protected better. Currently, the shield underneath does not protected the entire battery housing. My insurance company was on the verge to Total my car which would have been an huge loss for me. I had to escalate it to get it repaired which is in process. Just want to report this as I got lucky not to run into an accident/fire due to battery housing being exposed. Hope, some action is taken to prevent any accident future and also to avoid such expensive repair (which can be avoided easily).

- Oakland, MI, USA

problem #35

Oct 012023

ID.4

  • miles
A few minutes after charging at an Electrify America location (JFK cell phone lot) I had to step out of the vehicle. Suddenly all sensors stopped working, I was locked out, key fob doesn't work, manual key didn't work either, truck locked out. Car would not connect to the app. I smell something burning but lightened after a few minutes. After 20 minutes of struggle, miraculously I got one door open and drove home. Speedometer stopped working on the way back and I cannot get the car to stop, ac would not turn off either on its own. I am trying to get a service appointment as soon as I can with my dealership.

- Branchburg, NJ, USA

problem #34

Sep 132023

ID.4

  • miles
9/13/23 Got into my vehicle to head home around 9:15PM, headlights would not turn on. Tried switching from automatic to manual turn on no success. Could not unlock passenger doors from drivers side switch, had to exit car with key to unlock doors. There was a warning on the cluster above the steering wheel that says -?? WARNINGS AND INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE. DRIVE WITH GREATER CARE! Mileage would not display. There was yellow triangle showing service, inspection overdue with mileage of 62546. Car was bought July 2023 and has less than 800 miles. Car shows now on the information display under status more than 61K added at the failure

- Philadelphia, PA, USA

problem #33

Sep 082023

ID.4

  • miles
This is a new vehicle used for less than 2 weeks. It has under 250 miles on it. The vehicle looses power and displays the following warning messages: -??Error: Drive System. Please safely stop vehicle!-?? and -??Electrical System not working correctly. Please service your vehicle-?? I was in a very unsafe situation without power but luckily was able to guide the car over to the side of the road with the momentum it had. The vehicle has been at the dealer since that event which has been 6 days now. Still no word on if / when it will be fixed.

- Orlando, FL, USA

problem #32

Jun 302023

ID.4

  • miles
The car has a wireless mobile charger that makes the mobile so hot that forces the device to shut down. It was so hot that burnt my daughter-??s hand

- Pleasanton, CA, USA

problem #31

Aug 032023

ID.4

  • miles
I was driving down the interstate and the entirety of the electronic screens froze up. The data presented on the screens was frozen and all the touch buttons froze. With no access to any controls, in a downpour, I was unable to adjust the climate control, turn on the defrosters or have any idea how fast I was going. I proceeded to stop on the interstate, thinking I could shut the car off and restart it to reset the controls, but that did nothing except get me soaked and risk my life being stopped on the side of the highway. This car has a seat activated power on and off so it comes on when you sit down and shuts off when you get up (which is a stupid idea anyway) but upon exiting the car and even locking it with the FOB, the vehicle would not shut off or reset. Soaked, I got back in and continued down the highway with no defrosters or climate control and arrived at my meeting. I was unable to shut the car off so it ran through my lunch then I made the same journey back home, 100+ miles down the interstate with no speedometer, climate control or defrosters. Once I arrived home, I disconnected the battery which did reset the system and displays. I suppose I better carry tools with me to be able to disconnect the battery on the interstate, next time. This is disgusting to me, that VW would not provide some kind of reset option in a very dangerous situation like this. During my event, I called both their -??roadside assistance-?? and customer service, WITH NO BLUE TOOTH, and neither of them were able to help me in any way, except tell me to pull over and have it towed.

- Greer, SC, USA

problem #30

Jul 222023

ID.4

  • miles
The digital speedometer will shut off and all screens will turn of them keep restarting while driving.

- Lancaster, NY, USA

problem #29

Jul 172023

ID.4

  • miles
Screen (both steering wheel and bigger screen to the right) go blank intermittently without any data being displayed (computer resetting itself excessively).

- Walnut Creek, CA, USA

problem #28

Jun 292023

ID.4

  • miles
1. front collision warning sensor does not appear to be working. The front sensor does not detect anything in the front while in driving mode. Could be a software or sensor issue. Needs to be checked out. 2. when coming to a complete stop, usually on the stop sign or red light. Sometimes the vehicle automatically switches off or goes to the park mode. In order to switch on the vehicle, I need to step out of the vehicle, lock the doors, then unlock the doors, then I can restart the vehicle. To drive. Looks like there must be a software issue. Needs to be checked for the safety and convince.

- San Jose, CA, USA

problem #27

Apr 022023

ID.4

  • miles
I have never been in an accident in my entire life, never got pulled over by a cop, and have only ever driven one car prior to the vw. I always have my car in -??B-?? mode. During the crash on 4/02 I was going about 40 to 35 mph coming off the highway tried to slow down more to 25 to go on the roundabout but it wouldn-??t, I had the brake collision assistance on, but unfortunately it did not assist me in trying to stop, even when I pressed down on the brake pedal completely. When I tried to turn the steering wheel, that had locked and I was unable to avoid hitting the sign and curb and going over the cement median which cause both my left tires to go flat. I got a call from the Volkswagen SOS and at that time the person was talking to me, I had to maneuver my car off the cement median to move it to a safer road as I was in the middle of a dangerous place and it needed to be towed. The road I had the incident on is the one I take to work every day and I have never had an issue. There was no issues with the weather on that day ether. I have only driven this car 703 miles.

- Mulwaukie, OR, USA

problem #26

Apr 222023

ID.4

  • miles
On April 22nd the car was in an accident when it struck the rear of another car at a red traffic light. I had stopped at the light with car in -??B-?? drive mode and the brake on Auto Hold. I was stopped at the light roughly 2 minutes with my right foot on neither pedal. The car was in Auto Hold brake mode as I recollect the Auto Hold indicator being illuminated. The car remained stationary during that period until it moved forward without any action from myself. I am convinced I did not hit the gas pedal. There was damage to both my car and the car in front. There had been no change of the traffic light light nor had the car in front moved when this occurred. I had not experienced this issue in my limited driving before the accident (1700 miles) or subsequent to the accident. I contacted the Volkswagen dealer following the accident and dropped the car off for them to investigate. They advised me to open a case with Volkswagen of America to get their involvement which I immediately did. Volkswagen CARE assigned a regional case manager. The dealer service department performed a 3 mile test drive and could not reproduce the problem. Volkswagen of America did not investigate the accident relying on the dealer service department to use the on-board diagnostics to read fault codes. They found two fault codes that required the replacement of the ICAS1 module (the vehicles primary computer) and the driver door handle -?" the latter was not related to the current recall on the vehicle. These were manufacturing defects and they stated were not the cause of the accident. I find it concerning that Volkswagen of America did not investigate the accident for product issues nor did they explain (when asked) why a faulty major component that controls the operation of the car could not be the cause of the accident.

- Mansfield, MA, USA

problem #25

Apr 292023

ID.4

  • miles
The actuator on the charging port cover broke. I tired to get it fixed under warranty, but it has been two months and the part is still backordered from Germany. The charging port will not stay closed, so when it rains, water is getting into the charging connection and it is discolored, cannot tell if it is rust. I am concerned about plugging the high voltage plug in to the wet connector. I try to dry it, but it still seems wet.

- Northville, MI, USA

problem #24

May 072023

ID.4

  • miles
I was pulling into a parking structure when the left side of the vehicle (door handles, windows, sensors) lost power. I was able to park the vehicle and then have it towed to the dealership. Although it happened at very low speed, my safety was at risk. It would have been very dangerous if this had happened on the freeway. I was unable to open the door or to close the driver window. The dealer found a blown fuse. They have not been able to identify a cause of what would cause a fuse to blow like this. They continue to work on it (we are on day 3 now) including working with VW of America engineering. The two recalls on this vehicle have been address (approx 10 days ago). I have had numerous other problems with this vehicle that I don't believe are related to this particular incident apart from the recall related to the door handles.

- Sacramento, CA, USA

problem #23

Apr 192023

ID.4

  • miles
Instrument panel to turned black, thus blocking access to essential information, such as current speed of the vehicle, the status of cruise control, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, and parking collision warning. The problem happened couple of times. Also, the Carplay feature freezes and is interrupted a lot.

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #22

May 042023

ID.4

  • miles
I was passing on a highway ant high speed and the car shut down. It gave me about twenty seconds to coast to a stop on the shoulder before it completely turned off. This happened twice.

- Philomath , OR, USA

problem #21

Apr 102023

ID.4

  • miles
The driver door is randomly popping open, at low speeds and high speeds. At low speeds, when trying to back out of driveway or pull into driveway or slowly pull up to red lights or keep up with cars in a left turning lane waiting my turn to turn, the door will randomly pop open and the car slams into park and turns off of Drive. I then have to shut the door, put the car into drive again and try to pull forward without the doors popping open again. This cycles at times where I have to repeat. The car does not go into park when doors pop open at high speeds, speeds greater than 12 ish mph. However, the door will randomly pop open at high speed. I was going 51 mph on the highway and the door popped open. I documented that with a picture. I reached out to several VW dealer garages. They said that they could not do anything for me because there currently was no fix for the recall. I have an appointment call with VW America today at 2pm today. I filled out online surveys with VW to tell them how unsafe this feels driving the car and this happening. We drive the car ONLY when necessary between my spouse and I bc of how unsafe the situation is. I'm not sure what to do or what i can do. I'm stuck with a brand-new car with only 3000 miles that had doors that randomly pop open while the car is in motion. Please advise. Thank you.

- New Wilmington, PA, USA

problem #20

Apr 072023

ID.4

  • miles
On Friday, April 7, 2023 after driving the car locally it displayed a "electrical system not working properly" error message. Were able to drive the vehicle home, though power and acceleration were reduced. Contacted the local dealership and took the vehicle in to them on Saturday, April 8, 2023. As of April 26th they have provided no status updates on what caused the error, how to resolve the issue, or a timeline of a repair.

- Sioux Falls, SD, USA

problem #19

Apr 172023

ID.4

  • miles
12 volt battery system failure out of nowhere. High voltage battery has never been drained past 20 percent has 3730 miles. System failed in garage and vehicle will not move and fan will kick on extremely loud when turned on.

- Menifee, CA, USA

problem #18

Mar 032023

ID.4

  • miles
Please see attached document. This is my second filing. I am still waiting for acknowledgment from NHTSA of my original filing on 3/22/23. The situation is only getting worse.

- Portland, OR, USA

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