Volkswagen ID.4 Problems by Model Year
NHTSA recorded 1,025 consumer complaints across the 5 model years of the Volkswagen ID.4 (2021–2025) that have at least 5 complaints. 2023 has the most, with 466. Across all years, the part named most often is electrical system (515 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.
All ID.4 model years
Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.
| Year | Complaints | Median mi | Recalls | TSBs | Score (50 = typical) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 67,550 | 2 | 152 | Too new to compare | Too new |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,550 | 9 | 240 | Too new to compare | Too new |
| 2023 | 466 | 12,000 | 15 | 321 | 78 · More | Too new |
| 2022 | 137 | 5,000 | 7 | 329 | 21 · Fewer | Rising |
| 2021 | 338 | 27,000 | 11 | 396 | 50 · Typical | Rising |
Parts named most often, all years
Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.
- Electrical system515 37%
- Other or unknown234 17%
- Forward collision avoidance154 11%
- Vehicle speed control123 8.8%
- Body and structure119 8.5%
- Brakes98 7.0%
- Back-over prevention (rear camera)85 6.1%
- Transmission and drivetrain73 5.2%
Example complaints
One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
2021: “Th contact owned a 2021 Volkswagen ID.4. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH on a freeway, traffic seemed to be slowing down. The contact stated that when he depressed the brake pedal, his vehicle did not respond to the brakes causing his vehicle to crash in the rear of another vehicle. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy at the time, however, he did not sustain any injuries nor did the person in the other vehicle. The contact stated that there was no police report filed. …”
NHTSA complaint #11452273, filed 2022-02, 8,000 miles2025: “I was trying to park the car in a parking spot. There was a curb to my right, So I was turning carefully to not rake my wheel against the curb. The car suddenly accelerated by itself, jumped the curb infront, hit a tree and stopped. It accelerated so much and hit the curb so hard, that the entire front right side was destroyed.”
NHTSA complaint #11749746, filed 2026-072023: “Two problems. 1) the infotainment module cuts in and out. 2) Most important, the vehicle lunged ahead for no reason from a dead stop. We were lucky not to hit the truck in front of us. The vehicle is not safe to drive. VW corporate doesn't answer their phone and the dealer keeps giving us 800 numbers to try to contact them. What can we do?”
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology