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NHTSA Campaign 25V120000

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

NHTSA campaign 25V120000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl). The repair is free.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 25V120000 with NHTSA on February 27, 2025; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 25V120000, NHTSA lists up to 60,490 potentially affected vehicles.

Owner notification letters for 25V120000 were scheduled from March 14, 2025, 15 days after the report.

25V120000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2021–2023.

Owners of the model years 25V120000 covers have filed at least 13 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 25V120000 vehicles, the 2022 Volkswagen ID.4 has the most (13).

By potentially affected vehicles, 25V120000 ranks 62 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.

Besides 25V120000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 3 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 25V120000 was 25V081000, reported on February 12, 2025.

What this recall covers

The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021-2023 ID.4, 2022-2023 Audi Q4 e-Tron, and Q4 e-Tron Sportback vehicles. The instrument panel may not properly display the transmission gear lever indicator. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 102, "Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect."
The risk
Failure to display the gear position may result in a vehicle rollaway if the parking brake is not engaged, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Dealers will update the brake control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 14, 2025. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 or Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97H3. Audi's number for this recall is 454R.

Reported February 27, 2025

Vehicles covered by 25V120000 (3)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 25V120000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.

Newest record on this page: February 27, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted