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Volkswagen ID.4 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 24 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen ID.4, across 5 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2023 has the most (13); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
5

2021–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
24
Most recalls
2023

13 recalls

Owner complaints
1,021

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,021 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen ID.4 across 5 model years; the most, 465, concern the 2023.

Owners marked a crash on 113 of the Volkswagen ID.4 complaints (11%) and a fire on 13.

Across all Volkswagen ID.4 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 514 complaints), then the forward collision avoidance (154).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen ID.4 in 2024: 310, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen ID.4 is electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery, in 8 model-year listings.

The newest Volkswagen ID.4 recall, 26V028000, was reported on January 21, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery.

Volkswagen ID.4 years to avoid

Too few Volkswagen ID.4 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Volkswagen ID.4, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2025130—not ranked
2024851—not ranked
202313465—not ranked
20227137125not ranked
202111338239not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen ID.4 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen ID.4

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY8
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:EXTERIOR6
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE4
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION3
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)3
  • SERVICE BRAKES2
  • SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE2
  • STRUCTURE2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE1

Volkswagen ID.4 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Volkswagen ID.4 recall campaign (24)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Volkswagen ID.4, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V028000January 21, 2026electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2023–2024fire and injurypark outside670
26V030000January 21, 2026electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2023–2025fire43,881
25V836000December 3, 2025electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2023–2024fire and injurypark outside629
25V434000June 30, 2025service brakes2023–2024crash546
25V125000February 28, 2025electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery2024crash13,769
25V120000February 27, 2025power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)2021–2023crash60,490
24V875000November 20, 2024back over prevention: sensing system: camera2023crash385
24V651000September 4, 2024structure: body: door: handle: exterior2021–2024injury99,064
24V643000August 28, 2024air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2023–2024crash and injury837
24V344000May 15, 2024back over prevention: software2021–2023crash79,965
23V750000December 7, 2023structure2023–2024fire and injury24,025
23V436000June 21, 2023back over prevention: display function2022crash4
23V312000May 3, 2023structure: body: door: handle: exterior2021–2022injury35,325
23V040000February 1, 2023electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery: management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software2021crash20,904
22V956000December 29, 2022electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables2023crash and firepark outside1,042
22V830000November 9, 2022electrical system: propulsion system: traction motor2023crash and injury393
22V823000November 2, 2022back over prevention: display function2022–2023crash2,607
22V858000November 2, 2022air bags: frontal2021crash and injury55
22V764000October 12, 2022back over prevention: software2022crash5
22V162000March 16, 2022electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2021crash356
21V852000November 3, 2021steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)2021crash1
21V606000August 5, 2021seat belts: rear/other: retractor2021crash and injury45,496
21V607000August 4, 2021seat belts: rear/other: retractor2021crash and injury12,060
21V413000June 2, 2021exterior lighting: headlights2021crash3,240

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen ID.4. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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