Volkswagen ID.4 Complaints (2023)

466 consumer complaints on file.

#11582724April 12, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES
After parking on a slope, front of car uphill, slope of about 15-20 degrees, placing car in park, the car would roll back once out of car. It happened once and went up against another car, minor scrape, but I was almost pinned. I moved the car to a different spot with similar slope, it happed again. The wheels were rotating, had to jump in passenger side and push hand onto brake. It had happened once before, but went up against a curb, but I had thought I had parked poorly. But in retrospect, likely rolled. Tried to call/contact VW, but it is a Friday and they do not accept safety calls Friday evening through Tuesday.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11581690April 8, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I submitted a previous report regarding my passenger front door attempting to open while the vehicle was in motion. Yesterday the door fully opened under motion with my wife as a passenger. It sounds like the latch kept cycling until the door opened. My wife just prior to departure decided to start video recording while driving as we both believed the dealer may not be able to replicate the incidents. We have recording of this we can email. The door does attempt to open several times on some days, some days it doesn't. My vehicle according to the dealer is not a part of the affected vin's for the recall. It has not been back to the dealer for evaluation and repair yet. This has become an extremely dangerous situation as an owner or passenger.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11581238April 4, 2024
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Passenger window moves in opposite direction. Specifically, when the passenger window is partially down, trying to close the window from the driver side switch results in the window traveling in the opposite direction. This is a safety concern. If there are children or dogs in the passenger side, or if there is someone outside trying to get in, the window opening instead of closing is very unexpected and is a concern. Brought to the dealer and reproduced. Said they “fixed it”. Then when I showed them again, they said this was by design. How can a switch cause the window to open when intending to close? Easily reproducible. This is a defect and safety issue. There are no warning lights, documentation, or otherwise explaining this unexpected behavior.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11580269March 31, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
1. Door latch — available for inspection 2. Driver’s door opened from the inside while in drive mode while I was leaning against door. 3. Has been reproduced and confirmed by dealer 4. Has been inspected by manufacturer 5. There was a warning light that doors weren’t locked but unclear which door(s) was causing the issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11579733March 27, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver-side door opens and closes by itself while driving or when the car is stopped. Driver-side door also locks and unlocks itself while driving or when the car is stopped. Unable to unlock driver-side door from the outside of the car. Some times the driver side door will not open from the inside all the way. Before, this was just a frustrating inconvenience, but yesterday, it became a scary, safety hazard. I was stopped in the middle of the street during peak hour traffic at a green light unable to start my car because the driver-side door had opened itself, but I could not open the door all the way to close it and the car would not let me start because it thought the door was open. Even after I was finally able to open my door and tried to close it, the car still would not start. I had to try repeatedly to start the car back up before it finally started. This happened for several minutes while I had my small children in the backseat and other cars were honking around us and nearly hit us. I have told the dealership and taken the car to get serviced, but the part to fix the door is back ordered with an unknown delivery date. The dealership says that many of their 2023 ID.4 customers are facing the same door issue and they've reported their frustrations with VW headquarters. This needs to be investigated and VW should issue a formal recall.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11579158March 24, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicle computer system reboots while driving. Everything on dash goes black.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11579090March 23, 2024
BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING
I was backing up from a stand still on a parking lot when the car braked extremely hard. There briefly was a message on the center dash with the word emergency on it. The message went away immediately and the car continued to work normal. My neck is still hurting hours later from the very hard brake. During the whole incident there was no other car moving and no person or other object anywhere in the path of the car. I have not yet brought the car to the dealer but will do so next week.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11577999March 18, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
After leaving a stop sign and making a right turn I heard what sounded like a clunk with an audible tone. This was followed by the interior lights turning on and a red door open symbol on the dashboard display (see attached photo). A few hundred feet later I parked my car at work and took photos of the passenger front door ajar as if attempting to unlatch while in motion. I read of a recall (campaign number 23V312) for 2021 -2022 Volkswagen ID4's for this issue. My dealer stated my vehicle is not included in the recall though it's having the same issue. I'm scheduling a service visit in soon.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11577328March 14, 2024
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
RE: Case No: [XXX]- VIN: [XXX] Consumer: [XXX] & [XXX] Manufacturer: Volkswagen/Audi of America, INC Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology To All Concerned: My take on the following is that not automatically resuming adaptive cruise control after a lengthy stop or if the driver is looking away from the road is the choice. Just broaching the subject of Evaluating Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology indicates they have reason to investigate. Evaluating Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology Insurance Institute for Highway Safety The IIHS outlines the full list of criteria that qualifies a vehicle for a good rating: •Monitors both the driver’s gaze and hand position •Uses multiple types of rapidly escalating alerts to get the driver’s attention •Employs a fail-safe procedure to slow the vehicle, notify the manufacturer and keep automation off limits for the remainder of the drive •Requires automated lane changes to be initiated or confirmed by the driver •Does not automatically resume adaptive cruise control after a lengthy stop or if the driver is looking away from the road •Does not discourage steering by the driver while lane-centering •Prohibits automation features if the seat belt is unfastened •Prohibits automation features if automatic emergency braking or lane departure prevention and warning systems are disabled Not terminating Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology upon manual braking creates an unsafe condition. I am still including this page simply because it reinforces the primary fact that Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology offers different programing related to resetting/reactivating the Semi-Autonomous Stop/Go and Adaptive Speed Technology. PLEASE NOTE: Each vehicle starting with Adaptive Speed Control and Step/Start set and operating at 20 plus MPH VehicleMAZDA - ILOOP VW - ID.4 TESL INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11576506March 11, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
- The front passenger door unlatched at speed while driving around 30 mph. It is available for inspection. - The safety of the passenger seated in the front passenger seat is at risk if the door were to fully open, as well as any objects in the errant door’s way. - The problem has NOT been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center. - The vehicle and component has NOT been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. - There were no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, only after the door was opened was there a notification (chime and message) of an open door.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11574245February 27, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
Center console spontaneously shuts down while driving. After about 3 min, the system reboots, but temporarily the driver console also disappears and the speedometer cannot be seen. A warning that lane assist is not available is shown. The backup rear view cannot be used during the downtime. In this car, this happened three times over a 4 month period with about 2000 total miles driven. In a previous instance in a different ID4, braking was also impacted and additional error messages appeared temporarily.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11572336February 16, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The backup camera flickers intermittently on the system. The unit has been in for repairs 2 times for this issue, with the camera unit being replaced once. The system continues to flicker intermittently with a rough correlation to having direct sunlight on the back of the vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11572142February 15, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
When I am parking at 5mph in a medical center parking structure, the car suddenly got an uncontrollable acceleration that hit the parking cement and hit the wall in front of the parking area. I cannot imagine that if it is not in the parking structure with 5 mph, it will be fatal or injured and hit more people and cars on the freeway. I want a safe vehicle and spent over $55K for my daily chore. I lost confident on an electric vehicle, and hope your agency will iron all these out prior to introduce to the public. It is similar to the following case: An owner from Georgia describes what happened after getting into the ID.4, putting a foot on the brake, and then putting it into gear. “The car jumped forward and I had to press brakes with all my strength to keep it from accelerating to full ‘throttle.’ It did the exact same when I put it in reverse. I turned the car off, got out, gave it a couple of minutes, and tried two more times. It did the same thing every time. “It is like the accelerator is pressed to the floor as soon as you put it in gear without you touching it. I almost hit my house due to the wheels being turned before the first try.” Having had the car for only two weeks, “I called a tow truck to take it to the dealer.”
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11572072February 15, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The driver door malfunctions and will open itself. It has happened twice now while driving at low speeds. It also happens while my car is parked. It will not lock at all, and it seems to think someone is trying to open it. My car will be parked with the door closed, I try to lock it, but it won't lock, and I'll come back later and the door will be ajar. Or I will be driving and the car will keep making sounds like it's trying to lock/unlike, the. Suddenly the door will pop open. This started about 3 weeks ago.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11571227February 10, 2024
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
While trying to set cruise control, this vehicle has the option of standard cruise or adaptive. There is a toggle button, however, is is so sensitive I am never able to toggle to standard cruise. Naturally I am driving and the toggle will not go to standard. Poor design and super sensitive feature. This is one of many different features that do this. I have found my eyes moving to this to see if I can get standard cruise on and it does not happen. I give up because I do not wan to keep taking my eyes off the road.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11569872February 5, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Outside drivers side door handle stops working intermittently. Had to lower windows and use inside handle to open door. Also, driver side door randomly latches and unlatches without any interaction with the handle. Twice happened while turning at low speeds causing door to swing open, once in driveway causing door to hit house.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11569579February 2, 2024
TIRES
The tire is a Pirelli Scorpion Zero All Season and the size is: 255/45 R20. While driving on the freeway, I heard weird sound and the tire blowout suddenly causing dangerous movement of the car to the right and left and the car speed decreased quickly to 18 mph with no possibility to increase the speed (looks like this is a safety measure that is taken automatically by the car's computer in such cases). My safety and the safety of others were put at high risk as the cars behind me were moving at relatively high speed as this was at around 5:00 AM. The police came and inspected the tire that was in pieces and he didn't want me to wait for AAA for towing the car as the place it stopped was risky. So, he ordered a towing truck that arrived after around 20 minutes and towed the car to the nearest car's dealer which was close at that time. I left the car and keys. They called me after and the lady said that most probably for a certain reason the air pressure inside the tire became low and the tire blowout due to that. No warning signs or messages appeared prior to the failure.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11568865January 30, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I brought my vehicle because of an electrical problem I lost power and my dash light came on saying electrical system malfunction, My dealership just informed me about some cables been chewed up by a mouse it’s what they claim. It’s the battery cables insulation in the bottom front part of the vehicle, after reading about the recall in the battery cables insulation wearing out from 2022 models you can clearly see that it’s the same problem in the same spot and in the same rear wheel drive model. They don’t want to take responsibility because there is no recall for my year yet, so they want me to pay $3000 out of pocket to fix it and I don’t even have a month that I bought this vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11567982January 26, 2024
STRUCTURE:BODY
Per the existing recall on my vehicle, the driver’s side door handle has failed. It will unlatch at random times (including when driving at speeds between 1-20 mph), it will not unlatch when attempting to get into the vehicle, and the sensors have started to fail causing the car to believe the door is open when it isn’t which has caused the car to do an emergency stop on several occasions while it was in motion. This luckily hasn’t led to a collision yet but it easily could. I took the vehicle in to be inspected back in May 2023 when my dealership notified me they had the equipment to inspect the handle. They confirmed it had failed and told me at that time that they would order the parts needed to replace the handle but it might be a while as they were on back order. I spoke with them earlier this month (January 2024) and was lied to that the inspection in May wasn’t a real inspection and that they had just completed the inspection during my January visit. They knowingly deceived me that the parts were ordered in May and told me the car was still drivable and not a safety risk. This dealership knowingly put me at risk for 8 months and never bothered to communicate with me about the true status of the recall on my vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11567679January 25, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Driver car door intermittently pops open, while driving, when stopped, and when parked (not occupied). Car door locks intermittently stop working, meaning passengers cannot enter from outside, cannot open door from inside, doors do not unlock when key fob approaches. Also when this is happening, charge port shorts ie. disconnects/connects. When these issues are happening, defogger runs intermittently when parked, unless I enter car to manually turn off heating system. Turning off defogger with app does not stop defogging even when it says "off" in app. Seems tons of water is down in door... If the car is dry, if I roll the windows down then up, windows are COVERED with water. At times, front windows go down when trying to roll them up. Not safety, but internal ambient lighting system has two colors, one for dash, one for door lights. Door light color selection does not work, and doors only will show color of dash color selection.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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