ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
A high-voltage battery that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
14 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 837 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A high-voltage battery that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
A vehicle fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
A vehicle fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.
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.
A blank rearview camera display can reduce the driver's rear visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
Two 2023 VOLKSWAGEN ID.4s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.