Volkswagen Id.4

Owners filed 1,027 complaints across 6 model years of the Volkswagen Id.4. The 2023 drew the most (466).

Model years6
Complaints1,027
Recalls46
Fires13
Deaths0

Which Volkswagen Id.4 years should you avoid?

No Volkswagen Id.4 year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 238), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Volkswagen Id.4 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
2——Unknown or OtherDo not drive
2025Too new31
2310Electrical SystemRoutine
202453
914Electrical SystemRoutine
2023466
15756Electrical SystemHigh concern
2022137
7115Electrical SystemRoutine
2021339
11128Electrical SystemAbove average

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.