2022 Volkswagen ID.4
This year drew an ordinary 134 complaints for a Volkswagen ID.4 — the model's median is 48. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.4% of them mention car suddenly, against 3.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 134 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 48 |
| Involving a crash | 15 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 101.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- car suddenly — 10.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: car suddenly, trip, secondary.
- tires — 11.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.5% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: tires, brand, front tires, brand new.
- starting — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: starting, came stop.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
235/55R19 Both front tires are showing abnormal rubber chunking or flaking off on the inner and outer tread. To avoid a possible failure or blow out, I replaced the tires with another brand and model. Bridgestone will not honor their warranty on these tires an…
My vehicle is at 30k miles and the front 2 tires are showing signs of a huge tire quality issue. They are Bridgestone Alenza tires. Looking online this appears to be a huge common problem. The outside 1/4 of the tire tread has chunks missing that are roughly 1…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V764000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V823000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V312000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V436000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V344000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V651000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V120000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen ID.4 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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