Volkswagen ID.4 vs Ford Fiesta

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Volkswagen ID.4	Ford Fiesta
Complaints on file	1,779	4,342
Model years covered	2021–2025	1988–2019
Worst model year	2023	2011
Best model year	2025	2018
Crashes reported	256	206
Fires reported	21	43
Injuries reported	93	131
Deaths reported	0	13
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	20.8%	9.1%

Volkswagen ID.4 by year

557 243 840 88 51

21 22 23 24 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 496 27.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 325 18.3%

Other & Unspecified 225 12.6%

Body & Structure 119 6.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 118 6.6%

Brakes 98 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 65 3.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 61 3.4%

Ford Fiesta by year

1 1 3 1 1 1,040 833 917 653 368 253 105 46 120

88 89 91 01 02 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,509 34.8%

Engine & Cooling 550 12.7%

Body & Structure 411 9.5%

Other & Unspecified 394 9.1%

Electrical System 339 7.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 198 4.6%

Doors, Latches & Locks 184 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 161 3.7%