Volkswagen ID.4 vs Toyota Avalon

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	Toyota Avalon
Complaints on file	1,779	4,245
Model years covered	2021–2025	1995–2022
Worst model year	2023	2006
Best model year	2025	2021
Crashes reported	256	672
Fires reported	21	34
Injuries reported	93	350
Deaths reported	0	26
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	20.8%	25.5%

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%

Toyota Avalon by year

92 121 155 205 113 220 168 148 353 252 303 449 313 417 110 53 130 35 187 123 64 33 17 31 98 13 29 13

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 604 14.2%

Airbags 594 14.0%

Steering 369 8.7%

Lights 302 7.1%

Electrical System 297 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 296 7.0%

Brakes 292 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 215 5.1%