FaultScore

Worst years for a Volkswagen ID.4

Owners have filed 1,779 complaints about the Volkswagen ID.4 with NHTSA across model years 2021 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2023 Volkswagen ID.4

840 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2025 Volkswagen ID.4

51 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volkswagen ID.4 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 C 51 23 5 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 C 88 7 2 3,000 Electrical System
2023 F 840 128 10 11,000 Electrical System
2022 D 243 30 3 5,000 Electrical System
2021 F 557 68 1 30,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a Volkswagen ID.4

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 496 27.9%

Worst in 2023

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Body & Structure 119 6.7%

Worst in 2023

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Brakes 98 5.5%

Worst in 2023

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Worst in 2021

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Steering 34 1.9%

Worst in 2021

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Lights 33 1.9%

Worst in 2023

Airbags 24 1.3%

Worst in 2021

Exactly what failed on a Volkswagen ID.4

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Adaptive Cruise Control 74 21.1%
Body 73 20.8%
Automatic Emergency Braking 63 17.9%
Warnings 53 15.1%
Warnings 30 8.5%
Assist 23 6.6%
Warning 12 3.4%
Rearview System Braking 10 2.8%
Blind Spot Detection 10 2.8%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 3 0.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Volkswagen ID.4, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2021 peak 92 Aug 2026

Volkswagen ID.4 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Volkswagen ID.4

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.