Volkswagen ID.4 Years to Avoid — and the Years to Buy
Every Volkswagen ID.4 model year from 2021 to 2025, benchmarked against each other with 1,773 federal complaints, 25 recall campaigns, and the odometer readings owners put in their reports.
Avoid: 2021, 2023. These years top the ID.4's complaint rankings by volume and severity.
The method in one line: every NHTSA complaint for this model is counted, weighted for crashes, fires, injuries, and deaths, and each year is measured against the ID.4's own worst year — full methodology.
The trouble strip
One cell per model year. The whole answer in one glance — click any year for the full report.
The defining problem
Electrical tops the Volkswagen ID.4 file with 527 complaints, concentrated in the 2021, 2023 model years, most often reported around 12,400 miles. The year pages break down what fails and when.
Every year, ranked
| Year | Verdict | Complaints | Recalls | Top problem | Trouble index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Too early to call | 51 | 1 | Driver assistance | 12 |
| 2024 | Too early to call | 88 | 8 | Electrical | 9 |
| 2023 | Avoid | 839 | 13 | Electrical | 100 |
| 2022 | Typical | 243 | 7 | Electrical | 29 |
| 2021 | Avoid | 552 | 11 | Electrical | 63 |
Technical service bulletins
Beyond complaints and recalls, 1,385 manufacturer communications — service bulletins, service campaigns, warranty extensions — are on file for the Volkswagen ID.4. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.
Browse the Volkswagen ID.4 TSB list by year →
Questions buyers ask
What Volkswagen ID.4 years should I avoid?
Federal complaint records point to 2021, 2023 as the Volkswagen ID.4 years to avoid — they drew the highest volume of serious complaints relative to the model's other years.
What is the most common Volkswagen ID.4 problem?
Electrical tops the Volkswagen ID.4 file with 527 complaints, concentrated in the 2021, 2023 model years, most often reported around 12,400 miles.
Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. Counts cover the Volkswagen ID.4 only, scored against this model's own worst year — not against other models. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.