MODELYEARINDEX

Volkswagen ID.4

1,688 complaints across 1 scored model years and 24 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Volkswagen ID.4 Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 151
Driver Assist 74
Body & Interior 44
Weakest

2021

Best

2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2021
1.00× 472 C
2022 P
0.53× 242 B
2023 P
1.93× 838 F
2024 P
0.18× 88 B
2025 P
0.18× 48 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG107
City / Highway115 / 98
Engine—
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$700

Recalls

24 campaigns on record, 3 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V651000 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:EXTERIOR 2021–2024 99,064
24V344000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2023 79,965
25V120000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) 2021–2023 60,490
21V606000 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR 2021 45,496
26V030000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY 2023–2025 43,881
23V312000 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:EXTERIOR 2021, 2022 35,325
23V750000 STRUCTURE 2023, 2024 24,025
23V040000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE 2021 20,904

+ 16 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 ID.4
Complaints in window
472
Severity-weighted
719
Model median (weighted)
719
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
11
Open investigations
0
Score 60 C