Which Volkswagen ID.4 years should you avoid?

No Volkswagen ID.4 model year in 2021–2021 scores in the flagged band. The weakest are 2021.

What is the best year for the Volkswagen ID.4?

2021 is the best-scoring Volkswagen ID.4 model year with a full 60 months on the road, at 60 out of 100. The score combines complaint rate, recall campaigns and open investigations.

How many recalls does the Volkswagen ID.4 have?

24 distinct recall campaigns are on record across all scored Volkswagen ID.4 model years. A recall is a matter of record: the manufacturer filed a defect report with NHTSA.

Which Volkswagen ID.4 years to avoid

No Volkswagen ID.4 model year in 2021–2021 falls into the flagged band. The weakest are 2021, and even those sit close to this model’s own median.

Ownership label · Volkswagen ID.4 Full report

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.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Volkswagen ID.4
Year	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 owners report

The component groups most often named, with one representative report. These are unverified — allegations, not findings.

2021 C 472 reports · median 23,000 mi

Electrical 151

The infotainment panel sporadically shuts off. This has happened four times in the two months I’ve owned the car. Safety features like the backup camera, proximity sensors, and safety feature controls are not accessible. owner complaint filed with NHTSA
Driver Assist 74

In october, 11 weeks ago, while parallel parking, which I do everyday for work, I reversed back into an empty spot, toggled into drive to straighten out my car and my car accelerated and hit the car parked in front of… owner complaint filed with NHTSA
Body & Interior 44

Multiple times while driving the car props an error where the speed become unavailable while driving. owner complaint filed with NHTSA

53 crash · 1 fire · 34 injuries

The best year for the ID.4

Ranked by overall score among years with a full 60 months on the road.

2021 is the best-scoring ID.4 model year with a full 60 months on the road, at 60 out of 100 — a score that combines complaint rate, recall campaigns and open investigations.

Best-scoring model years
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2021	1.00×	472	C

Recalls

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

Recall campaigns, largest first
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
25V125000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY	2024	13,769
21V607000	SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR	2021	12,060
21V413000	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS	2021	3,240
22V823000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION	2022, 2023	2,607

+ 12 further campaigns

How long do they last?

Complaint records show when problems get reported, not how long a car survives. Where owners gave an odometer reading, faults on the 2021 were reported at a median of 23,000 miles. Treat that as the point problems start being noticed, not a lifespan.

Common questions

Answered directly from this model’s record.

Which Volkswagen ID.4 years should you avoid?: No Volkswagen ID.4 model year in 2021–2021 scores in the flagged band. The weakest are 2021.
What is the best year for the Volkswagen ID.4?: 2021 is the best-scoring Volkswagen ID.4 model year with a full 60 months on the road, at 60 out of 100. The score combines complaint rate, recall campaigns and open investigations.
How many recalls does the Volkswagen ID.4 have?: 24 distinct recall campaigns are on record across all scored Volkswagen ID.4 model years. A recall is a matter of record: the manufacturer filed a defect report with NHTSA.

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