r/VWiD4Owners

Bought my ID.4 ProS in 2023. It's not perfect, but it's my first EV and I like it a lot. So I was very disappointed to hear the CEO tell the world that my car is not a true VW. Does that mean I get my $50K back from this guy? It's hella insulting to the 1M of us who bought these cars.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/electric-cars/vw-ceo-admits-id-3-and-id-4-not-true-volkswagens/ar-AA20N5k8

Hi all, I recently went on a trip to California from AZ and had forgotten to plug in my id4 for about a week since I left town. Once I got back I noticed it was at 0% and it kept rejecting the charge but eventually did take. Now it seems like my battery capacity is like 50% what it used to be. Is this normal? Did I really mess up the battery that bad by leaving it sitting low?

Well the battery failed the test and now has to be completely replaced. Ugh - 😑 luckily I have a loaner car.

Text from the dealer - Good morning sir, this is VW hope you are doing well today. Looks like we are going to need to replace the HV battery on your vehicle, failed the recall inspection. Will likely take until next week.

Hey group, I searched and couldn't find anything specific, but curious, if you had to grab a used Pro s AWD or Pro S RWD? Both are 2021, the AWD has under 20k miles and the RWD is right at 40k.

I don't live in snowy conditions, really only have to deal with wet in Florida. Moving from an AWD SUV so thinking I stick with AWD.

The AWD is also $4k more, but both are within my price range. This will be my first EV, so anything to consider would be awesome. Thanks!

I’m considering buying an id4 77kwh with about 90k km. What should I look for and avoid? Thanks

My 23 Pro S with around 8k miles has been displaying a message at start that “Inspection required in 26 days” and incrementing downwards every day. Planning on calling the dealer tomorrow and see what they have to say, but thought I would check here first. I have owned it a little under a year currently, so it doesn’t seem to line up with any particular event that I can tell. Anyone have insight into what may be required to satisfy it?

Not going to be a shock here but of course when using the route planning in my 24 ID.4 the Tesla superchargers that are compatible don't show up. Not only that but when for instance it shows an EA station as a stop that is close to a compatible supercharger, the supercharger doesn't show on the map at all. So out of curiosity, and just to confirm what I already knew, I inquired with VWOA on instagram about the logical thing to do considering they sold people fairly expensive NACS adapters. The response was of course "At this time, we’re unable to confirm when or if a navigation update will be released to display compatible Tesla Superchargers directly in route planning. Software updates are rolled out in waves and are assigned to specific vehicles based on a variety of factors, so availability can vary. We recommend keeping an eye on your vehicle’s notifications or App and also staying in touch with your local authorized VW dealership for the latest updates as they become available.". One could argue not a no, but anyone who knows how this would work understands that you would simply compile or ask Tesla for a compiled file of V3 and V4 superchargers and add it to to the nav data. You would then push out a simple interface update in the nav that contains a toggle that says include NACS stations in route planning. Default it to off so that you don't hose someone who doesn't have the adapter. Along with this you push the nav data. Lastly if you wanted to be really helpful, which at this point they do not, you throw in a pop-up that appears on the condition of if user selects a supercharger on the map and has the aforementioned toggle off to tell them that you don't appear to have the necessary adapter, are you sure?

I do like the car a lot, but this stuff is relatively simple and yet they fail to make the effort to roll it out timely. I know I can use ABRP, but really in 2026 that should be kind of a backup and not the go to for a $57k MSRP vehicle.

New owner here! There’s a number of charging stations around me that are Level 3 NACS chargers (400kw) that aren’t specifically Tesla Superchargers. Can I use the NACS to CCS1 adapters at those stations, or would it use the the J1772 adapter? I know online it says you can only use it at superchargers. I know the level 1 and 2 NACS chargers would use the NACS to J1772 adapters. For other NACS charging stations, is there a way to determine if it’s level 2 or 3 just by looking at it?

Trying to gauge what is normal.

Wife’s ID.4 charge port door doesn’t latch. Car’s under bumper to bumper, no big deal. How long should a competent VW dealer need the car for that repair?

Well I will start this likely rather long post by saying I love my ID4. We purchased it in September 2025, our first EV. We had dreamed about an EV for years. What we loved was: Solid build. Inside dash does not give when you press on it like so many plastic cars. German suspension. 0-60 in under 5 seconds. AWD. Drives wonderfully. Overtaking cars on the freeway with ease (and some speed of course) never gets old. Enjoy the new roadtrip cadence where we charge near restaurants and take our time getting there. Etc. Etc. I really do love this car. But this car is beginning to concern me greatly. From a safety perspective.

We have had our fair share of issues with this car. We have warrantied the cruise control panel on the steering wheel and currently are trying to determine why I keep getting a front sensor warning like it is dirty (which it is not) as well as my passenger seatbelt warning goes off intermittently at times with nothing even on the seat and only buckling the seatbelt to remedy. This on top of endless infotainment issues since day one. The dealership has had the car a few times and even asked me to film it as they can never recreate the issue (which I have told them is intermittent). Against my better judgement I did while driving and caught both issues, which I guess serves well to have proof (but not super fun videoing and trying to drive at the same time). Even then, they just keep saying they cannot recreate the issue. I intend ever time it happens to film it and take it back. It is under warranty and honest, this car was a big purchase for us that we had high hopes for.

But the issue that takes the cake happened last week. The above issues, to be real, could care less if they get resolved given what went down. My wife was on her way home from taking my son to the doctor. She was on her normal roads she takes home and doing 50mph. There was no car in front of her, none in the oncoming lane and the only car around was quite a ways back from her (thankfully). Out of nowhere the car flashed the get back in center warning and within 1 second locked up the breaks on her with the red emergency warning and led lights going off. This obviously scared her and my son greatly. Had that car behind her been close, or worse yet still on the freeway like she had been ten minutes earlier where everyone tailgates out here, this could have been much much worse.

The dealership took the car in last Thursday. They have put 70 miles on the car to no avail. They said it shows no codes. They want me to take the car back tomorrow. I am not comfortable with this in any way.

I shared with them that if this happens again, I am not willing to have her get in a wreck for them to take this seriously. These cars are computers. I have the date and approximate one hour window this happened in. Surely these cars have logs.

The service advisor was kind. Said he hates these types of calls when they can't fix an issue. But then he tried this line with me that the service technician tried: "You know one way this issue could happen is if on your wife was riding on the line and had her hands off the steering wheel. It would then engage the brakes assuming something bad had happened to the driver." I told him BIG nope. Wife is a defensive conservative two handed driver who never even touches her cell phone. I told him this was not it. I shared I am very uncomfortable taking the car back. That they will be liable is something worse happens. I was very kind about it and I quickly realized he can't do anything, and I simply said I would drop the loaner off tomorrow. I did not say I was going to take possession of the car. He is a good guy who I have enjoyed getting to know less the circumstances.

I called customer care a few min ago. Told her they have a huge liability concern if she gets in a wreck with this happening again. She told me she would note my account and hung up. Could care less.

That is my story. I asked a few friends if I am overreacting and they all said they same thing: they would not want their wife driving the car again until VW found the issue.

Two things:

1. Has anyone else had the braking system lock up for no reason? Curious as I can't imagine we are the only ones.

2. Any advice? I am going to the dealership tomorrow and going the escalate to the service manager. I hate these types of conversations but know I need to grow a set.

Just not sure what to say or do. I don't want my wife driving this car again till they can tell me why and that it is fixed. Does that seem reasonable Reddit?

I have a 2023 ID.4 american version. My rear view camera failed last winter and I bought one online to replace the original. I have a hard time finding online if I should be able to remove the rear camera and hatch handle assembly by pulling on it from outside or if I should remove some of the the hatch door internal trim and access the camera assembly from inside.

Any information is welcome, even better with pictures ;)