Volkswagen’s electric crossover success story just hit a serious speed bump. Certain 2023, 2024, and 2025 Volkswagen ID.4 models are being recalled over a potential battery fire risk that has regulators and the company urging owners to change how they park and charge. For drivers who picked the ID.4 as a calm, zero‑emissions commuter, the new guidance is anything but relaxing.
The recall covers tens of thousands of vehicles and layers on top of earlier safety campaigns for the same model line. Owners now have to juggle warnings about where to leave their cars, how to monitor them, and when to get them into a shop, all while sorting through official notices and online chatter.
What is going wrong with the 2023–2025 Volkswagen ID.4
The core problem sits inside the high‑voltage battery pack that powers the Volkswagen ID.4. According to federal safety filings, certain battery cell modules can develop internal damage that raises the risk of a thermal event, which is the clinical way of saying the pack could catch fire. A recent Page in a Part 573 Safety Recall Report lists the affected Population under the Manufacturer Information section, identifying the Manufacturer Name as Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., which is responsible for the recall campaign in the United States. That document underpins the current action and confirms that the issue is not theoretical but serious enough to trigger a formal safety response.
Regulators have framed the risk in plain language. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has described how, in a fire, a compromised high‑voltage system can threaten the vehicle, nearby property, and anyone close to it. Earlier recall documentation for the 2023 model year, including NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 23V750000, flagged that a defect in the electric drivetrain could reduce the “Transmission Braking Effect” and worsen outcomes “in a fire,” as summarized in the Recalls and Structure section that cites the NHTSA CAMPAIGN and Report Date in NOV. That earlier campaign involved 24,025 vehicles and set the stage for closer scrutiny of the ID.4’s electric hardware.
The latest wave of attention is not happening in a vacuum. Volkswagen has been riding a strong sales curve for its electric crossover, with one report noting that The Volkswagen ID.4 closed out 2025 with a 31 percent year‑on‑year sales increase to 22,300 units, a detail tucked into a broader look at “Jan,” “The Other Side of,” and “Strong Year” for the brand’s EV lineup. That same analysis of The Volkswagen ID also pointed out that the company had to issue two separate ID.4 recalls tied to battery cell modules, underscoring how a hot seller can quickly become a hot potato when safety questions pile up.
How many ID.4s are affected and what owners are being told to do
The scope of the current battery‑fire campaign is big enough to matter in any neighborhood parking lot. One detailed breakdown reports that Volkswagen is recalling more than 43,800 ID.4 SUVs in the United States over the battery fire risk, a figure attributed to the Dallas Express. That same account notes that the affected vehicles include specific production runs of the Volkswagen ID before a manufacturing change, which means not every ID.4 on the road is automatically at risk, but a large chunk of 2023, 2024, and 2025 models are under the microscope.
Volkswagen’s own messaging has been blunt. In local coverage of the recall, the company is described urging ID.4 drivers to “park it outside” and away from structures until repairs are completed, a warning that has been repeated in multiple markets. One station highlighted that the company’s recall number is 93EA and reminded Owners that they can run their vehicle identification number through the NHTSA database to see if their crossover is included. Another local report on the same issue stressed that Volkswagen is working with National Highway Traffic on the campaign and that owners of an affected Volkswagen ID should contact their dealer promptly.
National coverage of the recall has pulled the details together. A widely circulated Recall Alert explains that Volkswagen is recalling certain 2023, 2024, and 2025 Volkswagen ID electric crossovers due to a potential battery fire risk and that Volkswagen will inspect and, if necessary, replace affected components at no cost. Another national summary notes that to fix the problem, VW will check the high‑voltage pack and swap out defective modules free of charge, a point spelled out in coverage of how Volkswagen Recalls ID models Battery Fire Risk and Tells Owners To until the work is done. A separate analysis of how Volkswagen Issues ID a Battery Recall and how that Fire Risk Prompts notes that about 44,000 more ID.4s are covered and that Volkswagen is advising owners on how to charge and “operate the vehicle normally” while they wait for repairs.
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