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Awesome car with great looks!
Kyle, 06/03/2021
2021 Volkswagen ID.4 1st Edition 4dr SUV (electric DD)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
We bought this car a week ago, and it's wonderful! More comfortable and better looking than a Tesla, Honda CRV, or Rav 4. It has great standard features and just feels more modern than any other EV out there as of right now. Very happy with our purchase!
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VW ID.4 Short of Failure
Ricky, 01/16/2022
2021 Volkswagen ID.4 Pro 4dr SUV (electric DD)
22 of 31 people found this review helpful
VW attempt at an electric car is just that - an attempt. Electronics are fair. Delayed charging is poor - does not charge with consistency. The app is basic and rudimentary. Paid version of car.net does not add much to the app. Hyundai and similar cars have better features. Tax credit is the one plus feature. VW recommendation is 80% charge and not to go to 100%. Thus the range is much less and usage is significantly high.
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New ID.4 Driver
D2, 11/11/2021
updated 05/16/2022
2021 Volkswagen ID.4 Pro S (Statement) 4dr SUV (electric DD)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
I've had my ID4 for two months and have not driven an EV before. The car has so many preference options, I am learning slowly. My only issue was a faulty trunk liftgate which occurred before the dealer sold it to me. When they ordered the new part, the dealer fixed it and it's been fine. I've had one warning of a faulty electrical system, but it went off after I exited the car and got back in. The car did not shut down and I made it home safely. I use the charge cord that came with the car. I didn't know that Electrify America is only for DC fast-charging, which is not recommended as the sole power source. That's a little disappointing. However, I find it very convenient to plug into my outdoor outlet and charge on my driveway. I wish the charge port was in the front, not the back. Overall, I am very happy and love the car. It's got good pickup and I am getting accurate range, i,e., if I drive 30 miles away per Google Maps, my range is reduced by 30 miles. I'm sure a Tesla is more fun to drive but I needed the federal income tax credit and sorry but Tesla's Y is not as good looking, The one-star review about the faulty coolant pump has been a common problem reported on the ID.4 chat board. Nothing's perfect, I guess. I read that the voice commands should be turned off as it helps the response time of the infotainment system. It also helps to let everything boot up before throwing it into Drive and taking off. Remember, you're driving a software-driven machine, not a conventional gas-powered piston-pumping engine. I agree that VW probably could have done a few things better but get the sense that the gripers would be griping about something else either way.
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Decent car but with some own-goal shortcomings
Dan R, 10/27/2021
updated 11/29/2021
2021 Volkswagen ID.4 Pro S (Statement) 4dr SUV (electric DD)
8 of 11 people found this review helpful
I like this car. It drives really nicely, it feels solid, it looks great, it's comfortable, it has good acceleration, and I get free charging at Electrify America. Plus it has massaging in the front seats. Unfortunately it also has shortcomings, some of which are needless blunders and some of which are super annoying and some of which are both. - There's no one-touch physical button for the heating and cooling fan speed. You have to tap the physical climate button and then adjust the fan speed on the infotainment screen. Very inconvenient and annoying! - The audio volume and temperature control physical buttons don't illuminate at night! Think about it: VW illuminated the VW emblem on the front of the car but didn't illuminate important controls. This is a really unbelievably dumb shortcoming (did VW hire high school interns for this part of the engineering work?) and really inconvenient when you can't see them! VW, how long have you been making cars? This blunder is a serious head-scratcher and I hope VW offers owners free retrofitting to fix this giant flaw. - The vehicle rolls backward when I release the brake if I'm stopped at a red light or stop sign at an incline! Sometimes I don't even realize it's rolling because it can happen if you are not pushing down hard enough on the brake. This is a risky or even dangerous shortcoming that should not exist and I hope VW can fix it via firmware update. In the meantime, I'll be sure to send them the bill if I roll into a car behind me. - There are certain positions the sun visor does not like to stay in. It's annoying because you put it in a certain position and it moves away from that position. Again, this is something that I should not be experiencing in a vehicle from an established, long-time car manufacturer. - Some controls on the steering wheel are too close to the grip areas and are easy to activate by mistake when turning the wheel. This is another mistake that an experienced car manufacturer should never be making. - I still haven't figured out how to turn off the super annoying voice announcements about traffic conditions. It's driving me crazy. - My car's infotainment screen has crashed numerous times and needs to be rebooted to get it to work again. Hopefully VW is working on a firmware update that might fix this problem. I'm waiting.... - Putting the gear lever above and behind the windshield wiper lever is a bit odd because, at least where I live in a dry sunny climate, I use the gear lever much more than the windshield wipers and it would be better if it were the one within easier, quicker reach. I've even accidentally activated the windshield wipers several times by accidentally bumping that lever. - Wireless charging of my iPhone X makes my phone so hot that some functions actually stop working. But maybe this is not a VW flaw and is instead just the nature of the beast. I stopped using it after just a few times. Sounds like a great idea but the reality isn't so great. - I like that the car has wireless Apple Car Play, but there seems to possibly be some conflict between that system and the VW Car-Net system that I haven't been able to totally figure out. Specifically, I had some problems using my phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot for my laptop when I was using wireless Apple Car Play, although now maybe it's working, I'm not sure. - In sunny Southern California, a glass moonroof is a great way to feel way too hot in your car. I would like to see that feature be an option rather than a standard feature. I had to use the most expensive tinting available to try to ameliorate that issue. - Sometimes when I try to open the back hatch by grabbing the handle to open it, it doesn't unlock and open. Other times it does. It seems to be finicky and I haven't been able to figure out why. - Opening the passenger door with my remote control is also sometimes perplexing. One click? Two clicks? Two fast clicks? Two slow clicks? I still haven't been able to figure it out. - I wish the blind spot warning light had an option for an audible warning too, and I wish the color of the light were different from the color of the blinker on the side view mirror so that it clearly looks different. - The backup camera is a huge disappointment. I'm seriously dumbfounded why VW is using such a bad backup camera. It's not very sharp, and the field of view is narrow. My 2018 Honda Odyssey had a much clearer and wider view. And compared to Tesla it's not even a close contest. It's really frustrating because you have to be extra careful checking the sides with this camera, plus just simple backing up is not a relaxing experience because the camera image quality is so poor. VW certainly should be able to do much better than what they have right now. VW, give me a better camera worthy of being in an ID.4! - There should be separate controls for the front and rear windows. Having to push a button to toggle between front and back with one set of buttons is not easy to get used to. Very awkward feature that should be nixed in future iterations of this car. This is a great car, but it could be even better, and with all of VW's experience, they really should know better than to introduce a car with such amateur shortcomings. However, I do love the car, and the positives easily outweigh the negatives UPDATE: I decided to get rid of this car because the shortcomings I mentioned in my review just became too much of a constant nuisance and disappointment. VW needs to improve this car's software, ergonomics, and system reliability before they can compete with the best EV vehicles.
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GREAT CAR!
Steve R, 07/26/2022
2021 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD Pro S (Statement) 4dr SUV AWD (electric DD)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
After about 1000 miles we are very happy with the ID4. Very quick and quiet. Road manners are excellent and the sound system is great too. The Infotainment system is much better with V3.1. Love this car!