2024 Volkswagen ID.4 Consumer Reviews
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After honeymoon, it is down the hill experience
Not quite sure on many positive reviews here. I am at 19,000 miles after 11 months driving and as such, can confidently say this model has delivered experience far away from satisfactory. It is electric motor, hv battery and usual electronics (remote, entertainment system, climate control, user preset settings, etc.) that have been installed in cars for at least a decade. And somehow, VW managed to screw it on grand scale: 1. It stopped detecting remote key fob even though it has new battery. 2. After over the air OS update, it resets all my user pre-saved settings. Why would it do that after simple update? 3. VW app is useless; 4. Rear brakes are squealing every time I need to do harder than light braking. 5. Rear trunk opens up on third - fourth try. 6. When driving long distance I am always concerned Electrify America will be unavailable or I will get stuck for hours charging at 30-40kW per hour. At first, I really liked the car. I do a work myself when I need to replace car fluids/parts; so it was refreshing to know that I would not have to do most of it with ID4. Now, I realize it comes with its own set of failures which are really surprising given the fact that moving details of this car are simpler than internal combustion engine with transmission, transfer case, rear differential. But VW has managed to @@@ it up with this one. All my office mates own teslas and I should have listened to them and purchased Tesla Y. Now, even if I try to sell it today I would lose almost half from the spot price I paid.
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Great EV!
This is a really solid EV. It’s quite, comfortable, has tons of room and one of the highest ground clearances of any EV on the market beside Rivian and the Subaru/toyota EV. The ID.4 charging speed is not the fastest, but it’s up there and has a good charging curve. I rarely need to stop for more than 15 minutes to charge on a road trip. While the infotainment software could be a little better it’s not an issue for me since I just use Apple CarPlay. I think VW did a great job of making a great practical EV that balance all the compromises of different EVs in just the right way for me.
- S 4dr SUVMSRP: $29,998169 mi away
- Standard 4dr SUVMSRP: $25,998184 mi away
- Pro S 4dr SUVMSRP: $33,99838 mi away
Fun Drive!
This has been a great car to drive—quick, comfortable, and handles well. Most of the “professional” reviews I read are extremely picky and generally irrelevant. Yes, the software could be tweaked, a heads up display would be great and the interior could be a bit nicer. Of course, more range would be great, so this isn’t a car to take in long trips (most EVs aren’t). My primary complaint is that bidirectional charging isn’t implemented yet—despite promises this would be available long ago. Waiting waiting waiting…Anyone interested in an EV should check out this vehicle!
Love my ID4
I had a 2021 id4 pro s gradient and really loved it. The drive is excellent! Smooth and quiet and built solid. I made the mistake and traded it in 2023 for a model y long range thinking the range would be much better. The range wasn’t much better. I only kept that for 4 months because of the awful build quality, awful ride, awful service, and unsafe autopilot. I happily purchased a 2023 id4 pro s again and couldn’t be happier to be back. Get an id4!
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ID4 has issues that can be life-threatening.
They managed to delete my review. I am shocked google let's that happen. Anyway, I will not give up. Will keep re-posting this for everyone to see the incompetence of vw. I had my Id4 stop on me while driving 5 times in a couple of months, 3 times on the freeway. I have given my car for servicing every time. thrice at Herman cook vw and twice at Kearny mesa vw(both in San Diego, CA). I think 4/5 times all they did was recalibrate the parts and change nothing(or may be they did, I can't remember, but the 5th time they didn't replace any parts), once(4th time) they changed some parts and still did not help. Now, the car is returned and I am so scared of when it's gonna stop next, always drive on the right lane so I can get to the shoulder. vw on the whole has terrible customer service and id4 would be the worst car to buy, even a 2 decade old salvaged used car would be safer than id4. It's a life threatening situation I am dealing with my car stopping this frequently on the freeway. Keeping it for 2 weeks and just recalibrating without being able to find any issues is inexcusable.
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