Volkswagen is recalling a small variety of ID.4 electrical autos that will have improperly put in airbag inflators.
The recall consists of simply 837 autos from mannequin years 2023 and 2024. In these autos, nuts securing the first inflator of the passenger entrance airbag might have been left unfastened on the manufacturing unit. This might trigger airbags to inflate incorrectly, in response to the NHTSA.
2024 Volkswagen ID.4
House owners might hear a rattling sound within the dashboard if the nuts securing the airbag inflator are unfastened, the NHTSA famous.
Sellers will examine the torque of the airbag inflator screws, and exchange the airbag if the screws are discovered to be unfastened, freed from cost. VW plans to start mailing proprietor notification letters October 18. House owners also can contact VW customer support at 1-800-893-5298 for extra info.
2024 Volkswagen ID.4
VW additionally lately issued a a lot bigger recall of 98,806 ID.4 EVs from mannequin years 2021 to 2024 for improperly manufactured door handles. The door deal with subject resulted in a stop-sale and stop-production order being given for the ID.4 till a repair is carried out. The affected autos might have door handles with inadequate sealing, which might enable water to seep right into a printed circuit board and trigger doorways to open unexpectedly. This follows a recall introduced earlier this yr for 2021-2023 ID.4 fashions that addresses points with gauge clusters and infotainment methods.
Launched for the 2021 mannequin yr, the ID.4 acquired substantial upgrades for 2024, together with extra vary and improved infotainment {hardware} that appeared to deal with lots of the points Inexperienced Automobile Stories present in earlier fashions. Nonetheless, these enhancements got here with a value improve that considerably eroded the VW’s worth proposition. U.S. meeting in Tennessee does a minimum of preserve the $7,500 federal EV tax credit score for fashions with locally-sourced batteries, although.
