2023 Volkswagen ID.4 Vehicle Speed Control Problems
Owners have filed 57 complaints with NHTSA about vehicle speed control problems on the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4, 12% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 13,000 miles. The words owners use most often: “cruise control” (12% of reports).
- 57vehicle speed control complaints
- 13,000median miles at failure
- 21mention a crash
- 6mention an injury
- 0related recalls
- 39%of reports with a speed happened at 50+ mph
What owners describe
Phrases that appear unusually often in these complaints compared with complaints about other cars.
- Cruise control: mentioned in 7 of 57 complaints (12%)
- Parking space: mentioned in 5 of 57 complaints (9%)
At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems happen?
Based on 6 complaints that reported the odometer reading.
How serious are the reports?
Of 57 complaints, 21 mention a crash, 6 an injury.
Volkswagen ID.4 vehicle speed control complaints by model year
When owners reported it
Related recalls (0)
No safety recall lists vehicle speed control for the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4. A pattern of complaints does not always lead to a recall.
What owners report
Short excerpts of recent complaints, with personal details removed. Full reports are on NHTSA.gov.
I have experienced this situation two times this past week in a parking lot. I pulled out of a space and was only going 2 to 3 miles an hour and the car lunged forward quickly and then stopped. Luckily nothing was in front of me.
My car spontaneously accelerated out of control, onto my neighbor's lawn. I had to brake hard to stop the car from crashing into their house. This could have injured myself and my neighbors, if the car did not stop. The car has not yet been inspected by Volkswagen, I am in contact with their…
Sudden acceleration while parking in my garage. Very low speed,then sudden âexplosive â acceleration smashing the front end and garage contents

Frequently asked questions
Do all 2023 Volkswagen ID.4s have vehicle speed control problems?
No. NHTSA has 57 owner complaints about vehicle speed control for the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 (12% of the 462 complaints for this model year). Complaint data shows that the problem is reported, not how many of all cars sold are affected.
Was there a recall on the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 vehicle speed control?
No recall currently lists vehicle speed control for this vehicle.
At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems start?
The median reported mileage is 13,000 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.
What do owners say about vehicle speed control problems on the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4?
The most frequent phrase is “cruise control”, in 7 of 57 complaints, followed by “parking space” (5).
Other 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 problems
See all 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 problems or vehicle speed control problems across all ID.4 years.