If you’re driving an electric vehicle, you probably don’t expect it to stall. In a new car with enough gas, that’s also unlikely, but at least in your heart, you know it can. In an EV, as long as the power is on, you can keep moving. Obviously unless you drive a Volkswagen ID.4.
auto blog report that Volkswagen has issued a recall affecting nearly 21,000 ID.4 crossovers. Reason? The motor may stop temporarily randomly. See, you won’t give up your ICE driving experience just because you switch to an EV.
The problem is attributed to a bug in the ID.4 battery management controller software. Obviously, the management software will sometimes reset itself, then cut off the power of the pulse inverter, causing the electric motor to lose power. Not ideal.
Volkswagen is said to have first discovered the problem in July 2021, but because the steering and brakes are still functioning, it didn’t issue an immediate recall while it studied what was going on. go out. The German automaker was later informed by one of their suppliers that there was also a problem with the pulse inverter’s software that was also causing the ID.4 to stop working.
The recall applies to 20,904 ID.4 units manufactured between May 26, 2020 and January 20, 2022. The good news for owners, however, is that all that is needed for a fix. the problem is software update. The bad news is that it can’t be done over-the-air, so they’ll have to schedule an appointment with a Volkswagen dealer to install the update. Cars manufactured after January 20, 2022 are already running the latest software and will not be affected.
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If you own an ID.4, your car should give you a notification about the recall if yours is affected, but you can also enter your VIN on NHTSA recall website if you want to check for yourself.
