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VW ID.4 recall due to software-related downtime affects 21,000 electric cars



An essential software glitch in battery management control circuit of Volkswagen’s all-electric vehicle cross ID.4 may suddenly cause the vehicle to stall, forcing the company to release it recalled nearly 21,000 units. Based on VW, the management software may reset itself under some conditions and that may turn off the pulse inverter during reset. As part of a chain reaction, that thing will stop supplying power to the car’s electric motor.

According to documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationat the end of last month VW initiated a remember for 20,904 ID.4s built between May 26, 2020 and January 20, 2022. Problems surfaced in July 2021. In September of that year, VW concluded there was no risk. no nonsense to the driver “since driving and brake functions were not affected,” but continued to study the situation.In January 2022, the VW supplier informed them that the pulse inverter software also had problems, which could lead to problems. to stop working.

Owners will be notified via an alert in the ID.4’s tools module at the end of March and directed to visit a VW agency to install the software fix for the high voltage battery management controller and the pulse inverter controller. VW says newer vehicles are not affected because they use a newer software version.

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