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Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021-2024 ID.4 vehicles. The door handles may allow water to enter the circuit board assembly, which can cause the doors to open unexpectedly. This is according to documents made public today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which had been investigating the safety defect on ~100,000 ID.4’s. The recall population was determined by production records starting from Start of Production of the ID.4 for the U.S. market in the Zwickau (Germany) and the Chattanooga (U.S.) production plant until the current end of Production in both plants for the U.S. market. The part came from U-Shin Mexico.

The affected vehicles may have been built with door handles that do not meet the factory specifications for protection against water ingress. Water ingress into the printed circuit board can lead to malfunctions causing an “open command” – signaling an open command by the door handle when the handle is not being activated by a person. An open door on a moving vehicle puts occupants at risk of injury, and can cause damage to objects and people who may be outside of the vehicle. If the recall problem is present in the vehicle, occupants may notice an audible clicking noise , similar to the sound of a vehicle door being locked/unlocked by the key fob. The planned recall remedy and series production countermeasures are still under development. It is not corrected yet in production. Continue reading →