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Volkswagen Will Remotely Limit Some ID.4s to 80 Percent Charge

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Volkswagen Will Remotely Limit Some ID.4s to 80 Percent Charge

The automaker will send out an over-the-air update as part of its response to a recall centered on battery fires.

Volkswagen is planning to send out an over-the-air update to 22,524 ID.4 customers that would limit the maximum charge of their vehicle to 80 percent, recall documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show. According to the documents, the batteries in the associated vehicles could catch fire if certain charging conditions are met while the vehicle is at over 80 percent state of charge.

This isn’t the first recall related to battery fires that Volkswagen has issued for the ID.4 this year. That came back in January and covered nearly 44,000 models stretching from the 2023 to 2025 model years. Car and Driver reached out to Volkswagen for confirmation that the two recalls are related. We will update this story when we learn more.

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To keep the cars from combusting, Volkswagen will send out an over-the-air update to the cars that can receive it, setting the charge limit to 80 percent. The automaker will also send out warning stickers to be placed on the car, warning owners not to charge beyond that point. According to the recall documents, the charging limit is intended to be a temporary solution, while Volkswagen works out a more permanent fix. The reason for the temporary fix, according to the NHTSA documents, is that Volkswagen still isn’t entirely sure why the batteries are catching fire.


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