2025 Volkswagen Id. Buzz Problems

The contact owns a 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz. The contact stated that while the daughter was turning right onto a curb to park and lifting her foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and crashed into the rear of another parked Honda vehicle, pushing the Honda vehicle approximately eight feet during the impact. During the crash, the vehicle experienced severe front-end damage, but the air bags did not deploy. The collision avoidance also did not engage. The contact zip-tied the grill onto the vehicle in order to replicate the failure the next day. No injuries were reported, and a police report was filed online. The contact indicated that the touch buttons on the steering wheel were easily activated and sensitive to touch, which may have caused the vehicle to erroneously accelerate. The local dealer was notified of the failure and offered to look into a resolution. In addition, the dealer mentioned that in similar cases, vehicles were bought back. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 100.

The rearview camera and rear cross-traffic alert system in my vehicle failed to function while I was reversing. The camera screen went completely black, and the cross-traffic warning did not activate. Because I had no visibility behind the vehicle and received no alerts, I backed into a neighbor’s mailbox post. The impact damaged my rear right turning lights and the mailbox post. These safety systems are critical for preventing collisions, and their unexpected failure created a significant safety risk to me and my neighbor. The vehicle is currently at the dealer for repair of the turn signal light. The dealer has not inspected the camera issue because the camera began working again after the incident, so the malfunction has not yet been reproduced or confirmed. No warning lights, messages, or symptoms appeared before the failure, and it occurred without any prior indication. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request.

My vehicles power doors have become exponentially more difficult to open since new in manual mode. I am now not able to open the rear door manually without throwing my weight into it, and my children cannot do it in assisted. I have confirmed with my dealer and a floor unit that the door is infact more difficult to open in manual mode vs power assist. This concerns me because in the event of an accident my children may not be able to evacuate the rear of the car unassisted. VW confirmed there is nothing to be done at the time because “ the rear door is designed to be only operated automatically” and will not investigate until the door motor fails. I believe this is a serious flaw in the design.

The vehicles Charging port door is swing type and as such on the open position protrudes out of the car body. In addition it has no warning light on the dash or anywhere to indicate its orientation position like open or close , this causes confusion while driving reversing or otherwise any other operation for the driver to ascertain the same if left open .It makes the car prone to accidents and security risk for anyone passing by or even the driver and the passengers as the charge door if left open can hit other objects or persons unintentionally and break fly off as a projectile . Reported this major flaw to the manufacturer , they said they cannot do anything about it . Had an mishap recently with the charge door been open and snap it while reversing since there was no dash warning to let me know it was open . Also the, manufacturer is forcing any damages caused by this accident because of this vital feature being absent to be borne by the owner. Here is the case VW case #07090204

I am writing to report a serious safety concern regarding the rear brakes. The components are producing heavy squeaking and grinding noises, leading to concerns that the system is defective and unreliable for emergency braking. Additionally, the excessive noise level is a public distraction that negatively impacts the driving environment for others.

The cars brakes randomly firm and grab hard, or in other cases are soft and require the drive to depress them twice or three times as much as when they are firm, or they needed to be pumped to engage as expected. This car has been inspected by the manufacturer and not issues were found. A similar concern was reported by consumer reports in their review. “feeble and inconsistent brake pedal feel” This has caused numerous issues of unintended hard braking when you need to stop quickly.

I believe there is a fire risk. Attached is a picture of the fuse block and a device attached to an empty fuse location. Correct procedure is to attach here with a fuse. Instead they attached a wire to the hot side of a fuse location that has no fuse. This small red wire goes to the device. The device is fused and a small black wire comes off the device to a ground . The problem is that the red wire itself is not protected for about a foot until there is the inline fuse. If this wire shorts to ground it would potentially cause a fire. This is a dangling wire in the fuse box area where a person may access this area to get the tire pump or the metal attachment for securing the vehicle. The proper procedure would have been to install the red wire on a small fuse block protected by a proper sized fuse for the wire, Instead of having the unprotected wire dangling in front of the fuse box. This appears to be something the manufacturer added late, and was hacked in by someone that did not have automotive electrical degree. I would expect a mistake like this from an unlicensed kid in a stereo shop, not an automotive manufacturer.

The vehicles Charging port door is swing type and as such on the open position protrudes out of the car body. In addition it has no warning light on the dash or anywhere to indicate its orientation position like open or close , this causes confusion while driving reversing or otherwise any other operation for the driver to ascertain the same if left open .It makes the car prone to accidents and security risk for anyone passing by or even the driver and the passengers as the charge door if left open can hit other objects or persons unintentionally and break fly off as a projectile . Reported this major flaw to the manufacturer , they said they cannot do anything about it . Had an mishap recently with the charge door been open and snap it while reversing since there was no dash warning to let me know it was open . Also the, manufacturer is forcing any damages caused by this accident because of this vital feature being absent to be borne by the owner. Here is the case VW case #07090204