Safety Recall 57J5 / Door Handles – 2021-2022 Volkswagen ID4

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May 3, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V312000

Vehicle Doors May Open Unexpectedly

A vehicle door that opens unexpectedly while the vehicle is in motion increases the risk of injury.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V312

Manufacturer Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Components STRUCTURE

Potential Number of Units Affected 35,325

 

Summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021-2022 ID.4 vehicles. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured with door handles that allow water to enter the circuit board assembly, which can cause the doors to open unexpectedly when the vehicle is subject to high lateral forces at speeds below 9 mph/15 kmh.

 

Remedy

Dealers will update the vehicle software, and inspect the door handles as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 30, 2023. Owners may contact Volkswagen’s customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen’s number for this recall is 57J5.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 

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Affected Vehicles

Country Beginning Model Year Ending Model Year Vehicle Vehicle Count
USA 2021 2022 ID4 35,325
CAN 2021 2022 ID4 2,519

 

Issue:

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” to the door lock. Water ingress at the printed circuit board assembly of the door handle may cause a situation where a vehicle door could open unexpectedly when the vehicle is subject to high lateral forces at speeds below 9 mph/15 kmh. An open door on a moving vehicle puts occupants at risk of injury, and cause damage to objects and people who may be outside of the vehicle.

 

Precautions:

If the recall condition is present in the vehicle, occupants may notice an audible clicking noise (similar to the sound of a vehicle door being locked/unlocked). Should this occur, customers are advised to contact an authorized Volkswagen dealer without delay to have the vehicle inspected.

 

Repair:

  • REPAIR NOT YET AVAILABLE
  • Check daily campaign open inventory report or OMD for affected vehicles in inventory
  • Volkswagen is working to make a recall remedy available as soon as possible for the affected vehicles. Dealers and owners will be notified in writing once the recall remedy work can be performed.

 


Chronology :

June 2021: Two (2) reports with alleged door openings from the U.S. market received. Parts requested and analysis started. Damages to the wiring harness identified to be the root cause for water ingress on one part.

No defects were detected on the other part.

April 2022: Two (2) further cases received from U.S. market. Water ingress to the circuit board detected.

April 2022- November 2022: Analysis of field parts from different markets started, trying to reproduce the faulty behavior with malfunctioning hardware parts from the field, debugging of electric signals and conduction of accelerated aging tests.

November 2022: Tests conducted on an affected vehicle from the field for speeds below 15km/h; Parts send to supplier for analysis.

January 2023- February 2023: Analysis of field parts conducted at the supplier, End of Line process evaluation and conducted quality tests on the deconstructed field parts.

February 2023: Started tests of serial parts in climate chamber to evaluate process of water ingress into part.

February 28, 2023: NHTSA requested a meeting in order to discuss the field performance of the ID.4 door handles.

March 15, 2023: First presentation of the topic in the Volkswagen Product Safety Committee. Root cause not determined. Further investigation between the suppliers for U.S. and German factory production was recommended.

March 23, 2023: VWGoA met with NHTSA to discuss the topic.

March 28, 2023 : Tests of serial parts in climate chamber finished and root cause finally confirmed by the supplier.

April 12, 2023: Presentation of the field situation and results of the tests in the Volkswagen Product Safety Committee. Identification of potentially affected vehicle population started.

April 26, 2023: Volkswagen Product Safety Committee decided a recall.

28 reports with alleged door openings known, received from June 2021 to April 2023.

 


2 Affected Products

Vehicle

MAKE MODEL YEAR
VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 2021-2022

 


3 Associated Documents

Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V312-3702.PDF 216.257KB

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Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V312-6832.pdf 689.859KB

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Volkswagen – 57J5 Dealer Advance Notice – May 2023

RCMN-23V312-1893.pdf 235.125KB

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Latest Recalls Documents

For the Latest and Most Recent Recalls Information Visit the link below…

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=23V312&docType=RCL

 


 

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