{"id":81213,"date":"2025-03-15T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81213"},"modified":"2025-03-15T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:04:00","slug":"1145949_vw-id-4-audi-q4-e-tron-recall-12v-issue-may-strand-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81213","title":{"rendered":"VW ID.4, Audi Q4 E-Tron recall: 12V issue may strand drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron electric vehicles are being recalled because of an issue with their batteries\u2014their 12-volt batteries, that is.<\/p>\n

In the 13,769 recalled vehicles\u2014including a mix of 2024 VW ID.4<\/strong> and 2024-2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron<\/strong> and E-Tron Sportback models\u2014the 12-volt battery may not charge, even when there’s plenty of charge in the high-voltage battery pack, according to the NHTSA. This could prevent cars from starting, as well as lead to loss of power or electronic issues if the 12-volt battery runs out of charge while a vehicle is being driven.<\/p>\n

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\"2025<\/p>\n

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This can occur even when the 12-volt battery is relatively new, as it’s related to condensation forming within the onboard charger and damaging a printed circuit board due to insufficient protective coating. That can cause the DC\/DC converter to fail and prevent the 12-volt battery from charging.<\/p>\n

If a fault with the 12-volt battery is detected, “the vehicle will provide several, major warnings to the driver, and the vehicle will experience reduced driving functions,” the NHTSA said.<\/p>\n

The remedy is replacement of the onboard charger<\/strong>, which dealers will do free of charge. VW and Audi plan to mail owner notification letters Apr. 29. VW customers can call that brand’s customer service department at 1-800-893-5298 and reference recall number 93CJ. Audi’s customer service department can be reached at 1-800-253-2834, and its reference number for this recall is 93FR.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Volkswagen ID.4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

VW just restarted deliveries<\/a> of the ID.4 after a door-handle issue<\/a>\u00a0that led to a stop-sale order and production halt. The 2025 model<\/a> costs a little bit more, in part because the smaller battery pack is temporarily unavailable, with midyear features coming.<\/p>\n

Previous model years of the ID.4 and Q4, which are closely related, have been involved in several other noteworthy recalls, including one for instrument panels<\/a> and another for screen issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron electric vehicles are being recalled because of an issue with their batteries\u2014their 12-volt batteries, that is. In the 13,769 recalled vehicles\u2014including a mix of 2024 VW ID.4 and 2024-2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback models\u2014the 12-volt battery may not charge, even when there’s plenty of charge in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}