Volkswagen backover prevention problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 268 complaints involve backover prevention. The ID.4 accounts for the largest share (33%). The single worst model year is the 2023 ID.4 with 49 backover prevention complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 268 about backover prevention, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- ID.4 33% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 52 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for backover prevention
- 2023 Volkswagen ID.449 complaints
- 2021 Volkswagen ID.419 complaints
- 2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport17 complaints
- 2022 Volkswagen Golf11 complaints
- 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan11 complaints
Backover prevention complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 29 |
| 2022 | 49 |
| 2023 | 67 |
| 2024 | 49 |
| 2025 | 18 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Among the 52 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.