VW ID.4

https://www.divane.ie/en/used-cars/2192168

Is this deal just for older ID4 trade ins?

Still nothing

link is not working. I used Divanes for my original ID4. Traded in 2007 VW Touran. That died before the ID4 was delivered. They still gave me a deal. Several k cheaper than other garages.
I upgraded to a 251 at Easter and rhey also looked after me.

John Earls seems to get recommended here quite a bit, not that far from Dublin if can’t find anyone local in terms of an EV specialist. That said door handles shouldn’t be any different on an EV from any other vehicle.

Well done.

Plenty of examples in this forum alone of unhappy owners with niggly issues with their ID4s. And a very clear message of dissatisfaction regarding VW service when problems rear their heads.

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Not sure that's bearing out on the service side, whatever about the product side.

Being the top seller means nothing, people buy what they like without much research, they want the VW SUV to drive to the schools, doesn't matter if it was reliable or not once it's believed the car was expensive.

My id3 was plagued with issues which were never going to get resolved, some more serious was intermittently loosing all infotainment and Instrument cluster meaning no heat/ac no radio/nav no ability to control anything and no speedometer, imagine explaining that to a judge ! the interior was dirt cheap and the door panels rattled like nuts when the volume was turned up but not by a lot and no rear door speakers in a 40 K car I didn't realise until after I bought it. I'd say only for all those issues I'd probably still have it. But too much reliance on software and screens for basic functions, I won't be getting any car like that again.

Issues rarely prevent sales, look at the wet belt disaster from Ford, Stellantis ? the BMW timing chain issue in the past or the Audio Multitronic disaster ?

I's say the vast majority of car owners are not on boards.ie or any other forum.

Nissan and Renault has CVT issues, it didn't prevent people buying them.

People buy cars with the expectation that they will work without issues being new and having a warranty, but getting warranty work done and dealing with car dealers can be a pain in the ass.

The point I was trying to make was that cars will sell whether they have issues or not, most people just care that a new car has warranty and know that any major issues will be fixed not thinking about the potential for there being huge issues with spares and time off the road. New doesn't always mean better, of course the owner won't have to pay but sometimes the inconvenience is a major issue people don't think about.

Look at how many people bought wet belt cars ? I assume that even if the majority of new buyers were aware of the issue they still wouldn't be bothered and would have sold the car before it became an issue, perhaps deliberate by the manufacturers ? the point being, it didn't stop sales of cars with wet cam belts. Nor did Multitronic issues prevent Audi sales.

Kia/Hyundai's IMMU issue isn't preventing people buying the electric cars it effects, it sure as hell would stop me buying 2nd hand though, and the issues many had with the gearbox in the E-Niro/Kona and the wet belts, all cars I would avoid 2nd hand. Who would have thought the battery would be the most reliable part of the car ? lol.

All of these issues could perhaps have a dramatic issue on 2nd hand values. I do my research, maybe a lot more 2nd hand buyers do too considering many cars may be out of warranty.

The potential of living with software related issues is a major issue for me though, cars need to get back to being a lot more basic in my opinion.

Have the same thing happening in a 2024 model, only in wet weather and only at parking speed, the way I fix it is the next time I have a clear road in front and behind, I take off the regeneration braking and brake hard a few times, that usually fixes it, at least for a while until I have to repeat the process. Haven't bothered going to the dealer as they are totally useless

Thanks for the tip, will give that a go. Car booked back in to be looked at again next week. The dealer said they will find it hard to recreate the heavy rain we had a week ago. I’ve offered them a loan of my garden hose. Will post any findings if there are any…

252 car. Locked it twice in past week. 10 mins later the VW App sends me an alert that i ahould park safely and I've left the car unlocked.

Sure enough car is unlocked.

The door handles are very flimsy fir a new car. Fairly sure my 9 year old girl has damagd one already. Could be related.

Between that and the terrible key fob range not impressed with lock/unlocking here