# 2023 VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `2097599` · 2025-06-04 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VOLKSWAGEN
- **Model:** ID.4
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Component:** FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
## Narrative
I was driving off the freeway in my ID4 and had been driving with both B mode (Regenerative braking) and the cruise control on. I then proceeded to drive approx 4 miles, still in B mode. I pulled into a parking space at my local swim club, and as I pulled into the space I took my foot off the accelerator, and began to slow down. As I was about to break to bring the car to a complete standstill, the adaptive cruise control kicked in and launched my car forward over the small concrete bollard, through a chain-link fence and into a tree stump (roughly the length of the car again). This caused considerable damage to my vehicle, but more so I am concerned for other drivers that these two drive modes conflict with each other and cause a serious safety concern.  Insurance claim has been logged with AAA.
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