# 2025 VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 — BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
> NHTSA complaint `2125477` · 2025-08-29 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VOLKSWAGEN
- **Model:** ID.4
- **Year:** 2025
- **Manufacturer:** Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Component:** BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
## Narrative
On [XXX], I was parking my 2025 VW ID.4 car in a parking spot in B mode and applying the brake to come to a stop. The car suddenly accelerated forward (of its own will) at maximum speed such that the car ran over a bollard, a sidewalk and into a brick wall causing significant damage.  In the space of perhaps 10 feet at most the car went from a stopping position to taking out a brick wall on a commercial building.  This is so incredibly dangerous as someone could have been on the sidewalk and killed. I could have been killed as my airbag never deployed despite charging with great speed into a brick wall!  NHTSA must do something to resolve this.  VW has overwhelming knowledge of this defect.  In June 2025 a class action lawsuit was filed against the VW for this exact reason - link here:  [XXX]  Per the lawsuit there have been deaths related to this defect.  This was never disclosed to me when I bought the car....as a matter of fact, the EV safety features in their sales pitch was one of the overwhelming reasons I bought the car.  There are also many blogs related to this issue describing almost exactly what happened to me.   INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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