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Volkswagen Recalls 22,524 ID.4s As Battery Fire Cause Remains Unknown

The recall covers more than twenty-two thousand electric SUVs, and owners are waiting on Volkswagen to learn what is setting the batteries alight; patience required.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 9:38 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Motor1.com: “Volkswagen Recalls 22,524 ID.4s As Battery Fire Cause Remains Unknown”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:38 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.

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Motor1.comVolkswagen Recalls 22,524 ID.4s As Battery Fire Cause Remains Unknown

What BBN said about it

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing in a dealership lot where row after row of Volkswagen ID.4s sits dark and quiet, and Volkswagen is recalling twenty-two thousand five hundred twenty-four of them over battery fires.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe part that stands out is that the cause of those fires remains unknown, so right now nobody can tell you exactly what is going wrong inside the battery.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUnknown.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentUnknown!
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSo I have been walking the rows tonight, asking every car where it was on the night in question, and so far not one of them has talked.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip, you're questioning the cars.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, a reporter who gets a confession out of an ID.4 is a reporter who belongs at the desk, just saying.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Skip. Stay out of the lot after dark. Brock, is there anything on the radar that isn't on fire?