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VW readies wider ID. battery recall across Europe

Electrive reports Volkswagen is preparing a battery recall covering multiple ID. models in Europe, a consumer safety story; owners should check the maker's notice.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 8:13 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: Volkswagen ID.4 — Photo: LuvsMG481 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

First reported by electrive.com: “VW prepares battery recall for multiple ID. models in Europe”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 8:13 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.
Topics: ID, Europe.
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electrive.comVW prepares battery recall for multiple ID. models in Europe

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVolkswagen is preparing a battery recall that would cover multiple ID. electric models in Europe, according to electrive, and it follows the twenty-two thousand ID.4 recall in the US that we covered earlier this morning.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the recall is going international. Honestly, it's the most adventurous thing an ID.4 has done.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe cause behind the US recall is still unknown, and owners should check the maker's notice and stop using any affected vehicle.