2025 Volkswagen ID. BUZZ problems and owner complaints
Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
12 owner complaints analyzed
2 distinct recall campaigns
100 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2025 model year. Data snapshot: . 1 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Most common problems
Unknown Or Other is the most frequently named component, appearing in 4 of 12 complaints (33.3%). A complaint can name multiple components.
| Topic | Matching reports | Share of complaints |
|---|---|---|
| Braking behavior | 6 | 50.0% |
| Electrical and battery issues | 1 | 8.3% |
| Steering behavior | 1 | 8.3% |
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other | 4 |
| Service Brakes | 2 |
| Structure:Body | 2 |
| Back Over Prevention: Rearview System Braking | 1 |
| Electrical System | 1 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking | 1 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 |
Unknown Or Other: 4; Service Brakes: 2; Structure:Body: 2; Back Over Prevention: Rearview System Braking: 1; Electrical System: 1; Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking: 1; Fuel/Propulsion System: 1; Vehicle Speed Control: 1
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Under 25,000 | 1 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | 0 |
| 50,000 to 74,999 | 0 |
| 75,000 to 99,999 | 0 |
| 100,000 to 149,999 | 0 |
| 150,000 and above | 0 |
Under 25,000: 1; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0
Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (1). 11 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 |
2025: 8; 2026: 4
Pattern summary
Unknown Or Other leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 6 complaint narratives. Electrical and battery issues appears in 1 complaint narratives. Steering behavior appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
Owner report 11676816 · 2025-07-28 (July 28, 2025)
The automatic braking that is meant to assist is actually very dangerous. There are many situations in which GROWN ADULTS, who should know how to control a vehicle (and thus do not need a vehicle to make decisions by itself) can be jolted by this braking. Numerous times, I have been backing out of my garage, and the safety system notices something (nothing is actually in my path- perhaps a dandelion floated across the camera?) and slams the brakes to hard. My child has been thrown because of this. When in our own driveway, or reaching for the m…
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Owner report 11694184 · 2025-10-17 (October 17, 2025)
The cars brakes randomly firm and grab hard, or in other cases are soft and require the drive to depress them twice or three times as much as when they are firm, or they needed to be pumped to engage as expected. This car has been inspected by the manufacturer and not issues were found. A similar concern was reported by consumer reports in their review. “feeble and inconsistent brake pedal feel” This has caused numerous issues of unintended hard braking when you need to stop quickly.
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Owner report 11705003 · 2025-12-15 (December 15, 2025)
I believe there is a fire risk. Attached is a picture of the fuse block and a device attached to an empty fuse location. Correct procedure is to attach here with a fuse. Instead they attached a wire to the hot side of a fuse location that has no fuse. This small red wire goes to the device. The device is fused and a small black wire comes off the device to a ground . The problem is that the red wire itself is not protected for about a foot until there is the inline fuse. If this wire shorts to ground it would potentially cause a fire. T…
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Owner report 11705143 · 2025-12-15 (December 15, 2025)
The contact owns a 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz. The contact stated that while the daughter was turning right onto a curb to park and lifting her foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and crashed into the rear of another parked Honda vehicle, pushing the Honda vehicle approximately eight feet during the impact. During the crash, the vehicle experienced severe front-end damage, but the air bags did not deploy. The collision avoidance also did not engage. The contact zip-tied the grill onto the vehicle in o…
Owner-reported narrative. 100 miles reported. Look up ODI 11705143 at NHTSA ↗