Warning lights on my new id-4

[Todd Hummel]

I started my id-4 the other day and saw these warnings. So I made an appt to have her looked at in two weeks. The earliest appt available. The book says that the yellow lights are still driveable but i was doing that as little as I could. Today the warnings were gone. I'm gonna still see if there is anything in the memory that can be pulled by the shop but, has this happened to anyone else. Additionally is there some form of diagnostic access similar to an obd II that i could read? Once again thanks in advance for your assistance T3

 

[ericy]

I started my id-4 the other day and saw these warnings. So I made an appt to have her looked at in two weeks. The earliest appt available. The book says that the yellow lights are still driveable but i was doing that as little as I could. Today the warnings were gone. I'm gonna still see if there is anything in the memory that can be pulled by the shop but, has this happened to anyone else. Additionally is there some form of diagnostic access similar to an obd II that i could read? Once again thanks in advance for your assistance T3

This is something that some have seen - in some cases if you just let the car sit for a while, it will go away (i.e. software glitch). But it seems like there might have been a bad batch of water pumps for cars built in roughly the June timeframe, and the dealer will need to replace the pump for you.

As for diagnostic tools that you can use, something like VAG-COM/VCDS is what you would need, but that's not a cheap tool. You might find someone in some VW forums who might have one just to scan the vehicle.

 

[Raja Nathan]

I got this error one time 3 months back(around 600miles), it went away when parked the car for few minutes. Now just crossed 5000miles, it never came back after that. I will take to the dealer if it happens again.

 

[Todd Hummel]

Thank you both for your help. The light did go out all on its own but I'll still keep the appt so they can hook it up to the computer. Also I will research when it was made to head off the water pump problem. Once again thank you T3

 

[midsail]

I started my id-4 the other day and saw these warnings. So I made an appt to have her looked at in two weeks. The earliest appt available. The book says that the yellow lights are still driveable but i was doing that as little as I could. Today the warnings were gone. I'm gonna still see if there is anything in the memory that can be pulled by the shop but, has this happened to anyone else. Additionally is there some form of diagnostic access similar to an obd II that i could read? Once again thanks in advance for your assistance T3

 

[midsail]

Greetings
We recently had the same warning and took the car to the VW dealer. They basically reset the the software and haven't seen that error again.

 

[OregonEV]

I got the same warning yesterday. Under 2600 miles on my ID 4 RWD and now waiting on a battery coolant pump which is estimated to arrive in 10 to 14 days.

 

[OregonEV]

Oh surprise! By Saturday, no warning light. I took a couple short drives to see if the warning would reappear, it didn’t. A longer drive to deplete the battery to around 20% followed by a charge (home level 2) to 80% to check if the heat load might be an issue. No warning lights and all is well.

 

[ericy]

Oh surprise! By Saturday, no warning light. I took a couple short drives to see if the warning would reappear, it didn’t. A longer drive to deplete the battery to around 20% followed by a charge (home level 2) to 80% to check if the heat load might be an issue. No warning lights and all is well.

That's a common outcome. Some of us think that the underlying problem is that there are multiple modules all booting up at the same time, and sometimes things happen outside of the expected order, or something takes a little longer than the designers anticipated. Once they get around to rolling out software updates, I hope that these problems go away.

Every once in a while there is a report of something where someone actually needs a new part of some sort, but that is kind of rare.

 

[Brian Prendergast]

I had a child safety lock warning and after it went away I was able to see it again under vehicle/messages or something like that. It wasn't triggering the light on the dash anymore but I could still read the old message. Maybe you can do the same?

 

[Todd Hummel]

I had a child safety lock warning and after it went away I was able to see it again under vehicle/messages or something like that. It wasn't triggering the light on the dash anymore but I could still read the old message. Maybe you can do the same?

I did try that and nothing came up but thanks

 

[VeeDub'r]

Once they get around to rolling out software updates, I hope that these problems go away.

I now just under 3k miles into ownership and while quite happy w/ the vehicle, I too am experiencing the "semi-random / occasional" yellow warnings.

I've taken to having my camera "always ready" to snap a quick image of the steering column display.

Which brings me to my question: Is there a way to "replay / redisplay / revisit" the various messages received?

The messages pop-up but then clear themselves after a pre-determined delay; a delay which is usually WAY too short given other driver tasks ... and they do so w/o needing any driver acknowledgement.

It leaves the driver in a, "What EXACTLY did that message just say ... was it 'ESC' or 'ASC' ?" quandry.

Usually the best I can do is capture a time-late pic of the somewhat "stickier" icons - hopefully before they "clear" - for later de-cipherment using the hardcopy owner's manual.

 

[pescatore]

My ID4 (21 AWDPro) had the same warning light while my wife had it on a long distance trip - not a pleasant warning to see while 300 miles from home. This came on about a half hour after fast charging at EA. She pulled over at a rest stop and let it rest for 10 minutes, the light went off never to return. I took it to dealer yesterday (soonest appointment). They've had it for a day and a half with no diagnosis. The warning was not logged anywhere. You'd think - given that carnet tells me every time I change the heat settings - that it might log something like this - but nope.

 

[pescatore]

My ID4 (21 AWDPro) had the same warning light while my wife had it on a long distance trip - not a pleasant warning to see while 300 miles from home. This came on about a half hour after fast charging at EA. She pulled over at a rest stop and let it rest for 10 minutes, the light went off never to return. I took it to dealer yesterday (soonest appointment). They've had it for a day and a half with no diagnosis. The warning was not logged anywhere. You'd think - given that carnet tells me every time I change the heat settings - that it might log something like this - but nope.

Update - they found nothing.