A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- High-voltage battery from one particular supplier: Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4, ID.7 and ID. Buzz, Cupra Born
- Period mentioned
- Built from September 2022 to June 2025, depending on the model (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- The official record describes no early warning signs. The owner receives a letter with warning stickers for the charging socket and the dashboard, and on many cars the maximum charge is already limited to 80 % by the system.
- Possible cause described
- Some components of the high-voltage battery from one particular supplier are suspected of not meeting the quality requirements. In rare cases, with the battery at a high charge level, it may overheat, with a risk of fire inside and outside the car. In the UK these are recalls R/2026/397 (Volkswagen 93MF: ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo), R/2026/398 (Volkswagen 93MV: ID.4 and ID.7, with a workshop visit) and R/2026/396 (Cupra 93W4: Born), from October 2026. It is a different recall from the ID.3 recall 93MI (cell self-discharge).
- Check for the garage
- Ask a dealer, with the VIN, whether your car is in the recall. Until it is checked, charge the battery to 80 % at most and put on the warning stickers that come with the letter. In recall 93MV the workshop reads the battery condition: if it is fine, they lift the 80 % limit; if not, they replace the affected modules.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.