# NHTSA recall 21V413000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V413000
- Manufacturer's number: 94O6
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-06\-02
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-18
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 3240
- Part numbers: 8W0.941.041

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2021 ID.4 vehicles.  Caps were installed on the headlight vertical aim instead of the horizontal aim, allowing for horizontal adjustment of the headlight beam.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."


## What can happen

Adjusting the horizontal headlight beam can increase glare, reducing visibility for the driver and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will remove the caps from the vertical aim and install them on the horizontal aim, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 18, 2021.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 9406.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3240
- Reported remedied: 3213 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 VOLKSWAGEN ID.4](/makes/volkswagen/id-4/2021/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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