Safety

When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Prologue are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The ID.4 doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.The Honda Prologue has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags helps prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; keeping them better positioned during a collision. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious collision. The ID.4 doesn’t offer knee airbags.Both the Prologue and the ID.4 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rear parking sensors, rear cross-path warning and available around view monitors.

Reliability

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2023 Initial Quality Study of new car owners surveyed provide the statistics that show that Honda vehicles are better in initial quality than Volkswagen vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Honda above average in initial quality. With 59 more problems per 100 vehicles, Volkswagen is rated below average.

Brakes and Stopping

The Honda Prologue has standard four-wheel disc brakes to provide better stopping power and improved directional control in bad weather. Only rear drums come on the ID.4. Drums can heat up and make stops longer, especially with antilock brakes that work much harder than conventional brakes.

Tires and Wheels

The Prologue has larger standard tires than the ID.4 (255/60R19 vs. 235/55R19). The Prologue Elite’s tires are larger than the largest tires available on the ID.4 (275/45R21 vs. 235/50R20). The self-sealing tires available on the Prologue can automatically seal most punctures up to 3/16 of an inch, effectively preventing most flat tires. The ID.4 doesn’t offer self-sealing tires.