Polestar Polestar 2Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 597 NHTSA owner complaints across 5 model years, no Polestar Polestar 2 year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2021, 2023 and 2024. The Polestar 2 has 7 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoidNoneUse caution: 2022 Best years'21 '23 '24Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints597Top: Back over prevention Safety recalls72021–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Polestar Polestar 2 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Polestar 2 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls 2024Best73/10025 complaints · 5 recalls 2023Solid48/100117 complaints · 4 recalls 2022Caution31/100306 complaints · 4 recalls 2021Solid52/100148 complaints · 5 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Polestar Polestar 2 problems

All model years combined: 597 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

425Back over prevention6 crash/fire/injury

71Electrical system2 crash/fire/injury

42Visibility/wiper1 crash/fire/injury

20Fuel/propulsion system

20Forward collision avoidance

18Lane departure

10Vehicle speed control

9Power train

9Suspension

4513 other systems4 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Back over prevention	425	6
Electrical system	71	2
Visibility/wiper	42	1
Fuel/propulsion system	20	1
Forward collision avoidance	20	0
Lane departure	18	1
Vehicle speed control	10	1
Power train	9	1
Suspension	9	0
13 other systems	45	4

7 recalls

Polestar Polestar 2 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Back over prevention: software25V-615 · 2021–2025 · Sep 15, 2025 · 27,816 vehicles Service brakes25V-409 · 2021–2024 · Jul 2, 2025 · 2 vehicles Back over prevention: software25V-280 · 2021–2025 · Apr 25, 2025 · 27,816 vehicles Driver side: inflator module24V-939 · 2024 · Dec 18, 2024 · 7 vehicles Sensing system: camera24V-477 · 2021–2024 · Jun 26, 2024 · 25,825 vehicles Control arm: lower ball joint23V-476 · 2023 · Jul 12, 2023 · 3 vehicles Management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software21V-110 · 2021–2022 · Feb 24, 2021 · 3,457 vehicles

2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Polestar 2

Jul 9, 2025
Loss of rear-view camera imageRQ25004 · 2021–2025 · closed Aug 28, 2026
Led to recall 25V-615
Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2021–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063