Recall · 22V926000
Polestar Automotive USA recalled the POLESTAR Polestar 1 over electrical system
66
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
December 14, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
- The defect
- Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. (Polestar) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Polestar 1 vehicles. Defective high-voltage battery cells may cause the battery to overheat when fully charged.
- What it can cause
- The high-voltage battery overheating increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the high-voltage battery cells, free of charge. Remedy parts are expected to become ready by June 2023. As an interim repair, owners will need to take their vehicle to a dealership for a software update. Interim notices were mailed January 31, 2023. Owners may contact Polestar customer service at 1-800-806-2504. Polestar's number for this recall is R10202. Note: This recall has been superseded by Recall 23V361 (R102316). Any vehicle that received the interim repair under Recall 22V926 (R10202) will still need to have the remedy for 23V361 (R102316) performed.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| PolestarPolestar 1 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 66 vehicles this is a small campaign: 75% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Polestar vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system once before this, most recently in February 2021 as 21V110000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 24V835000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 23V361000 (electrical system), 21V683000 (seat belts).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. with NHTSA on December 14, 2022 as campaign 22V926000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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