Recall · 26V037000
Polestar Automotive USA recalled the POLESTAR Polestar 3 over seats
213
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
January 23, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. (Polestar) is recalling certain 2025 Polestar 3 vehicles. The striker brackets that secure the rear seat backrest may be loose. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 207, "Seating Systems."
- What it can cause
- A loose rear seat backrest may fall forward and allow cargo to enter the cabin during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the rear seat backrest striker bracket mounting nuts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 4, 2026. Owners may contact Polestar's customer service at 1-800-806-2504. Polestar's number for this recall is RP1079. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 30, 2026.
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 3 | 2025 | 2025 |
How this campaign compares
At 213 vehicles this is a small campaign: 60% 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 one model year, 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA, 59 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2025, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V555000 (structure), 25V420000 (visibility), 25V453000 (electrical system), 25V293000 (back over prevention).
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 January 23, 2026 as campaign 26V037000. 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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