NHTSA safety record
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Polestar, model years 2021 to 2025.
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Vehicles
671
Complaints
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Recalls
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Fires
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Deaths
5Polestar year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 671 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name back-over prevention than any other system: 432 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2022 Polestar 2, with 305.
NHTSA holds 17 recall campaigns naming Polestar vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here.
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
The systems named most often across every Polestar complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
The newest campaigns naming a Polestar, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
26V037000 · January 23, 2026
A loose rear seat backrest may fall forward and allow cargo to enter the cabin during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 213 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
25V615000 · September 15, 2025
A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 27,816 vehicles
Pages 2024 Polestar 2 2023 Polestar 2 2022 Polestar 2 2021 Polestar 2
25V555000 · August 26, 2025
A detached bumper can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 68 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
25V420000 · July 14, 2025
A detached glass sunroof can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 33 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
25V453000 · July 7, 2025
Damage to harnesses can cause various electrical malfunctions, such as a loss of power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 969 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
25V409000 · July 2, 2025
A loss of brake function increases the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 2 vehicles
25V293000 · May 7, 2025
A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 3,664 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
25V280000 · April 25, 2025
A rearview camera image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 27,816 vehicles
Pages 2024 Polestar 2 2023 Polestar 2 2022 Polestar 2 2021 Polestar 2
24V940000 · December 18, 2024
A damaged HLCM reduces the system's ability to convert energy, causing a sudden loss in drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 6 vehicles
Pages 2025 Polestar 3
24V939000 · December 18, 2024
An air bag that deploys improperly may not protect the driver as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Polestar Automotive USA, Inc. · up to 7 vehicles
Pages 2024 Polestar 2
Every manufacturer's latest recalls, or check a single car with the VIN lookup.
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Built from NHTSA's complaint file published October 2, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
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