2021 Polestar Polestar 2: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 184 complaints
184
Total Complaints
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Top Issue
3
Crash Reports

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
102
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
13
VISIBILITY/WIPER
13
BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING
9
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
8
BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
6
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
5
LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
4
SUSPENSION
4
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
3

Severity Assessment

3
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"Vehicle failed to alert visually and with a sound if you don’t wear your seat belt and start driving. When you start the vehicle, it will tell you to buckle your seat belt. If you fail to do this and start driving, the alert will disappear and there is no warning light or chime telling you to fast..."
"While driving and using my horn the vehicles horn and airbag module fell off. Rendering the horn inoperable and the airbag dangerously loose. Trying to get Polestar to replace the whole module."
"While driving and using my horn the vehicles horn and airbag module fell off. Rendering the horn inoperable and the airbag dangerously loose. Trying to get Polestar to replace the whole module."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 54 WA: 17 OR: 14 NC: 9 NJ: 7 IL: 7 CO: 6 PA: 6 IN: 5 MN: 5

Polestar Polestar 2 — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
20223552
20231383
2024253

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28