2025 Polestar Polestar 3: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 116 complaints
116
Total Complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
9
Crash Reports

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
47
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
10
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
7
POWER TRAIN
6
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
5
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
5
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
SERVICE BRAKES
4
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3
STEERING
3

Severity Assessment

9
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The issue is with the displaying of the rear view camera. When I put the car in reverse the rear view camera displays on the bottom of the screen and the 360 view at the top of the screen as it should. But if I then put the car in drive (like when parallel parking) the display changes to show just t..."
"The rear view parking camera software is defective. If you put the car into reverse, the rear parking camera view comes up (as intended). However, if you put the car into drive and then back into reverse (as if you are making some parking adjustments in a parking lot), the rear parking camera view ..."
"According to the NHTSA documentation, "REQUIREMENT: The rear visibility system must default to the rearview image meeting the requirements of S5.5.1 and S5.5.2 (S6.2.1 and S6.2.2) at the beginning of each backing event regardless of any modification to the field of view the driver has previously s..."

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: 23 NY: 15 NJ: 14 PA: 9 CO: 9 MA: 6 AZ: 5 MN: 4 VA: 4 IN: 4

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