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Polestar Polestar 2 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the Polestar Polestar 2, across 5 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2024 has the most (5); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (2).

Model years
5

2021–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
7
Most recalls
2024

5 recalls

Owner complaints
595

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 595 complaints with NHTSA about the Polestar Polestar 2 across 5 model years; the most, 305, concern the 2022.

Owners marked a crash on 5 of the Polestar Polestar 2 complaints (1%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Polestar Polestar 2 model years, owners name the back over prevention most often (at least 425 complaints), then the electrical system (69).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Polestar Polestar 2 in 2025: 424, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Polestar Polestar 2 is back over prevention: software, in 10 model-year listings.

The newest Polestar Polestar 2 recall, 25V615000, was reported on September 15, 2025 and concerns the back over prevention: software.

Polestar Polestar 2 years to avoid

Too few Polestar Polestar 2 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Polestar Polestar 2, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202521—not ranked
2024525—not ranked
20234116—not ranked
20224305272not ranked
2021514820not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Polestar Polestar 2 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Polestar Polestar 2

  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE10
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE4
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT1

Polestar Polestar 2 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Polestar Polestar 2 recall campaign (7)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Polestar Polestar 2, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V615000September 15, 2025back over prevention: software2021–2025crash27,816
25V409000July 2, 2025service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module: software2021, 2024crash2
25V280000April 25, 2025back over prevention: software2021–2025crash27,816
24V939000December 18, 2024air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2024crash and injury7
24V477000June 26, 2024equipment: electrical: infotainment: software2021–2024crash25,825
23V476000July 12, 2023suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint2023crash3
21V110000February 24, 2021electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery: management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software2021–2022crash3,457

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Polestar Polestar 2. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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