NHTSA Safety Recalls
Polestar Polestar 3 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Polestar Polestar 3, across 1 model year from 2025 to 2025.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 6
- Most recalls
- 2025
- Owner complaints
- 79
2025–2025, with a recall
6 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 79 complaints with NHTSA about the Polestar Polestar 3 across 1 model year; the most, 79, concern the 2025.
Owners marked a crash on 4 of the Polestar Polestar 3 complaints (5%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Polestar Polestar 3 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 49 complaints), then the forward collision avoidance (11).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Polestar Polestar 3 in 2025: 59, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Polestar Polestar 3 is back over prevention: software, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Polestar Polestar 3 recall, 26V037000, was reported on January 23, 2026 and concerns the seats: critical fasteners.
Polestar Polestar 3 years to avoid
Too few Polestar Polestar 3 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 79 | — | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Polestar Polestar 3 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Polestar Polestar 3
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE1
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM1
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING1
- SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS1
- STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS1
- VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY1
Polestar Polestar 3 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Polestar Polestar 3 recall campaign (6)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26V037000January 23, 2026 | seats: critical fasteners | 2025 | crash and injury | 213 |
| 25V555000August 26, 2025 | structure: body: bumpers | 2025 | crash | 68 |
| 25V420000July 14, 2025 | visibility: sun/moon roof assembly | 2025 | crash | 33 |
| 25V453000July 7, 2025 | electrical system: wiring | 2025 | crash and injury | 969 |
| 25V293000May 7, 2025 | back over prevention: software | 2025 | crash | 3,664 |
| 24V940000December 18, 2024 | electrical system: propulsion system | 2025 | crash | 6 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Polestar Polestar 3. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: September 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted