MODELYEARINDEX

Polestar Polestar 2

691 complaints across 1 scored model years and 7 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Polestar Polestar 2 Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 102
Lights & Visibility 10
Electrical 5
Weakest

2021

Best

2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2021
1.00× 135 C
2022 P
2.75× 377 F
2023 P
1.15× 144 C
2024 P
0.34× 33 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

7 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V280000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 27,816
25V615000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 27,816
24V477000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 25,825
21V110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE 2021, 2022 3,457
24V939000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2024 7
23V476000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT 2023 3
25V409000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2021, 2024 2

Others in Compact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura ILX
20142016
C
Audi A3
20152017
C
BMW 1 Series
none flagged
C
BMW I3
none flagged
C
Buick Verano
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Bolt EV
2017
C
Chevrolet Cobalt
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Cruze
20112012
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Polestar 2
Complaints in window
135
Severity-weighted
154.5
Model median (weighted)
155
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
1
Score 59.2 C