Reliability & cost of ownership
Polestar Polestar 2 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Polestar Polestar 2? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars where on file — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Polestar Polestar 2 problems by model year
20 recall entries and 597 owner complaints on file across 5 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Polestar 2 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2024 Polestar 2 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2023 Polestar 2 | 4 | 117 | 5.0 | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 Polestar 2 | 4 | 306 | 5.0 | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 Polestar 2 | 5 | 148 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Polestar Polestar 2, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- back over prevention424 complaints
- electrical system71 complaints
- unknown or other69 complaints
- visibility/wiper42 complaints
- forward collision avoidance20 complaints
- fuel/propulsion system20 complaints
- lane departure18 complaints
- vehicle speed control10 complaints