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Polestar 1

Every model year 2020–2021: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

2 Model years 2020–2021
6 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
0 Complaints owner reports, all years
D Newest grade 2021 Safety Signal
Polestar 1 — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Polestar 1 · Photo: Chelsea Jay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Polestar 1 model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2021Plug-in hybridD30—26 mpg
2020Plug-in hybridD30—26 mpg
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Common questions about the Polestar 1

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Polestar 1 year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2021 1 comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (66/100), 3 recalls and 0 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Polestar 1 years should I avoid?

2020, 2021 have the weakest recall records in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet.

How many recalls does the Polestar 1 have?

Across model years 2020–2021, NHTSA has posted 6 recall campaigns for the Polestar 1. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.