Polestar 2 problems, by model year and system
593 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Polestar 2 2021–2025, and the 1 system the record is deep on — backup camera and parking sensor (449). Each system has a page across the years; 3 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsPolestar 2 complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | backup camera and parking sensor |
|---|---|
| 2025 1 in all | 2 |
| 2024 24 in all | 14 |
| 2023 116 in all | 93 |
| 2022 305 in all | 217 |
| 2021 147 in all | 123 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Polestar 2 system draws the most complaints?
Backup camera and parking sensor: 449 complaints across 5 model years, 76% of everything owners filed about the Polestar 2. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Polestar 2 year has the most complaints?
2022 (305), 2021 (147), 2023 (116). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.