What breaks most · 2021 to 2025 model years
Polestar Polestar 2 problems by year
Owners have filed 591 safety complaints with NHTSA about the Polestar Polestar 2 across model years 2021 to 2025. Three years stand out: 2022 for backup camera and sensors complaints, 2021 for backup camera and sensors complaints and 2023 for backup camera and sensors complaints.
- Years to check closely: 2022, 2021, 2023
- Complaints on file
- 5912021 to 2025, all trims
- Worst year
- 2022305 complaints
- Crashes reported
- 50 fires · 4 injuries · 0 deaths
- Typical failure mileage
- 20kMedian where owners gave mileage
- Recall campaigns
- 20Across the years shown
Complaints by model year
Raw filings with NHTSA, not adjusted for how many were sold.
| Model year | Complaints | Crashes | Recalls | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 2 | 5 | Backup camera and sensors (114) | |
| 305 | 1 | 4 | Backup camera and sensors (209) | |
| 114 | 1 | 4 | Backup camera and sensors (88) | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Backup camera and sensors (13) | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | Backup camera and sensors (1) |
What fails on the 2022 Polestar Polestar 2
| Component | Share of complaints | Filings | Crashes | Parts for this job |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backup camera and sensorsCameras and park sensors | 69% |
209 | 1 | Shop all backup camera and sensors parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Electrical systemAlternators, starters and ignition | 15% |
46 | 0 | Shop all electrical system parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Unknown or other | 13% |
40 | 1 | — |
| Wipers and visibilityWiper motors and blades | 7% |
20 | 0 | Shop all wipers and visibility parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Lane departure systemCamera sensors | 3% |
9 | 0 | Shop all lane departure system parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Fuel systemFuel pumps and injectors | 3% |
9 | 0 | Shop all fuel system parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Forward collision systemRadar and camera sensors | 3% |
9 | 0 | Shop all forward collision system parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
| Powertrain and transmissionTransmission parts | 2% |
5 | 0 | Shop all powertrain and transmission parts, not filtered to this vehicle |
One complaint can name more than one component, so shares add to more than 100%. "Unknown or other" is NHTSA's uncategorized bucket and is shown but never ranked.
In owners' words
Complaint narratives as filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length.
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The backup camera continues to fail to turn on. The car will intermittently report “Camera is temporarily unavailableâ€. This persists for minutes at a time. I cannot figure out how to get the camera to turn on when this happens. It already received the OTA “fix†for this but it did not fix the issue.
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Center entertaiment touchscreen which provides visiblity for the rear camera as well as the backup sensors and A/C controls for front defogger went is completely blank. Polestar2 logo appears, but no longer boots. This causes the rear camera to be completely useless.
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The backup camera consistently fails and displays a "Backup Camera is Temporarily Unavailable" message. Polestar is only issuing a software fix for this on model year 2026 Polestar 2s and a solution has not been offered for over 8 months now.
How to read this page
Every figure comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's public complaint database, which holds every safety-related defect complaint filed by owners since 1995. We refresh it monthly and count each complaint once per component it names. Data through September 6, 2026.
NHTSA only accepts safety-related complaints. Rattles, paint, infotainment bugs and other annoyances are under-reported here, so this page is a map of what fails in ways owners consider dangerous, not a full reliability score.
Counts are raw. Use the year-over-year shape and the component mix, not the absolute numbers. Where a component maps to parts we stock, the row links to that category filtered to the year you are viewing. Air bag and seat belt complaints link to the recall checker instead, because those repairs are almost always covered.
Common questions
Which Polestar Polestar 2 years have the most problems?
By NHTSA complaint volume, 2022, 2021, 2023 carry the most filings on the Polestar Polestar 2. The 2022 alone has 305 complaints, led by backup camera and sensors.
What is the most common Polestar Polestar 2 problem?
On the 2022 model year, the most-reported component is backup camera and sensors with 209 complaints. The table above lists the top components for every year.
At what mileage do Polestar Polestar 2 problems start?
The median mileage at failure across all Polestar Polestar 2 complaints that include mileage is about 20,000 miles. Older model years skew higher; the per-year figure is in the "at a glance" card.
Are these complaints verified?
No. NHTSA publishes complaints as submitted and does not investigate individual filings. Patterns across hundreds of complaints are meaningful; a single one is not.