Summary
The Polestar 2 has 14 recalls covering 2021 through 2025 model years, with the most serious being a front lower ball joint that can separate from the steering knuckle on 2023 models, causing complete loss of steering control.
The 2024 model year carries two additional high-severity issues: a software fault that can cause total brake failure under certain conditions, and a One Pedal Drive software problem shared with 2021 models where coasting downhill can also result in brake loss. On 2024 vehicles there are also two occupant protection concerns: improperly crimped clamps on the driver's side far-side airbag module can cause the bag to deploy incorrectly and fail to protect the driver in a crash, and insufficiently tightened driver's seat bolts can allow the seat to shift or detach in a collision. Going back to 2021 and 2022, the battery energy control module can reset and disconnect the high-voltage system while driving, causing a sudden loss of drive power.
On the visibility side, a rearview camera software fault affects a wide range of production years. On 2021 through 2025 models, the camera can fail to display any image when the vehicle is shifted into reverse. On 2021 models specifically, the camera can either show the wrong view or go blank entirely, and prior repair attempts for that specific issue did not fully resolve the problem, requiring a second fix. The broader rearview camera fault affecting the 2021 through 2024 model years involves infotainment software that can prevent the camera image from appearing at all. A label compliance issue on 2021 models involves a tire and loading information label that omits French-language text for the spare tire notation, a paperwork matter that does not affect how the vehicle drives.
