All generations and engines together · 6,774 MOT tests in the 2025 data
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 6,774 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
The Android Automotive infotainment screen is reported to freeze, lag or glitch, sometimes needing a reboot to get climate or navigation back. It has cropped up across model years rather than one bad batch, and Polestar pushes regular over-the-air software updates that seem to settle some cars and not others. No formal recall or TSB covers this specifically, it is treated as a known software quirk rather than a hardware fault.
Early cars had a software bug that could cause a sudden loss of propulsion while driving, essentially the car cutting out. Polestar issued a recall covering around 4,500 cars in Europe in late 2020, with a further US recall confirmed in March 2021, both fixed with an over-the-air software update at no cost to owners. Worth checking the car's update history shows this was applied, since a used example bought privately may not have had every OTA fix confirmed.
A rearview camera fault, where the image can fail to display, was significant enough to trigger a US recall covering around 27,800 cars from 2024, and a second recall followed in 2025 after the first software fix failed to resolve it for every car. This is documented mainly through US NHTSA action; UK owners should still check the car's MOT and service history for any related recall work, since the fault is a software/camera issue rather than one confined to one market.
Reviewers and owners disagree on whether this counts as a fault or just the car's character. Auto Express called the ride 'intolerably firm' on UK roads, and it is a recurring theme in long-term test notes, with bigger alloy wheel options making it worse over sharp ridges and expansion joints. It is not something a warranty claim will fix, so it is really a buying consideration: drive the exact wheel size and chassis you are looking at before committing.
Built from the two sections above.
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