2025 POLESTAR POLESTAR 3 Engine Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Engine Issues in the 2025 POLESTAR POLESTAR 3
3 engine complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2025 POLESTAR POLESTAR 3. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Engine Complaints
As reported on Polestar Forums, the car throws critical system errors telling you to park, call support, etc. while driving. These alerts are false... Usually you ignore them and they go away the next time you start the car. The issue is a safety issue...when you are driving and you get a critical alert (error message), it diverts your attention and you need to pull over. On the highway this is extremely dangerous. My last error was yesterday... it said "Stop Safely - Critical suspension fault". I was close to home so I drove there, parked the car, turned it off. When I came out later and started the car, it was gone.... The list of errors reported is long... Critical Brake Issue, Critical Battery Error, etc. This vehicle also has issues where the system needs to be soft booted every few days to keep the screens up and the...
Onboard charger (OBC), which is the unit that converts AC power (what home wall outlets have) to DC power (what the battery holds/uses has failed 3 times now in less than a year of ownership. Brand new car, leased from Polestar. 3/21/25 - Picked up car from Polestar Lisle, as soon as I got home from the dealership, it didn’t work out of the gate, couldn’t home charge. Ever. 5/8/25 - OBC replaced (first time) 6/2/25 - OBC replaced (second time), can’t remember when it actually failed. But this was the second repair date. 11/19/25 - OBC failed a 3rd time, first available repair date 12/26. 12/26/25 came and went, no part, no ETA. Meanwhile, I’m stuck having to pay about 3x the cost to charge at various superchargers/DC fast chargers since it can DC charge only. Paying a lease for an electric car that I can’t charge at home....
Leased a new 2025 Polestar 3 and took delivery Dec 28, 2024. I expected some growing pains as it’s a new car model and relatively new brand, but have had to take it to the dealer and/or call support almost monthly. Most of the issues are resolved via resetting some system, but the major issue has been charging at home. Around March I had an issue where it wouldn’t charge at home and the car stayed with the dealer for 3 weeks (I had a loaner) to replace hardware. Now I’m seeing the same issue occurring which appears as: -Charger and car plug lights are correct (white on charger, green on car) -Car stays “Initializing” longer than normal -Either “Waiting” or “Error” appear onscreen and the car doesn’t charge I am stuck calling the dealer to solve this problem and in the meantime my car won’t charge (undriveable).
Other 2025 POLESTAR POLESTAR 3 Problem Areas
Electrical System
43 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
9 complaints
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
7 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
5 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
5 complaints
Power Train
5 complaints
Unknown Or Other
5 complaints
Service Brakes
4 complaints
Steering
3 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
3 complaints
Air Bags
2 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
2 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
2 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
1 complaint
Exterior Lighting
1 complaint
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
1 complaint
Lane Departure Warning
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkagesdoorslatch
1 complaint
Structurebody
1 complaint
Structureinterior Trim
1 complaint
Suspension
1 complaint
Visibilitywiper
1 complaint