The risk
The vehicle's braking functionality can be disabled while using 'B' mode (in plug-in hybrid cars) or One Pedal Drive (in pure electric cars), after coasting downhill. This can lead to a collision and increase the risk of accidents and injuries. The product does not comply with Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Product: Passenger car. Model years: 2024-2025. Model (Type): Polester 2 (534). Chassis: from 0240527 to 0312963.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: 30/06/2025
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other injuries alerts in 2025
288 of the 448 motor vehicle alerts published in 2025 concerned the same risk.
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Who notified alerts in 2025
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 231 |
| France | 115 |
| Portugal | 24 |
| Belgium | 18 |
| Poland | 13 |
| Italy | 9 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2025
More Polestar alerts
10 EU Safety Gate alerts for Polestar since 2020; the most were issued in 2020 (3).
| Polestar 3 Injuries | Sept 2025 |
| Polestar 3 Injuries | Jul 2025 |
| Polestar 2 Injuries | Oct 2024 |
| Polestar 2 Injuries | Sept 2023 |
| Polestar 1 Injuries | Dec 2022 |
| Polestar 2 Injuries | Mar 2021 |
| Polestar 2 Injuries | Nov 2020 |
| Polestar 2 Injuries | Oct 2020 |