2021 POLESTAR POLESTAR 2 — Complaint #1991028
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS filed May 13, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1991028 (ODI reference 11588376) concerns a 2021 POLESTAR POLESTAR 2 and was filed on May 13, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 13, 2024. The report was geocoded to Oregon based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention: warnings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same POLESTAR POLESTAR 2 cohort independently describe similar back over prevention: warnings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 POLESTAR POLESTAR 2 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The backup camera system frequently malfunctions when in use. The image may flicker black, freeze, or delay longer than 2 seconds after switching to reverse. On some occasions the camera shows as completely unavailable. It happens nearly every day, nearly every drive. As a federally mandated safety device with very specific operating parameters I do believe this component is non-compliant and has become a persistent issue for me and other owners.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1991028 |
| ODI Number | 11588376 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2024 |
| Failure Date | May 13, 2024 |
| VIN | LPSED3KA9ML |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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