r/Polestar

I am considering picking up a used P2 and, as per the title, I am curious at how leg space/knee space is in the car for the taller drives in the community.

I am 6' 2" and currently in a Subaru Solterra. My knee rests against the high console in the middle of the car, but it's generally not uncomfortable.

For those of you who are about this tall or taller, do you find the high centre console in the P2 causes you knee discomfort? If so, it is something you can easily solve by fitting some foam/padding to the console?

Appreciate any insight people can offer. Thanks!

Hi Everyone not even the month 2 and rats ate my parking sensor wiring harness which apparently cost 1600 + tax to fix. And this is actually the second time this year; the first time it was breaking wires on my old Polestar 2. This time my new Polestar 4.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can repel them. What is the best option you know. It is parked in a parking lot spot in between 2 buildings and since the spots assigned I can’t really change as I wish

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a mag safe mount (preferably to fix on the vent or screen) for my polestar 2 (2025) in order to put the screen of my baby car monitor (12.7cm screen - Wemoh). It comes with a standard mount that can mounted on the dashboard/windshield but I am not a fan of it. I would like something that can be fixed to the screen or the top vent.

Does anyone has found or is using a mag safe mount that could fit my purpose ?

Thanks in advance !

Couple extra info:

- I do not want a baby car monitor using car play because I never use car play in the car and I’m using the native apps

- I live in Belgium - so it needs to be available in mainland Europe

- I already tried the following Ugreen reference but it is does work has the back of the mount is too deep and does not fit in between the screen and the car https://www.amazon.com.be/gp/aw/d/B0DSVFMKFN?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

After much hemming, hawing, and searching for an alternative electric sedan that I liked, I can report that I stayed in the Polestar family. Grounded my 2024 P2 for a nearly identical CPO model that has the ventilated seats, and saved some money over buying out my lease in the process.

I'm still very nervous about the state of in-warranty service after the final new cars are sold, but ultimately the price was too good to pass up. Under 30k OTD for a '24 P2 (single motor, pilot, plus, leather, 20k miles) is a steal for a wonderful car that fits my needs. I drove a bunch of other cars and looks at what felt like thousands of i4s, but at the end of the day didn't feel like the ~10k premium for a comparable i4 was justifiable. If the Polestar exit wasn't bringing down prices it might have gone a different way, but c'est la vie.

Polestar (and really Volvo, post-exit): please keep the service network from disintegrating. There will still be thousands of new and CPO cars on the roads for the foreseeable future, and we deserve reliable access to a service network.

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Right now there are 130 Polestar 3's that are being liquidated nationwide.

Out of that total 125 have been lemon-lawed. Only five have a clean title.

Why are there so many out there?

It isn't really a Polestar quality issue. Yes, you read that right.

The stockpiling of lemon-law vehicles by manufacturers is far more common and pervasive than you may realize.

In fact, nearly everyone does it.

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The Chevy Bolt is a classic example of a manufacturing holding massive numbers of vehicles that would later have branded titles... forever.

Back in 2021 General Motors issued a stop order on all Chevrolet Bolts and issued a nationwide recall on tens of thousands of Chevy Bolts. This was due to some of the LG Batteries catching fire.

When I say some, I really mean that fewer than one in ten thousand had the issue.

GM offered a buyback due to that defect and, based on what I have seen nationally, I wouldn't be surprised if they had over 10,000 vehicles bought back in total.

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Guess how long it took to get all those vehicles back on the road. A few months? Maybe a year or two?

Try five years. And the only reason why so many were brought back was because of the Iran War.

Whenever an automaker experiences a difficult challenge with their product, they hold vehicles back.

Even after a vehicle is repaired, they don't want a small army of lemon-law vehicles with low miles to compete in the marketplace with brand new ones that determine their success.

So they hold back for as long as they need to keep the new cars in demand.

As a remarketing manager for Capital One I got to see football fields filled with vehicles that were already fixed.

But if that flood of vehicles were opened, the new ones would not only sit... they would be tarnished by the predominance of a much cheaper alternative.

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When it comes to an EV's charging system, the issue can be with a charging system that struggles with higher energy levels.

A great example of this are the ICCU's on Kia and Hyundai EVs which were recently given a 15 year / 180,000 mile extended warranty.

But sometimes it's more than a charger issue. It can also be a software issue.

In the unique case of the Polestar 3, it's the GHCA (Onboard Charger / Power Conversion Unit) coupled with software that needs to be upgraded and updated.

The system in the Polestar 3's earlier models sometimes prevented AC charging via home or Level 2 chargers.

Nearly all of the Polestar 3's that are at the wholesale dealer auctions and are manufacturer buybacks had this specific issue.

Have they all been fixed? The jury is still out on that. I

t looks like the newest version of this part is holding up. But it has only been out for about a year, and it requires programming and recalibration for that software to properly sync to the AC and DC charging system.

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The price of these lemon law vehicles generally range from $10,000 to $15,000 under the wholesale price. But they are also being sold AS/IS.

AS/IS means as... it... is...

It's yours. That's it. If the transporter brings you a 4,500 pound paperweight in the form of a 2025 Polestar 3, you'll have to bring it to a Polestar, Volvo, or independent repair shop that has the equipment to repair whatever is wrong.

Are these units still under their existing manufacturer warranty? Yes.

Does the federal government require that a lemon law vehicle is fixed before it is sold by a mnufacturer to a third-party. Absolutely.

But if there's a major issue on a part that already has a significant backlog and long wait times, you may experience that long interminable wait should it fail again.

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Millions of EVs have charging issues. This has been going on for over 15 years. I haven't seen a manufacturer that couldn't eventually solve the issue.

However. Even the larger manufacturers are still fighting this battle today as chargers have gone from 1 kW per hour to well over 100kW today . Nissan, Hyundai (and Kia), and even Polestar's parent company, Geely, which sold more than 1.5 million EVs last year and ranks third globally are investing heavily in charger technology.

That's one of the biggest challenges in today's EV market.

I don't think mainstream consumers should buy a Polestar 3 that is a lemon law buyback.

As for enthusiasts, I do think that the parts for the Polestar 3 currently built in South Carolina will reflect Geely's global reach. They not only sell more EVs than anyone except Tesla and BYD. They actually sell more vehicles than Ford.

It will be interesting to see where these Polestar 3's end up, and how they will be retailed. Now that Polestar is defunct for at least 2027, a floodgate of manufacturer buyback vehicles will be hitting the market.

That will make clean title vehicles cheaper as well. Stay tuned.

Well I had to go to Atlanta because the nashville dealers don't want to sell cars I guess. Snagged a polestar 2 performance plus today. Really enjoyed the 4 hour drive back.

Drove a Polestar 2 for the first time today, and I’m impressed. My husband is looking for a fun but reasonably-priced daily driver, and we’re about an hour away from a Polestar/Volvo dealership that says they’ll continue to offer Polestar service (here’s hoping that’s true).

The specific model we’re looking at is a 2024 long range dual-motor with the Plus package, about 20k miles for a little over $27k OTD. It’s a pretty midnight blue, too.

My only concern is, obviously, the exit from the US market causing issues down the road. It does seem like a LOT of car for the price, though. And it fills the niche of reasonably practical daily driver that also is just a lot of fun to drive. And I have read that a lot of parts cross over with some Volvo models?

So I wanted to ask more experienced Polestar owners: if you were in our shoes, would you buy that Polestar 2? Has your car needed a lot of service? And is the dual-motor Plus a good trim and a good deal at that price, or would you hold out for a Nappa leather package or something?

We’re a drive-it-till-it-dies kind of family, and we already have level 2 charging in our garage. Thanks for your input and advice!