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Polestar Polestar 2 reliability and MOT pass rate

88.6% passed first time. The 11.4% fail rate is 11.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 38,005 miles.

MOT pass rates / Polestar

Pass rate

88.6%

22.6% of all cars failed; 11.4% of these did.

Fixed on the day

1.2%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

38,005 mi

3 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years11,29412%
6-9 years0—
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the Polestar 2 fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres753 dangerous74.8%
  2. Body, chassis, structure8.1%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.1%
  4. Suspension7 dangerous6.5%
  5. Visibility5.5%
  6. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.6%
  7. Brakes7 dangerous1.8%
  8. Road Wheels15 dangerous1.4%

Is the Polestar 2 getting worse?

The fail rate rose 2.2 points to 12% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
202394939.8%22.8%
20244,169—10.6%23.2%
20259,244—12%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Polestar 2 at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Polestar 2 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords616 tests
  2. 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed329 tests
  3. 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm144 tests
  4. 4Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt110 tests
  5. 5Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak75 tests
  6. 6Rear fog lamp: not working67 tests
  7. 7Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively53 tests
  8. 8Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative33 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Polestar 2 collects 1.86 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,612 tests
  2. 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened475 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure474 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords447 tests
  5. 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre305 tests
  6. 6Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt301 tests
  7. 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm271 tests
  8. 8Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak113 tests

Questions

What is the Polestar Polestar 2 MOT pass rate?

88.6% of the 12,876 Polestar Polestar 2 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 11.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Polestar Polestar 2 usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 616 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, tyres appears in 74.8% of failures, body, chassis, structure appears in 8.1% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 7.1% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 12%; at 3-5 years it was 12%. The median Polestar Polestar 2 tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 38,005 miles.

Is the Polestar Polestar 2 getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 2.2 points to 12% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Polestar 2 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

DVSA has published 3 safety recalls naming the Polestar Polestar 2: Polestar Polestar 2 recalls.

Checking a particular Polestar 2?

The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.

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