I have just taken delivery of my new Polestar 2. I've been having an issue with the Mobile App so contacted their Customer Care Team through the online chat. I was being dealt with by Liam, who was ve... See more
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Reply from Polestar UK
Contacted Polestar who answered immediately and sorted out my issue within minutes thank you so much, perfect.

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I had a disappointing experience with this company. Despite cancelling my subscription (PolestarCharge) within the specified one-month period, they renewed it anyway. When I raised the issue with their customer service through the app, they refused to acknowledge my cancellation and were unwilling to provide information on how to escalate the complaint. I would advise against using this company, as their practices seem quite questionable.

Reply from Polestar UK
I’ve had a Polestar 3 Dual Motor for 10 months from new, and it has been a terrible experience.
The car has spent nearly half that time in the garage. It has suffered multiple faults, including issues with charging modules, the wiring loom, and recalls. After getting the car back just last week, it has already gone back in again with yet another problem.
On two occasions, the car has been undriveable and left me stranded. At one point, it was even stuck in a car wash for two days.
The Volvo garage has been helpful, but Polestar customer service has been extremely poor. I requested either a full refund or a replacement vehicle over eight weeks ago and have chased four times since, yet I have received no response.
This is an £80,000 car that I rely on for business use. The reliability issues are unacceptable, and the lack of communication is even worse.
I no longer have any confidence in the vehicle and do not want it returned to me. I am requesting an urgent resolution.
I hope someone from Polestar sees this and gets in touch.

Reply from Polestar UK
Terrible customer service experience so far.
I have not yet taken delivery of my Polestar 4, and to be honest, I now have serious concerns given how poor the service has been.
This morning, I logged onto live chat shortly after it opened (around 8:15am) to ask for an update on when I could collect my vehicle. Despite this, I waited until after 9:00am before anyone even acknowledged my message.
I then called the Birmingham dealership (Paul Rigby), where I was told that my car had already been handed over on 27th March. This was obviously incorrect, as I have not received the vehicle. I was then given conflicting information — first being told the car was with the company car scheme, then that it might still be in preparation. When I asked for contact details to clarify this, they were unable to provide any.
They did, however, give me the vehicle registration number.
Since then, I have made over 20 calls between Polestar and the company car scheme, yet I am no further forward. Polestar are blaming the scheme, claiming I haven’t been registered as the primary driver, and therefore they cannot provide any collection details. However, this directly contradicts what I was told earlier — that the car had already been handed over.
At no point has anyone taken ownership of the issue. Instead, I have been passed between departments, with each side deflecting responsibility. I have been told I would receive updates, but none have been provided. When I asked to escalate the matter, I was told that this wasn’t possible.
I know the vehicle is in Birmingham, and I have even offered to collect it myself, as I am not far away. Despite this, I am still being told that authorisation is pending — even though I have personally confirmed with the company car scheme that there is nothing left to approve.
Now, with the bank holiday, I have no expectation of any progress until next week — and based on the experience so far, I have little confidence that things will improve then.
Overall, this has been an extremely frustrating and disappointing experience. I chose Polestar over Tesla because I preferred the car itself, but in terms of customer service, Tesla are clearly operating at a much higher standard. This leaves me concerned about the level of support I can expect going forward, should any issues arise with the vehicle.
Every single document has been signed. The car scheme have given their approval to deliver the vehicle and provided my details to contact me to arrange collection. I have the chassis number, I have the reg, I have the spec of the car and the documents confirming I have ordered this car, yet they STILL won’t discuss delivery with me because they believe there’s been no approval for the primary driver. Appalling.

Reply from Polestar UK
I have owned numerous "luxury" cars provided by LR, Merc, Volvo, etc., over many years. Having taken delivery of my Polestar 4 (Pilot, Performance, & other Pac's), I can categorically say that the overall customer satisfaction experience was the best I have ever encountered; no silly bunch of flowers on delivery, no flashy sales persons with shiny suits.... just simple down to earth conversations and excellent product knowledge from everyone.
I did submit an online tech enquiry to Polestar knowledge base site and was amazed to subsequently receive a personal phone call to discuss and effectively understand how to navigate through the topic. Such a joy not to have to battle against an AI "assistant"!
As to the vehicle itself:
Pro. - Overall, outstanding!
Neg.- Traffic sign assist NOT accurate when reading displayed traffic speed limit signs on roads.

Reply from Polestar UK
Polestar 3 Terrible. Have had vehicle for 6months and it’s spent almost half that time in the garage with catastrophic safety issues. Breaks and steering locked. Steering locked whilst driving. Polestar customer service has been awful I’ve had to do all the chasing and each call have had to start at the beginning wasted hours on the phone and on hold. Don’t feel safe driving the car it’s still in the garage. Polestar have replied to above review however have not received any request for further information!

Reply from Polestar UK
From first contact with Polestar support, I was impressed with the speed that things were sorted. We were always kept fully informed by Donna about the repairs and replacement car.

Reply from Polestar UK
Polestar 4, four months in. Brilliant car, excellent fit and finish. Performance (LRDM) phenomenal. Software not perfect - speed recognition abysmal, but a first world problem.
Had an issue with airbag light. Rang support late Friday afternoon, they said technician would call at my house that day. I was sceptical! I was sent a tracking link and he arrived around 17:15. Ran diagnostics etc and traced problem to loose connection. Soon fixed.
Well impressed with car and service.

Reply from Polestar UK
Generally I’m really happy with my polestar 2, it’s a great car runs really smoothly and a joy to drive. The only thing I would say about the car itself was I wish it had a bit more range (I do have the long range model) but I’m pretty sure technology has been updated and the newer models do have way more. Just some feedback for some quality of life changes. The pre heat function in the app would be nice if you could choose what temperature to pre heat or cool too instead of being only locked to 22 degrees. Other than that it’s honestly a lovely car.

Reply from Polestar UK
Polestar 4: Read before buying. I have covered over 20k miles in my Polestar 4 company car in 6 months.
Positives
It has a great range, I'm averaging around 250 miles on a full battery with mixed usage.
It's very cheap on company car tax and home charging with Octopus Energy.
It's very spacious.
It's quick but not too quick.
It has rear heated seats which my children love.
Negatives
The door handles sometimes close with no warning trapping your fingers.. I now have door handle anxiety.
The drivers side seat moves back when leaving the vehicle, this trapped my sons feet the first time.
You can't leave your teenage children in the car to take the trolley back at supermarkets or the alarm goes off. You have to leave the key with them which isn't very secure from theft.
Everything works through the touch screen, so your attention is always off the road... Give me back switches etc for heating and radio stations.. If this can be done with voice command but it doesn't understand anything.
When you do take your eyes off the road the tiredness alert goes off and when you look down at the warning, guess what, it goes off again. So I turn it off.
Everything is intermittent, most of the time it works, but its very irritating when it doesn't. Stood in the rain with your hands full and it doesn't recognise the key. You have to put it against the A pillar to reset it.
It recognises all the speed limits, even the ones on side streets and it flashes and beeps at you for not going 20mph in a 40mph zone.
I now have Zebra crossing and give way anxiety. It has braked numerous times without warning for non-existent people crossing and cars stopping at the end of junctions. Drivers behind me have nearly hit me from behind due to this.
The lane departure doesn't work correctly, it tracks the joins in tarmac and it nearly swerved off the road when it tried to follow the Sheffield tram lines. I travel alot of narrow country lanes and as they're narrow its always trying to correct itself between them and when you go round the corner it holds you for a split second before going round.
Polestar... Either leave us to drive the car or build a self driving one.. Or a least let me turn off the driving aids and they stay off (save to my profile).
At present the car is dangerous and I'm counting down the days to replace it..

Reply from Polestar UK
Without any doubt, the worse car experience I have ever had. Polestar 4 is gorgeous but the sat nav has not worked
for months and they had no idea why . Many more issues happened and they refer you to Volvo dealership. Calling volvo is a challenge (many times they do not accept calls due to high volume) and the next available appointment is usually 2-3 months ahead. If you are thinking to get a polestar please think carefully!

Reply from Polestar UK
The current TV commercial is pure insulting to the general public. The description of the car is banal and unbelievable.

Reply from Polestar UK
I just contacted support on chat. Got an immediate response from Sam who helped get the car ownership transferred quickly.
For my first contact support was excellent.

Reply from Polestar UK
Initially my dealings were not great as I had to wait 3 weeks for my lease vehicle to finally arrive, however, this was more of an issue caused by the lease company and garage.
Things really took a change for the better once Daisy at Polestar got onto the case and things rapidly moved along from there. She is a credit to the customer services team at Polestar! Thanks Daisy! (Polestar bosses, give her a bonus!!)

Reply from Polestar UK
Had to transfer ownership of the used polestar I had purchased. Sam on the chat service was helpful and efficient, great service

Reply from Polestar UK
Fairly simple queries but Sam was quick to respond and knowledgeable.

Reply from Polestar UK
Excellent service from Radia in resolving transfer of ownership and installation of app & digital key

Reply from Polestar UK
I’ve had an issue with the passenger wing mirror since I had it replaced about 6 months ago and it has had to go into Volvo several times with still no joy, last time I took it was around 3/12/25 and they told me they would need more than a day so I would need a courtesy car so I asked when’s the next available date and they told me 17th March, Volvo called me today and told me there may not be a courtesy car available. Do they only have one car? Is a warranty case pushed to the bottom over paying customers? I think 4 months is enough time to arrange a car. Are they just trying to time out my warranty?

Reply from Polestar UK
Had a polestar 2 in 2022 as a company car , liked it a lot and missed it since it went back in 2024 hence just got my self an updated version SMLR last month and it’s even better . Had an issue with the app and pairing , called polestar support and found them very helpful , issue sorted in no time and even got a follow up call 📞! Thanks Jon.
Amazing service + Awesome product

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