Polestar 4 Lemon Law

Because rear vision depends entirely on a roof-mounted camera and digital mirror, a camera or software failure can leave you with no rear view at all. That's a genuine safety defect, and if the dealer can't permanently fix it, it can support a Lemon Law claim.

Yes. Age doesn't matter — what matters is an unfixed substantial defect after a reasonable number of repair attempts, or extended time out of service. First-year EVs often qualify.

Longer than on many brands. Polestar did not opt into California's AB 1755 procedures, so you are not subject to the one-year-from-warranty-expiration and six-year-from-delivery limits that apply to Jeep, Ford, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Mercedes-Benz. A Polestar claim runs on the traditional four-year statute of limitations, measured from when you discovered the defect rather than from the delivery date.

Often, yes — and it matters more on the Polestar 4 than almost any other vehicle, because rear vision depends entirely on software and a single camera. If Polestar documents a release as the fix for something you reported, that is generally an attempted repair even though you never left the SUV overnight. Owners routinely undercount their history on software-defined cars. Keep the release notes and any message identifying an update as the remedy.

It is worth knowing about. Polestar recalled the Polestar 2 for a rearview-camera software defect under NHTSA 24V477, then again under 25V280 when the first fix did not hold. On a vehicle with no rear glass at all, that history is context for how seriously to treat a camera or digital-mirror fault on your Polestar 4 — and a reason to document every occurrence rather than waiting to see whether the next update solves it.

Yes. California law does not require every complaint to be the same complaint. A collection of substantial defects that together impair the use, value, or safety of the vehicle can support a claim even where no single symptom recurred four times — which is the common pattern on a first-year model carrying new software, new hardware and a thin service network.

It can matter a great deal. Polestar's service network is small and waits are common, but the law counts days your vehicle is out of service regardless of the reason. Thirty or more cumulative days during the warranty period creates a presumption in your favor. The days need not be consecutive, and a loaner does not stop the clock. Keep a written log of every date the SUV was unavailable.

Every repair order, including visits closed as no problem found; release notes or messages identifying a software update as a fix; your purchase or lease agreement; all recall correspondence; receipts for towing, rentals, and loaners; and a log of the dates the digital mirror or camera failed. Photos or video of the failure are genuinely useful on an intermittent camera defect.

Potentially a buyback (a refund minus a mileage offset), a replacement, or a cash-and-keep settlement — plus your attorney fees paid by Polestar, at no cost to you.