Polestar dashboard warning lights
20 lights that the Polestar 2 handbook (2025 model year) shows, each in our own drawing, with Polestar's name for it next to ours, the colour the handbook gives it and what the handbook says to do. Tap a light for its full page.
Check your own handbook — models differ. This page is one handbook for one model. Another Polestar model or year can have lamps this one lacks, or draw the same lamp differently; only your car's own handbook is sure.
Read this first
Every light below is confirmed by one Polestar handbook: the owner's manual for the 2025 Polestar 2 on Polestar's own UK site, its article 'Indicator and warning symbols'. It sorts the symbols by colour: red, amber, blue, green and white/grey. Red is a fault that can affect safety or driveability, and the red 'Warning' symbol can light together with other symbols, with an explanatory text on the driver display at the same time: read that text, because it says what the fault is. Most red and amber faults end with the same advice: read the message and contact Polestar Customer Support. Two lamps are worth knowing on an electric car: the battery symbol in red is a fault in the 12-volt electrical system, not the drive battery, and the white snowflake means the outside temperature is between −5 °C and +2 °C, so the road may be icy. Polestar 3 and 4 have their own manuals; this page is the Polestar 2's.
The 20 lights in the Polestar 2 handbook
Master warning light (triangle with !)
Polestar calls it “Warning”.
A fault has been detected that could affect the safety or driveability of the car; an explanatory text shows on the driver display at the same time. It can also light with other symbols.
Colour in this handbook: Red
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Seat belt warning light
Polestar calls it “Seatbelt reminder”.
Lit or flashing: someone in the car has not buckled their seatbelt.
Colour in this handbook: Red
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Airbag warning light
Polestar calls it “Airbags”.
A fault in one of the car's safety systems: read the message in the driver display and contact Polestar Customer Support.
Colour in this handbook: Red
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Brake system warning light
Polestar calls it “Fault in brake system”.
Red: a fault in the brake system — read the message and contact Polestar Customer Support. The amber brake symbol is also a brake system fault: read the message in the driver display.
Colour in this handbook: Red Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Parking brake light
Polestar calls it “Parking brake”.
Steady: the parking brake is on. Flashing: a parking brake fault — read the message in the driver display.
Colour in this handbook: Red
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Battery / charging warning light
Polestar calls it “Fault in the electrical system”.
A fault in the electrical system: contact Polestar Customer Support.
Colour in this handbook: Red
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Forward collision warning light
Polestar calls it “Assistance at risk of collision”.
Red: warns of a risk of collision with other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists or large animals. Amber (System not available): the collision assistance system is unavailable or working with reduced performance.
Colour in this handbook: Red Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
ABS warning light (anti-lock brakes)
Polestar calls it “ABS fault”.
ABS is disengaged. The ordinary brakes still work, but without ABS.
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Rear fog light indicator
Polestar calls it “Rear fog lamp”.
The rear fog lamp is on.
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Low tyre pressure light (TPMS)
Polestar calls it “Tyre pressure system”.
Low tyre pressure. If it flashes for about a minute and then stays on, the tyre pressure system has a fault and may not be able to warn of low pressure.
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Lane assist (lane keeping) light
Polestar calls it “Lane assistance”.
Amber with an arrow: lane assistance is steering you back left or right. Amber fault symbol: lane assistance has a fault. Grey line: on but no road line found; white line: on and the line is detected (65–200 km/h).
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Low drive battery light (electric cars)
Polestar calls it “Reduced performance (low battery warning)”.
Low battery level: read the message in the driver display.
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Stability control light (ESC)
Polestar calls it “Stability system”.
Flashing: the system is working. Steady: the system has a fault. A separate symbol shows when sport mode is selected.
Colour in this handbook: Yellow / amber
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
High beam (main beam) indicator
Polestar calls it “Main beam”.
Blue: the main beam is on. The Active main beam symbol is blue when it is on and lighting, white when it is on but not lighting.
Colour in this handbook: Blue
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Turn signal indicator
Polestar calls it “Left and right-hand direction indicator”.
The direction indicator is in use.
Colour in this handbook: Green
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Front fog light indicator
Polestar calls it “Front fog lamps”.
The front fog lamp is on.
Colour in this handbook: Green
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Side lights indicator (position lamps)
Polestar calls it “Position lamps”.
The position lamps are on.
Colour in this handbook: Green
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Key not detected light
Polestar calls it “Car key not found”.
The key could not be read when starting: put the key on the key symbol in the cup holder and try again.
Colour in this handbook: white/grey
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Auto Hold light
Polestar calls it “Hold system”.
The hold system is on.
Colour in this handbook: white/grey
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Frost / icy road warning (snowflake)
Polestar calls it “Icy conditions (snowflake)”.
The outside temperature is between −5 °C (23 °F) and +2 °C (36 °F), so the road may be slippery.
Colour in this handbook: white/grey
Confirmed by: Polestar handbook — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Check your own handbook — models differ.
Not in this handbook
43 lights on this site are not shown by this handbook, so they are left off this page — among them brake pad wear warning light, oil pressure warning light, engine coolant temperature warning light, side airbag warning light, passenger airbag off light, hazard warning light. That does not mean no Polestar has them — only that this handbook does not. If your car shows one, find it by colour and shape.
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Source: the handbook
- Polestar: Polestar 2 owner's manual, model year 2025 (online, polestar.com UK), article 'Indicator and warning symbols' — Polestar 2, 2025 model year. Section: Displays and voice control — Symbols and messages — Indicator and warning symbols. Checked 2026-10-16.
A light is listed only when this handbook shows it. The names in quotes are Polestar's wording; the rest is ours, written from the handbook.