Pre purchase inspection for the Polestar 4

The report summarises the Polestar 4's condition system by system, lists any faults with their severity, notes the diagnostic results, and gives an overall verdict - all in English. The Digital Report Package also includes photos and video of anything important. You keep the document, so you can re-read it, share it, or use it to negotiate.

For the Polestar 4, yes: mobile auto inspection Budapest is our usual mechanic on spot, done on site in Budapest with the report written in English. The name makes no difference to what we actually check. Engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, electronics and structure are all covered either way.

We inspect the Polestar 4 for physical evidence of accident repair - paint thickness, panel gaps, weld marks, replaced components and overspray. Combined with the visible structure and a diagnostic scan, this reveals far more than a clean-looking advert ever will. We can't pull every national crash database at the roadside, but a repaired structure leaves traces, and finding them is exactly what the inspection is for.

Frequently. A documented list of faults on the Polestar 4 is concrete leverage, and buyers often recover the cost of the inspection many times over in the price they negotiate. And if the car turns out to be sound, you can commit at the asking price with confidence instead of doubt. Either outcome puts you in a stronger position than guessing.

What goes wrong on a Polestar 4 depends heavily on how it was used and maintained, so we look for the patterns that separate a sound car from a worn one. If it is the EV, we read the battery's state of health, check how it charges and cools, confirm the software and any recalls are up to date, and inspect the high-voltage cabling - the battery is the value, so that is where we concentrate. As an everyday electric car its wear shows in the suspension bushes, the tyres and the brakes, along with the urban knocks, kerbed wheels and parking scrapes that build up over the years. This Swedish marque builds solid, safety-focused cars, so on an electric model we concentrate on the electronics, the safety systems and the high-voltage battery and charging. By the end you have a clear, written picture of which of these the Polestar 4 has and which it does not, so the decision rests on evidence rather than worry.

Where the seller permits and the car is road-legal and insured, we include a short road test of the Polestar 4. A drive lets us assess the gearbox, steering, brakes and any noises that only appear under load. Some faults simply don't show themselves with the car standing still, which is why we drive it whenever we're allowed to.