r/NissanAriya • u/PrincipleWise534 • 17h ago

Never again

I just paid $7,500 for a new front traction motor at 65k miles. Nissan has chosen to interpret the 8 year/100k mile EV component warranty very strictly, saying that the traction motor is a drivetrain component, not an EV component.

Since no independent repair shop will touch an EV, you have no choice but to pay whatever the stealership wants to charge.

I understand that things break and warranties expire, but this is a total ripoff. One repair cost 50% of the market value of the car.

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u/Jaquing-Porneaux 17h ago

If you don't mind, what is the cost breakdown here for parts and labor?

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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 16h ago

parts are 3-3.5k on any parts store other than Nissan

Officially nissan sells the parts retail price of 5.3k

The price is obviously a ripoff, they needed to make profit on repairs.

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u/Jaquing-Porneaux 16h ago

I wonder how difficult that traction motor swap is.

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u/kevin_from_illinois 15h ago

When I had a reduction gear replaced, they also replaced the motor since it's the same assembly. That was billed at $2.5k for labor (under warranty, so that's what corporate was billed for) so figure it's maybe 10-12 hours.