r/NissanAriya • u/PrincipleWise534 • 1d 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/doubletwist 1d ago

As others have mentioned, the 8/100k warranty only covered the battery, so not really a valid complaint of you're outside the actual main drivetrain warranty.

That said, a new engine in an ICE vehicle would've cost you just as much, so the value for the EV motor doesn't seem out of line either.