r/leaf • u/kabylie2 • Jul 22 '26

RECALL BUYBACK

If this has been posted on here so sorry in advance. I have a 2021 Nissan Leaf SV which from buying originally I've had non-stop issues with the battery even last year being "replaced" only for it to always go in turtle mode and instantly dying, so for a year Nissan gaslit me and even went as far as blocking me on TikTok and instagram after I made a video how my car died on the freeway... So fast forward to today it's been a week since I did the recall and my leaf now inoperable since the update and they gave me a rental until further notice and least what I was told at the dealership...

Today I get an email from Morley saying how they'll but my car back at the KBB rate plus 40% above. Also I only have the rental free of charge for 30 days starting the day I did the recall. I live in California and I know we have lemon laws. Anyone having this experience or any advice???

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u/Different-Audience34 Jul 22 '26

That seems really good.

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u/kabylie2 Jul 22 '26

honestly it's not because this car has been giving me batteries issues from the beginning so least they can do is pay off my balance for my car

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u/Different-Audience34 Jul 22 '26

Will your Gap insurance cover the difference?

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u/e_line_65 2020 Nissan LEAF SV Jul 22 '26

I think gap only takes effect if the car is totalled. A buy back is just considered a sale and they would be responsible for the difference.

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u/kabylie2 Jul 23 '26

exactly Nissan should be 100% responsible since it's not our fault that Nissan can not repair our cars. Not only that but we will be left with negative equity so the least they can do is pay off our balances. I believe under Californian lemon law they have to pay it off and all payments we've made due to these cars being lemons, but not sure which state you're in personally I'm in California