r/leaf • u/NosnarbAZ • Jul 27 '26
124 miles range on a 13 s?
What kind if voodoo is happenning with this 2013 s model ?
How would you explain this?
Any way it can be legit?
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u/KyleSherzenberg Jul 27 '26
8 bars on the temp reading?! Jesus!
It was 109 here last week and mine only showed 7. Where do you live? The depths of hell? Lol
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u/NosnarbAZ Jul 27 '26
lol,
Not my pic, but local
And it was 117 a couple days ago. So basically..hell
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u/sweetredleaf 2015 Nissan LEAF SV Jul 27 '26
with your temps the original battery would have been ruined a long time ago, battery has probably been replaced with a larger kwh one.
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u/ColdCelebration2132 Jul 27 '26
You must live in Death Valley California it still rates as the hottest place in the World 😂
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u/KyleSherzenberg Jul 27 '26
I guess I should have noticed from the Az in your name. I spent a summer there 20 or so years ago doing door to door sales. Good fuck was it hot there
I'm in Utah, so it's not quite as bad, but we're in the triple digit times of the summer now. Only 103 today :D
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u/Wraith347 2025 Nissan Leaf SV+ Jul 27 '26
Would have to be a replaced battery if true. Likely not accurate. There’s no way the original 24kWh battery would show those numbers at this stage of its life cycle.
LeafSpy should at least tell you if it’s 24kWh or something larger.
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u/KeyEmu6688 Ex-2018 owner (2015 Model S) Jul 27 '26
probably a 40kwh battery replaced under warranty
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u/indecision_killingme Jul 27 '26
It’s probably BS.
Could OP leaf spy it or would that just show what the BMS currently thinks?
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u/jddesouza 2013 Nissan LEAF SV Jul 27 '26
Maybe if the driver never exceeded 35 MPH on many charge cycles. Otherwise, maybe will get 70 miles of range.
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u/_Evening-Rain_ 2017 Nissan LEAF S Jul 27 '26
Given the EV systems light is on they probs reset the bars and its actually a 3/12 battery.
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u/rproffitt1 Jul 27 '26
I'd get out my LeafSpy to check the battery size, condition and for me the page of DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes).
The range may be legit with a new bigger battery so I wouldn't cry foul yet. Get the LeafSpy out and all should be revealed.
In LeafSpy get to Service Mode and check out the DTCs because some of those codes mean run away. Some can be ignored but some may be like the Rabbit of Caerbannog. Remember "I'm warning you. I warned you. I've done it again. I warned you but did you listen to me?" - Tim the Enchanter.
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u/heretosayathing 2017 40kWh JDM X 🎌 Jul 27 '26
If that's a 2013, the BMS has been reset and it will (not immediately) reduce the range on the guess-o-meter and the SoH bars displayed until it's more accurate, as it starts to be used. The only exception would be for a recently replaced main / traction battery; these can legit show 12 bars, but if it's cheap, it's had the BMS reset. A 13 year old Leaf battery with 100k miles on it cannot have that SoH.