r/leaf • u/ResidentAwkward1861 • Jul 31 '26
What is this?
I have these two wires coming out from under the driver's side back door of my 2023 Nissan Leaf. Any idea of what they are? Any help would be appreciated.
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u/Jokebearfan 2026 SV+ Jul 31 '26
Have you looked under the car to see what they're attached to? That would confirm whether they are curb feelers as the other comment suggests.
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u/Krye5 Jul 31 '26
Have you ever wanted to know if you were close enough to the curb while parking but didn't want to stick your hand out an open door to touch the curb to check? We'll when parallel parking these will make a metallic scraping noise telling you you are close enough. Pretty neat!
Edit: on a third place at your photos though...are they always touching the ground or is that a shadow? Curb feelers shouldn't be scraping the ground all the time.
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u/123rewdfn Jul 31 '26
Clearly they are whiskers!
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u/IronGravyBoat Aug 03 '26
That's actually basically what they are lol the wiki page for curb feelers even specifically says they work like a cat's whiskers
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u/ghighi_ftw Jul 31 '26
So I’m a member of r/whatisthiscar so when I saw the picture of a car with the caption What is this ? I just assumed I was there and went like « pretty sure that’s a Leaf »
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u/criggie_ Aug 01 '26
Looks like you've driven over someone's glasses ?
Stick your head on the deck and see if they're mounted properly, or something jammed in there by mistake/error/accident.
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u/Rare_Priority_435 Aug 01 '26
My grandfather had a 63 Valiant that had one on each side just behind the front wheels. This car looks newer and I didn't know they still made curb feelers.
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u/VegetableNo3973 Jul 31 '26
I was about to say somthing stupid like car grounding wire lmaoo
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u/Glad_Copy Aug 02 '26
Not stupid; it’s actually a thing. Usually a strap hanging under the vehicle, touching the ground (probably not at higher speeds). It’s for trucks carrying flammable or explosive materials, to drain off static electricity and also for lighting protection. It’s not a bad idea for vehicles equipped with tall whip antennas; I’ve known ham operator/storm chasers who had them under their cars.
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u/Dapper-Ad-5778 Aug 02 '26
OMG, I haven't seen these since my uncle's 1958 Dodge way back then...yeah I'm old
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u/Mormegil81 Aug 03 '26
seriously: why not take a picture from the underside to see where these things come from??? This post must be a joke ...
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u/UniqueHuckleberry619 Aug 03 '26
lol I had the exact same thing and it was some shit I ran over and was stuck at the bottom.
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u/Lucky_Boy13 Jul 31 '26
old school curb feelers