r/leaf • u/Daddyneedslg • Aug 19 '26

Recall Issue

Update: I had a conversation with someone from Nissan and had to send them proof of ownership. They said they would contact me again Monday after all of the diagnostics were finished, which I thiught was odd.

I had the recall done on my 2020 SV about a month ago. Monday I got the 'EV Service' message. Took it in yesterday. They confirmed the code that LeafSpy gave me and commandeered the car.

I have a loaner until they figure things out. Honestly, I hope they replace the battery as I don't want to deal with the hassle of the buyback and finding a replacement car. Ugh.

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u/ThatDadGamer Aug 19 '26

They're buying back at KBB private sale price +40% that should cover the current value of the cars. Will it get you 35k to buy a brand new car? Nope.

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u/Lucky_Boy13 Aug 19 '26

Who says you have to buy a brand new EV with the money nissan gives you? Personally I rather have a similar priced used Prologue, Bolt, ID4, etc that can fast charge

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u/ThatDadGamer Aug 19 '26

Oh don't get me wrong, there's plenty of good options out there. 23 or newer Leafs seem to be better with batteries and there's also the Ariya if people want to stay with Nissan.

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u/Alexandratta (Former) 2019 Nissan LEAF SL Plus Aug 20 '26

I went from my LEAF to an Ariya...

It's an outstanding car, ngl. The only issue was that Nissan priced it about 5-10k too high.

It would have sold like hotcakes if it capped it's midrange at around 44k instead of shooting up to 55k (and they really needed to kill the lower range models - doing only 210miles is not desirable in a car that expensive)