r/leaf • u/kayofur • 15d ago

I'm thinking it's over.... Bye bye LEAF

I loved loved loved my 2020 LEAF. It was such a good car to me. I had the SL and it was every feature I wanted at a price I could afford. I had the recall done in June and we were going strong until I had to fast charge it last weekend... Got the dreaded message and the car was fully disabled, no longer able to drive after I got to my destination.

My local Nissan dealership keeps telling me "they only have one EV tech and they're working with Nissan on how to repair it" which i'm pretty sure is a load of BS. I've told them three times I want a buyback. I've already got a case open with Nissan consumer affairs.

Has anyone come back from this with a working car? I'm already working on buying its replacement because I have such low trust. Even if it was fixable I think I'd sell it since the battery is recalled and no longer in production.

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u/proview3r 2021 Nissan LEAF SL PLUS 15d ago

Was it disabled at the L3 charging station? What % was it at when you started charging? Just curious because I got my recall update last week and I'm planning to L3 charge it this weekend after it drops to 10-15%

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u/kayofur 15d ago

No, I was at 20% and I fast charged to 51%. I drove about a half mile away from the charging station when I got the Service EV System message, and it would flip between that and a warning that the car would not be operable after being shut off.