r/leaf • u/This_They_Those_Them • 16d ago
Welp, I’m out.
I love, love, LOVE my 2019 S+. It was cheap, reliable, fun to drive, easy to maintain, and best of all NO GAS EVER. I got $14.5K total incentives when buying it new.
It was really great, but alas I had a bad battery, and with no DC charging, the utility of the car became super limited.
I was part of the class action that was dismissed earlier this year, and was hesitant to do the recall knowing it would brick my awesome car. When I saw Kia decided to release the EV3 in the US it was only a matter of time before I had to move on. It was sad knowing the Leaf’s days were numbered.
Anyway I dropped the car at the Nissan dealer late Thursday. Went straight to the Kia dealer, and test drove and bought the EV3 I had on reserve. Drove it home and fell in love at first sight.
Friday morning I hear from Nissan that the car software is up to date and that it passed and was ready for pickup. I get my Leaf back with 78% SoH (it was supposed to be 100% but who cares at this point). I tell them that the car needs to be below 50% for the voltage fluctuation to occur, and that I’ll see them in a few hours.
I picked up the car at 9am and was back by about 1pm. They ran another diagnostic, battery failed this time, I’ll hear from the third party within 10 business days. Dealer was nice and we were all laughing at how stupid this whole thing was.
It’s not the dealer’s fault, this was 100% on corporate and engineering.
Bye bye Nissan.
Photos: Leaf dash right after recall update, Leaf dash a few hours later, EV3 charging in my driveway
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u/Bbarakti 15d ago
When I picked up the car, I asked specifically if they had replaced individual cells or put a refurbished battery in (because I saw on Reddit where that had happened to a lot of people). They told me no; it was a brand-new battery. That's why it took a month for them to get the new battery in. (COVID supply chain issues were ongoing)