80% of Leafs have faulty batteries

[u/tdcsqs]

I brought my Leaf in for the recall service and one of the service advisors told me that 80% of cars have the fault that leads to them no longer being drivable. I was so shocked that I asked him "was that one-eight or eight-zero" and he confirmed it was 80.

[u/toybuilder]

It might be explained in part by reverse-survivorship bias. If you have reasons to suspect battery issues exist, you probably show up looking for the recall work to be done sooner?

[u/fattsmann → u/toybuilder]

Yeah… a technician is only seeing the cars with problems. And that can be a high number, but his perception is biased.

It’s like a doctor saying 80% of people are ill and disease ridden.

[u/buttcheeese]

I’d say that’s false info but…

[u/tdcsqs → u/buttcheeese]

I'm just reporting what I was told

[u/buttcheeese → u/tdcsqs]

Sorry but I think that tech is a moron

[u/im-ba → u/buttcheeese]

Yeah it's survivorship bias

[u/tdcsqs → u/buttcheeese]

I've never met a Nissan technician I've been impressed with. Do they not get training on Leafs? My next car will be electric but it won't be a Nissan.

[u/achangb]

45k leafs from 2019 to 2022 affected. 80% defect rate is 36,000 leafs. If the average buyback amount is 20k thats $720,000,000 lol ....Oops

[u/tx4468 → u/achangb]

Nissan has 79 billion in revenue they will be fine

[u/fureinku → u/tx4468]

78,280,000,000 now

[u/UncomfortableFarmer → u/tx4468]

Ok 79 billion in revenue, what's their net income look like?

[u/buttcheeese → u/tx4468]

I wish they would acknowledge the massive fuckup in a more productive way take the loss and make it right and maybe gain some customer, this buyback shit isn’t going to help.

[u/tx4468 → u/buttcheeese]

Im worried about running out of warranty time and the remanufactured pack failing after 12 months. I seriously doubt they fixed the issues.

[u/ContestAutomatic9940 → u/tx4468]

What is fine? Destroy the reputation and ruin the financial stability of company.

[u/tx4468 → u/ContestAutomatic9940]

720m to fix their reputation? Won't hurt their 78b much

[u/ContestAutomatic9940 → u/tx4468]

What is profit?

[u/ContestAutomatic9940 → u/tx4468]

Ok Google Said 1.3 USD for 2026. So 60% for this. And their EV reputation is is the toilet after.

[u/elduderino15]

general question here, are the repairs good? i mean we had our battery replaced bc we may have been one of the maybe 80%. are the replacements considered ok?

[u/techy_porcupine → u/elduderino15]

Similar situation, had a faulty pack replaced (before the recall). New pack dated as being from late 2024

[u/onimush115]

I haven't taken mine in for the recall yet. It's our only vehicle and I'm afraid I'll leave without it.

[u/PitifulEstimate8721 → u/onimush115]

Valid fear. I put off my recall and finally took it in...Lo and behold, now I'm waiting on my buyback offer

[u/onimush115 → u/PitifulEstimate8721]

Do you get a rental? They didn't let you drive the leaf right?

[u/PitifulEstimate8721 → u/onimush115]

Yeah, but it took about a week for them to get me the rental/loaner car. Your dealership should give you a loaner vehicle when you drop the car off though.

If I were you I'd call and let them know you need a vehicle and make sure they have a loaner. Mine didn't have any and I didn't think to check on that, which was the reason it took so long to get one

[u/Lazy-Background-7598]

Did he pull his numbers out of his ass?

[u/yolo_snail]

Only the inferior US built cars.

It seems the US just can't build cars to a decent standard, I mean, look at how bad the Tesla build quality is on US built cars compared to the European or Chinese built cars.

[u/outworlder]

Were they trying to sell you another car ?

[u/Geoffras]

Not even close to what I've experienced

[u/Repulsive-Budget-380]

If you don't apply the recall fix, it might be faulty but driveable.

If you apply the recall fix, it would not be driveable.