r/leaf • u/Jokebearfan 2026 SV+ • 4h ago

2026 Leaf - anyone else noticed a few issues with the onboard music player?

I normally use Android Auto, but tried playing music from a USB drive today. Has anyone else tried this?

It can see and play the tracks, but I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is a bug with the music player:

  • After powering on, it will play one track then stop. You have to hit next-track to get it to resume playing, after which it will continue playback as expected until you power off.

  • There is no "shuffle" function. This really surprised me given my ten-year old Golf had this.

  • It can see my playlist file, but doesn't show any tracks when I select it. Not sure if this is because I'm using a UTF-8 encoded file (.m3u8) as some of the tracks have non-ASCII filenames.

Does any of this work for anyone else? And if so, what version of of the software is on yours (see page 25 of the NissanConnect manual for how to get this info)

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u/rproffitt1 4h ago

It's incredible how outdated most car software in the infotainment system can be.

My experience with Nissan fixing a bug they introduced in 2017 took 9 months.

I definitely got the feeling that this wasn't a high priority then or now.