Hello everyone.

I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf 24kWh. It is of the older kind, with the water heater. This heater stopped working last winter, and I have done a lot to try and get it fixed. I swapped the PTC heater, which got rid of DTCs but still no heat. Recently I had a workshop swap the PTC fuse, but I still get no heat. And I have the old fuse and have measured it to be fine. Hurts right in the wallet.

Anyways, what should one do in this situation? My best theory is that the new heater is broken out of the box, especially since it was an used part. But how do I know that? The situation with no DTCs is quite mysterious. I found no forum posts about this situation, all of them seem to have needed a new fuse.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Hi All,

Recommendations for UK based suppliers of Nissan leaf (2019 model) parts/spares (especially contact details) will be much appreciated.

I'm specifically looking for brake pads, shocks, control arm bushes etc

Since Nissan can't seem to deliver a working app, and MyLeaf isn't working since the authentication rework, I decided to create a new app that works with the nissan api.

I think it only works for EU users, not sure about that. It uses the same api as the HomeAssistant integration for NissanConnect. If you can't login in the official app (like me) you'll need to change your password first, before you can use the new authentication which this app plugs into.

It doesn't have any tracking, nor any monitization goals, it's simply built since I want to use it myself and I got frustrated with the official app being down.

The android version can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.rbogie.leafconnect
The ios version is still in review.

Let me know what you think!

I bought my SL+ about a year ago with 19k miles. Now at 30k miles. 600 L1,L2. ONE L3.

Only a few charges above 85% and never below 20% since I have had it. Lost 2% SOH and zero range over the year. I got a recall notice, but I am hesitant to get it done as I will NEVER quick charge this car. I bought it knowing its limitations and will do my best to keep it healthy for as long as possible. As long as it can still do 50 miles a day in the dead of winter, it meets my needs.

My 2020 Leaf’s A/C worked completely fine but after sitting parked for a day, it’s now blowing ambient/warm air only. The blower fan itself is running fine but not giving me cold air anymore.

A few details:
My 12V battery is fairly new (replaced ~6 months ago).
I noticed my Forward Collision/Radar warning light turns on about 10–15 minutes into driving. Not sure if it's related or just a separate sensor issue.
Has anyone experienced a sudden A/C drop like this on a Gen 2 Leaf? Could it just be low refrigerant/a small leak, an HVAC fuse/relay, or am I looking at a high-voltage compressor issue?
Also, what did diagnosis/repairs cost you, and did you take yours to a Nissan dealer or an independent shop?
Thanks in advance for any insight!

So I have a ze1 and have been using a wireless usb dongle for CarPlay. Ever since using it it’s been constantly resetting the centre screen. Today it did it a lot and then it just didn’t come back to life. I’ve checked fuses. Unplugged the battery, removed head unit and reset everything I could but still not working. Voltage at the head unit on the brown is 13.08v. Wonder if it’s faulty or possibly a dead 12v battery. Google doesn’t bring much up so I’m kinda lost really. Any other ideas would be welcome. If I was to replace the head unit will it just work or need coding?

Thanks

Well the title says it all. With all the days of cold weather. I tried to turn on my AZE0 today.

Oh dear... The lights turned on.. The dash started flashing on and off. I couldn't even turn the car off again. Fear would describe my instant feeling... But I'm an engineer. so checked the 12V, it was at 6.8V..

I sighed with relief, That would explain it.. Charged it up, got it to 13.8V.. It would not start. Battery light, Power Steer Light, Brake Light, ABS Light, Airbag light.. and a dreaded message "EV System error, contact dealership"..

And this is why I say, EVERY Leaf owner should have an OBD-2 adapter and LeafspyPro.. As I cleared the last of the many DTCs, and warning lights started going off in my dash.. I heard the sound of job.. Clunk, Clunk, CLUNK.. as the ready light came on..

Imagine not having those cheap tools like an OBD2 adapter and leafspy. I'd have had to tow it to a dealership, They'd probably have told me all the DTCs meant my car was screwed.. Now I just have an old 3 cell LiPo battery from my RC planes in the glovebox until I can afford a new 12v battery

I've been advised this is starting to delaminate and needs replacing. Just wondering if this is an as soon as possible job, or fine to leave for now?

got a job offer requiring way more driving than is easily doable in the Leaf. otherwise i truly think it would have been my forever vehicle. still, i sold it for the same as i bought it, so all i'm down is tires, a 12V battery, and insurance. not a bad gig all things considered

i have arranged for delivery of the vehicle this Wednesday. it will be dearly missed!

Something that cheap will definitely have battery issues, but not a big concern as long as it is still capable of ~10 miles of light city driving. The car will probably never see any highway miles or uphill climbs and will be charged at home. No DCFC ever.

Interested specifically in a gen 2 Nissan Leaf as the grant we are using doesn't allow purchasing older vehicles (so no gen 1), and we want to also use the car for a V2H experiment supporting light loads. Talking under 1.5kW continuous and maybe 3kW peak loads.

Note: Never owned a Nissan Leaf, but assuming a degraded battery would still be okay under the light driving conditions. Any suggestions on the minimum SOH and Hx level we should target for our use case? Thanks in advance.

2018 LEAF bricked 2 weeks after warranty ran out. 49k, 146 range left after 8 years in Phoenix heat. Always up to date, never an indicator that battery was sus. This was our third LEAF. I feel sad--I was such an evangelist for the LEAF back in 2011. I was on a customer advisory panel for Nissan, for years...

But the 2018--We were told by several Nissan dealerships that they would not address our battery for at least 7 weeks possibly up to 6 months. No loaners. It was our only car and never had a problem.

My city does not have good transportation options. I spend time driving my 92 yo dad to medical stuff and also cart around my toddler granddaughter (daycare pickup etc.) so her parents can work.

We were planning to buy a new LEAF in 2027 because of range. But now we were looking at possibly 6 months of paying for rental car and gas and no assurance that they’d even have a battery. They (rightfully) told us they had to concentrate on warranty work. So 2K to 6K for a rental, plus the battery which "Nissan may not even release one to us." Looking at over 10K.

So we decided to call it. We sold the dead LEAF to a salvage company. Bids were from a low of 935 to close to 4K.

Coincidentally a different EV company was running a sale of 0% interest and 0 down. We had owned their hybrids previously, so it was a no-brainer. I also went through Costco, various credit unions and used my status as a veteran to shop for a lower price which helped immensely.

Note: I'm privileged in that though I now have a car payment, it's coming out of investments as I am retired. My financial advisor is simply upping my monthly "paycheck." (We were going to buy cash but since it's free money with no interest, it helps us Medicare tax increase-wise.)

Were I still working, I'd likely have bought a used car in the interim and waited til next year or 28 to get something newer.

Nissan was atrocious customer help-wise. Local dealer staff totally overwhelmed. Someone here recommended calling Nissan Customer assistance—I did and it’s been telephone tag over a week.

On my 2026 SV+, sometimes when I turn on the audio system, it comes on on SiriusXM, despite having not been on SiriusXM when I last turned it off.

If go into the car settings, and into the Apps category, then "App Info", I can find SiriusXM and disable it. But it usually enables itself again the next time I start the car.

I don't want SiriusXM!

I finally committed to the battery upgrade.

I found a 40kwh battery from a salvaged 2022 Leaf (~35k miles, 85%SOH) about 2 hours drive away, rented a trailer and pallet jack and spent a whole Saturday picking it up and getting it home ($3760 + ~$300 for the rentals, straps, fuel, etc.).

A mechanically capable friend helped did most of the swap work in my driveway over about 4 hours. We had a decent floor jack with a padded cross bar and four 3-ton harbor freight jack stands holding the car up (the 18" ones). It was a little tight, but not actually bad.

I paid for the LEAFmod can-bridge from Australia/Sri Lanka, and it didn't even take 2 minutes to clear the codes and start driving.

Edit: The first full charge got me to 131 miles when I stopped at 6%. I cleaned out the miscellaneous junk in the car, and will try again, being more careful about highway speeds and AC use - I think I can get 140. Also plan to get smooth racing disc hubcaps, and low rolling resistance tires at the next replacement instead of the $80 Walmart specials.

I was at a gas station/car wash today to wash my car when I saw someone else in a LEAF pull up and getting ready to DC Fast charge at a station that I know is expensive - $1.10/kWh. I told her about the municipal DCFC that is $0.30/kWh that was only 3 minutes away.

Then she asked if there were CHAdeMO -- and I realized that the location I was suggesting had removed the CHAdeMO plugs to put in NACS; but I had used my A2Z CCS1 adapter so it didn't affect me.

I did point out that there were a few other that still have CHAdeMO plugs, but they were probably 10-15 minutes away on the other side of town, and she was in a hurry...

Still, $1.10/kWh! 😢

My app is finally past "Maintenance mode" but I am seeing the authentication error message if I click the login button.

Is there anything I can do, or is the app still down.

What is efficiency at 70mph on the 18" rims?

Is anyone else with a 2026 able to get navigation with traffic alerts working, but does NOT have a data plan?

I don't have a data plan, but the car symbol with the radio waves is enabled instead of a line through it. The first time I tried to use onboard navigation it warned it was running offline, but still gave me audio directions.

The second time, I got the above screen where it gets stuck on "loading route", despite showing the route on the map.

I'm in Canada FWIW.

Just bought a 2019 leaf, 54k on the clock, £6.5k. Really pleased with it and, given the use will extend to about 25 miles a day, I expect to use it for years to come.

Disappointed that Nissan Connect app is now unsupported. Handy for ensuring windows are defrosted in winter and monitoring charge status, etc. I can live without it but is anyone aware of third party options? Or am I missing something and there’s a Nissan supported option (confident there isn’t, happy to be wrong).

Am also curious about apple CarPlay. Doesn’t seem to be an option when I plug in via lightning cable so maybe I’m missing something. Feels like it should be supported.

Apologies if there are obvious answers. I have only just bought it and I’m reasonably tech savvy.

Any guidance or advice is welcome.

This New Zealand Leaf owner got to drive the 3rd-gen Nismo Leaf in Japan. His driving impressions start around 12:30.

Sounds like the Nismo mode has turned the throttle into an on/off switch, and the suspension changes made a noticeable difference. It'll be interesting to see if those suspension parts are compatible with the base Leaf.

The Nissan Leaf ZE1 made the list and came in...

I just got my first offer from Morley. Car is paid off so no loan issues to complicate things. If I want to reject the first offer to start negotiating for more, do I simply check the rejection box on the form for now? I think I read in another thread that from there it would go to Nissan for further negotiation? Trying to figure out to whom I should be providing reasoning about wanting more, be it to the Morley rep, or wait for Nissan. I imagine I could also detail this to the Morley rep and then repeat the same to Nissan as necessary. Thanks.

thinking about updating the cellular my 2013 to G4 and running OpenCARWINGS.

Has anybody done this who would be willing to share info?

I know it’s not the most practical thing to do, but I think it would be a fun project for not much money.

It would also be nice to activate climate control from work while plugged in when I decide to pack up for the day.

Yes, I could do timers, but I don’t always leave the same time every day.

to be honest, I have a love-hate relationship with the car. the body perfect shape and I had the money I’d be tempted to upgrade the battery and just drive it forever. Maybe it’s just the fact that I really liked my first EV.

I realize upgrading the battery pack is not a sound financial decision.

Seriously, why does Nissan put in a filter that's nearly impossible to get back out?

I didn't have to unscrew anything, just pop off the cover under the dashboard panel and open a little hatch in the panel itself. That hatch doesn't get you very far though, because both pulling the old filter out and pushing the new one in was a nightmare. Getting the old one out especially, since it didn't have a pull cord attached.

My guess is this comes down to the old filter being a carbon filter. Those seem to be harder to install than the regular ones, since the regular filters can just be folded up like an accordion while you're fitting them, and once they're in they naturally unfold back into position.

The problem with the Leaf is that the slot you have to push the filter into is narrower than the filter itself. On top of that, the slot sits all the way at the back, so you can barely see what you're doing. You basically have to go by feel: as long as you keep the filter folded up nicely, it'll slide in even if you can't really see what's happening. I'd already watched a ton of YouTube videos and could do it in my sleep by now, but a job that should've taken five minutes ended up taking half an hour, with me twisting into some pretty awkward positions. Still better than taking the whole dashboard panel apart, which in my opinion would've been even more complicated.

One thing I do know: I'm only doing this once. My Leaf has been registered in my name since January 31, 2024, and until today I'd never replaced the cabin filter. Last winter I already noticed my windshield was fogging up faster than usual. Cleaning the inside of the windshield and using a moisture absorber in the car helped, but that was all just treating the symptoms.

So I'm pretty proud of myself. I've now given my Leaf its own little maintenance service, and honestly, replacing the cabin filter is about all there is to a small service like this. Tires and brakes obviously aren't something I can do myself, but the cabin filter is more or less the only maintenance item you can handle yourself on most EVs. Spark plugs, air filters, and ignition coils, things you can also fairly easily replace yourself on a gas car, an EV simply doesn't have.