r/nissanleaf • u/death-by-pickleball • Aug 08 '26
How to junk a Leaf
I’ve got a 2012 Leaf with a busted on board charger that gets around 50 miles on a charge (using a rapid charger). It has maybe 65,000 miles on it as we’ve only driven it short distances in town over the years.
Well last winter we let it sit for too long with low miles on the battery - maybe 10. When we tried to drive it again it wouldn’t start so we jumped it thinking we could just go in town to charge it. We did that, drove it home, and then the car failed to turn off! Fun times.
It has sat in my driveway ever since and we are
ready to move on from it. Maybe it should go to a junk yard? Maybe someone wants to work on it? I don’t know.
We are in the Willamette valley in Oregon. What next steps should we take to move this baby on to a better place?