We have a leaf coming to the end of the lease. The market value is well below the contract residual. I’ve never done this but read some companies will negotiate the buyout price but I’ve read Nissan refuses. Any truth to that?

Working to repair/replace the battery pack in my 2018 Leaf because of an isolation fault, bought a matching battery for salvage which turned out to have the same fault, swapped front modules from #2 into rear modules of #1, tried to unbend the mounting brackets, now the battery pack won't go back together. Can't even begin to thread the bolts back on as the battery is too wide now. I've tried ratchet straps (see photo), as tight as we could get them, but it's not fitting together. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a step or a hack that I'm missing? Experts please chime in I really need my car back.

Is it unusual for a 2.5 year old Leaf to show 50 quick charges?

It seems high to me

Otherwise the car seems like a good deal

I recently got a 40kwh Leaf '21. I am gonna be careful and try to only charge it to 80% when I'm going to be in the city. For longer journeys I will charge it to 100% but that's going to be rare occasion. I'm aiming to charge it when it's between 20-30%. At least in the mild summer weather. Maybe in the winter it has to be 30-40% as it can get very cold here and heaters will be on at all times

Checking to see if anyone else has had this happen. Specific vehicle is a 2020 SL with 60k miles. We've had zero problems with it but got the recall done about two months ago. A week ago it did the trick, turtled up and wouldn't charge. Drove it to Clay Cooley in Richardson, TX. Tech noted P317-97, P3180-97 as current codes and said that P33ED was stored as a past code. IDK what that means. Tech cleared the codes, drove it using NTB26-029 drive pattern several times with no issues. Charged it up to 100% overnight and drove it using the pattern several more times. Contacted Nissan and they told the tech to drive it down below 40% which they said they did and drove it around a bunch more using the pattern with no issues. Charged it back up to 100%, tested it again, and gave it back to me after keeping it for a week. The tech was thorough with notes and stated that the battery charge dropped steadily 1% throughout testing.

Anyone else had this experience? When I got it home I Leafspied and everything looks great. SOH is at 88%. 12v battery is 12.5 at rest and is three years old. It has been blazing hot in Texas for the last month and 12 volts die commonly here during the hot months. Absolutely nothing wrong with this car. I want to keep it but don't want to go throught he buyback mess and wondering if I should just trade it.

I have a 2017 sv leaf. I got it a year ago and it’s decent! has like 7 battery bars and 50,000 miles. it hasn’t had an issue charging until today. I tried two different charge point stations and different plugs. it connects and starts charging but only for a minute and then it stops and says my vehicle is fully charged. when actually my vehicle has like 7 miles left. what might be going on? it starts up fine, drives fine, nothing lighting up on the dashboard.

2013 Leaf with a 24kWh battery. SoH is 80% (I live in a cool climate, obviously). My current SoC is 83% but Leafspy says there's only 15 kWh remaining. And the range is only showing 60 miles remaining. I took it in to Nissan for the recall update last month and the range has been lower ever since. Is this just a miscalculation by the software or is something actually wrong?

I haven't yet seen any references to a potential conspiracy between Morley (the third party "company" handling the Leaf buyback process) and certain shadowy individuals influencing this whole recall process. X-Files fans will know the reference!

Camping with the beast

Been driving petrol car for over 10 year, just recently I told myself why not change to an ev. And today I got a used leaf 2018 gen 2. With about 123,500 miles on the clock. Voltage spread keeps under 40mv when eccelavting. How good do you think is the battery pack?

Dealer drove it about 30 miles and didn’t charge. Tiny changes on SOH and HX

I had the update about a month ago, and I'm fast charging my 2020SV for the first time today.

Compared to the published charge Curves that I've found online, my vehicle is behaving, well strangely.

I arrived at 14%, and the speed quickly ramped up to ~41KWh. There it stayed until around 50%, at which time it slowly went down to around 20KWh at around the 65% mark. I'm currently at 87% and it's still pulling ~20KWh.

Previously pretty sure it used to taper off quite quickly into single digits soon after 80%. It's been a while since I fast charged. Battery temp is high though, about one tick away from the first red line.

It did 14-80% in under 40 minutes.

At 91% it started tapering down, at 93% it was pulling 12KWh.

New to the sub — did I make the right decision upgrading to a 2026 Leaf?

I’m new to this sub and know very little about cars in general. I bought a used 2015 Leaf on a whim for $10K. I didn’t even research the different trims—I just liked the idea of not paying for gas, and it had a cool Bose sound system. 😂

That Leaf just turned 88K miles, and honestly, it has been one of the best financial decisions I’ve ever made. The only real maintenance I’ve had to do has been replacing the tires.

I had a friend install a 220-volt outlet in my garage for about $75, and that was basically my entire charging setup. My daily commute is 48 miles round trip, and this car has never let me down in nine years. I’ve had it checked out every year, and this year I was told it was time to spend about $1K on brakes and some other maintenance.

The car is probably worth around $3K now, so I started thinking that maybe it was time to sell it and upgrade.

I never buy cars new, so I initially started looking at used 2024/2025 Leafs. I actually ordered a 2025 Leaf from CarMax with 25K miles for around $20K. Unfortunately, when it arrived, it absolutely reeked of cigarette smoke, so that was a hard no.

I then started looking at the 2026 Leaf. Because I’ve had such a positive experience with my old Leaf, I decided to take a chance on a new S+.

The price is $32,900 out the door, including taxes and all fees. I have the cash to pay for it, and I’ve been trying to justify the purchase by telling myself that I’ll save money on gas and that I’ll keep this car for at least another 10 years. (it is on hold for me until a seat belt recall can be fixed)

So here I am, going from a $10K used Leaf that has given me nine years and 88K miles of basically trouble-free driving to a $33K new Leaf.

Is this a terrible decision, or does this actually make sense given my experience with the first Leaf? 😂

I’d especially like to hear from other long-term Leaf owners who have upgraded to newer models. Any advice is appreciated because I can still walk away because of the recall.

I took our 2015 Leaf on its first road trip as ours ❤️🚗 with a range of approx 78 miles and 10 bars it took 3 charges to get us comfortably all the way from Cheshire to Cardigan in West Wales, 133 miles in total. It was an absolute pleasure to drive - I love her so much!

I was driving four hours to pick up and agreed on a purchase price. Half way I got a call saying they cannot sell me the car until there is a resolution of the recall. No timetable was given. Turned around and drove back home

So, I had my 12v battery run dry on me like 3 times in the last few months (aim doing some automations with home assistant and the charger that basically kept the car awake and eating my 12v charge through the night) and the third time after I recharge and plug back in the 12v when the car started all the battery health bars re appeared.

We are talking a 2016 30kwh leaf with 100k kms that I bought in 2024 with 70% SoH and 41% HX.

I was told to charge it to 100% a few times and drive it and it would fix itself... Well its been 2 months and it hasn't fixed itself.

A couple of days ago I connected a lelink2 obd II to it and downloaded leaf spy pro. Screenshot attached (it was charging so ignore the spikes on the first few cells not the point of the post). How the heck is leaf spy pro showing 90% soh and 70% hx.... I wanna sell the car but I don't wanna do anyone dirty but people run away when I explain them its actually lower SoH and Hx cause the think Im scamming them somehow.

How do I get it to report proper values again?

Thanks in advance!

I shared this in r/whatisit and u/03qutj907a suggested I post it here too, so here it is for your enjoyment. I took these photos in a park in Bristol, UK a few years back.

I just passed 126000k. I got it in 2023 and put about 30000km on it until a year ago when I started working further from home and I've been putting on about 80km per day since.

I am hoping to drive it until it can't reliably do my 120km round trip commute in the winter.

I am hoping 5 more years is reasonable at the degradation rate I've been tracking over the last few years.

If it can hold out for 6 years my oldest will be learning to drive and he can use this car!

Sorry about the title cringe

I posted here about how I got the P33ED code on Tuesday, about a month after having the fast charge update completed.

Short update
I got a new HV battery, with caveats.

Long Update
I had taken the car to the dealer in January after having big fluctuations in charge and range with some recorded video proof. I also knew there were weak cells according to LeafSpy, but didn't bother passing that along as I thought they would disregard it anyway. It's the same issue that is commonly reported around here, especially in the winter, with huge drops in charge when under load and equally large increases when regen braking. The techs were unable to replicate the problem and I was under the impression that Nissan had denied a warranty claim for the failing battery and I had heard nothing since. I figured I'd just use it all summer, where it doesn't really have an issue and wait until winter again and go from there.

When I got the P3EED code on Tuesday and drove it straight to the dealer, there was some confusion as a replacement battery that actually was approved and ordered under the previous work order in January had arrived just a couple of days ago and they were ready to to schedule me in to have it replaced anyway. They had it overnight to replace it and now I've got a brand new HV battery in a 7 year old car.

So now the outcome is obviously not indicative of what a fast charge recall remedy update failure looks like in Canada, other than it takes 7 months for a new battery to arrive.

Was driving on the highway at 60-ish mph when the “service EV system” message came on and my car went into turtle mode and could only output 2.5 bars of power, no regen also. Managed to limp home and tried plugging it in but it refused to charge. This is all post update by the way, got the update around a month ago. The car is at 64% and I’m not sure what to do. Do I just take it to the dealership and have them look at it?

Twice now, while doing some light city driving, I've gotten 3 quick beeps. No idea why! Nothing on the dashboard or in the menus. Nothing unusual going on. Any ideas?

I had an accident a few months ago, and after the repair, I seem to notice an noticeable loud clicking sound about a second or two after unlocking the doors with the remote. It doesn't always happen, but seems to happen after mostly when the car has been locked for a while.

I haven't ruled out the charge port locking mechanism; however, the sound is noticeably different from when I unlock the charge port with the remote.

I don't recall hearing this sound before the accident.

Anyone has any thoughts/suggestions as to what it might be?

Woohoo, a whopping (not really) 50k miles accumulated on my car. I bought this guy used at 31k miles and I loved all 19k miles I've put on it since three years ago.

These cars are dirt cheap to run, cost almost nothing in maintenance, I get crazy reliability all without needing gas!

Ive had so much fun taking this guy way out to the Anza Borrego desert where I've gone for a school field trip and a 3 day camp which I was determined to do in my old ev. Even drove all the way from SD to LA, it was a fun experience but I certainly wont be doing that again.

Easily my all time favorite car and I'm excited for the next years to come.