Well Avondale Nissan contacted me and wants me to take my car back in for some more testing. The service advisor told me the technician may have been mistaken. I don't know what that means. Of course I would beta test a lizard for them, given the opportunity, but with my luck they will...
Yeah, I caught that too. I guess four sounded better. But I did call the 1-800 number and the customer affairs representative was very apologetic and said that ALL 2011 and 2012s are covered under the capacity loss warranty. He said that he would pass on the information and gave me a case...
My Leaf was at 8 bars, so I took it in and... Just got my car back (Good Friday) from the Nissan service department, after testing it for 3 days they had this to say,
"TESTED VEHICLES BATTERY-NO FAILED CELLS. NO TROUBLE CODES SET IN ANY SYSTEM. TEST DROVE VEHICLE-GOT 40 MILES ON SURFACE...
I took it to Avondale Nissan, but they said that they were receiving their direction from "Nissan" directly. They gave me a number to corporate but it was closed for Good Friday.
I was told since I had no bad cells and there were no error codes that Nissan considered the degradation normal and "my" particular 2011 Leaf was not covered under the extended battery warranty.
Give me your cell number and I will text you photos of my capacity bars. The first one will be before they had my car, shows 8 bars. The second one will be after they told me that it was normal battery degradation and my particular 2011 Leaf was not covered under the extended warranty, shows...
I took my 2011 Leaf in because I had only 8 bars. Nissan tested it for 3 days and determined that it was normal battery life degradation and sent me on my way. So much for your warranty Mr. Brockman!