Recent content by EVOldtimer

Just today, I have had this dreaded condition happen to me. I have a description of the failure following what I want to say about batteries. I had read most of this thread a few months ago and was inclined to believe it would turn out to be a problem with batteries. Now I am pretty sure...

Answering your question Tim, the car has at least one sensor for each of all three axes, Yaw, Pitch, and Roll. Generically, they are called G sensors, and some might be specifically called that in the scan tool data. It is a feature of most VSC systems and they need all this information in...

Thanks for taking my post in the spirit it was intended. As an automotive technician, I am constantly amazed by the idiotic ideas that the car makers come up with. I had felt that way about TPMS for years, until I started seeing that it really was useful for the average person. When...

I am an alignment tech in a small speciality shop. I drive Leafs, but have not personally experienced tire wear bad enough to bother doing any alignments on a Leaf yet. So my comments are general, but there is no reason why a Leaf would be any different than a Prius as far as tire wear...

"I've been driving for 31 years without TPMS and I have never ruined a tire because it was low." Good for you. I never have either, and I have been driving much longer than that. Now go to any tire store and ask them how many tires come in an an average day, destroyed because someone ran them...

I know this is an old thread, but I hate to see incomplete info left out there. Most good repair shops and tire centers have CLONEABLE TPMS sensors available. A cloneable sensor is given all of the information from the original sensor. The technician puts a cloneable sensor in each new wheel...

Aren't there any trouble codes in any systems? The dealer should have performed a global scan of all the modules. (As techs, we do all modules because sometimes the source of a problem in one system is with a different system.) Hopefully you have seat and steering wheel heaters to fill the...

I am glad they found the problem. The G sensor as you call it is a perfect explanation for what happened to you. I would hope that they had checked for codes the first time you were in, and it does not surprise me that there would have been no codes at that time. The sensor has to be failing...

Please read my post more carefully. If the VDC (as Nissan calls it) is operating to yaw the vehicle back into alignment with the direction of movement, THE ABS WILL BE ACTIVATING. The VDC can only affect the trajectory of the car by applying and unapplying the brakes through the conventional...

I have not seen satellite tracking systems for fleet users, but it is the only logical explanation. If you really want to know, follow the wires and take pictures of what they go to. I am sure it will be a box with an antenna connected to that somewhere else in the car. Unplug it for now...

SpinDoctor, glad you are ok. Had you ever had the ABS activate on this car previously? It seems odd that it would completely not work suddenly. Can you tell us more about the circumstances? Assuming you were not driving too fast, and the conditions were not excessively slippery. Here is my...

Ok, A couple of comments from the old timer: I am glad you weren't hurt when your Leaf got totaled! ----- Tire traction and performance is way more complicated than just putting "performance" tires on your car. It makes a huge difference where you live in the world and how the weather affects...

The grabby brakes issue was addressed by Nissan with a controller upgrade. Here is a partial descriptrion from the text of the bulletin they issued: " Reference: NTB12-086A Date: October 25, 2012 2011-2012 LEAF; BRAKE PEDAL SENSITIVE AT SPEEDS BELOW 15 MPH This bulletin has been amended. The...

I am starting a new thread because the other one got pretty off topic. http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4765 Some Nissan Leafs have a dangerous braking condition, and as of October 2013, Nissan is clueless about how to fix it. There are two very disturbing symptoms that my...