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    LEAF's 12V battery behaviors - and why they go bad

    Does anyone one for sure when the 12V charging algorithm was changed/improved/corrected? Ie: from what years of production is 12V charging a non-issue? 2014? 2015? (I'm not asking about the telematics battery drain issue - just the 12V charging - thanks!) Best, Tal
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    NissanConnect EV / Telematics Hardware Update, for the post-2G world

    AFAIK when the EVSE (read: charger) is connected the 12V battery is not being charged by the main traction battery through the DC-DC converter (read: big battery to the little battery) - which is the only way the 12V battery gets charged. So actually, AFAIK, keeping the car plugged in and not...
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    2013 Leaf - Dead 12-Volt Battery every 2 Weeks

    Ummm... I really, really doubt it's a dead battery. My battery was 3 years old when I had the TCU updated - and died THE NEXT DAY. Occam's Razor suggests it was the TCU - which turns out later it was. I'd make an appointment at your Nissan dealer sooner rather than later and put your foot down...
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    12v battery dies repeatedly

    If the 2G --> 3G telematics upgrade was done, it's the culprit. Cross-post here: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=12448&p=497352#p497352 Executive summary = Nissan (manufacturer not dealer) flew over their telematics engineers to look at my car, and promptly confirmed that it...
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    2013 Leaf - Dead 12-Volt Battery every 2 Weeks

    Hey everyone, Looks like we can at least put the cause of the issue to rest. As Occam would suggest - in my case at least (2013 car getting the 2G --> 3G telematics upgrade) was the cause of the problem. Nissan (the manufacturer, not the dealership) flew over their engineers who designed the...
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    2013 Leaf - Dead 12-Volt Battery every 2 Weeks

    Yes, dealer gave it back after two weeks with the delightful response that they couldn't figure out what's wrong but that "it turned on for three days in a row" (that's verbatim, BTW). They also suggested I take it to another dealer "to get a 2nd opinion". This is the 3rd time it's been to this...
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    LEAF's 12V battery behaviors - and why they go bad

    Cross-posting myself as it's relevant: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=494786#p494786 Here's the full post: From the above, what i'm hearing is that people did not have 12V battery problems before performing the 2G --> 3G telematics upgrade but do have 12V problems after. I know...
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    NissanConnect EV / Telematics Hardware Update, for the post-2G world

    From the above, what i'm hearing is that people did not have 12V battery problems before performing the 2G --> 3G telematics upgrade but do have 12V problems after. I know that from my experience, with 65k miles on the car, my problems began within 2 days of having the telematics upgrade done...
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    LEAF's 12V battery behaviors - and why they go bad

    Want to double down on this! My last new battery (lucky #5) in the car (currently at the dealer for the 3rd time for this 12V discharge issue) was only able to charge to 68% of it's original (ie: 100%) capacity. That's after one discharge (read: damage) cycle from the car that forced it to well...
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    2013 Leaf - Dead 12-Volt Battery every 2 Weeks

    Yes, I remember reading your post. Unfortunately, if merely having the battery die completely (of the batteries I've replaced since December the voltages have read as low as 2V, 6V, and 7V - so if that's all it takes to reset the telematics unit - it's been reset several times. The charge...
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    2013 Leaf - Dead 12-Volt Battery every 2 Weeks

    Hello, My situation is this: since I upgraded the telematics unit in December I've gone through four batteries. The first died one week after the upgrade, which I (naively) attributed to the car being 3 years old. The second died two weeks later. The third lasted a month. And the forth lasted a...
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    Poll : Number of miles before losing the first bar

    Just saw this morning that I lost my first bar at 59,860 miles. :-( The way I maintained battery health is by: Nearly never charging to 100%. I set the car to charge to 80% when I get home, then charge for a further half hour in the morning before I leave for work, so there's minimal time...
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    NissanConnect EV / Telematics Hardware Update, for the post-2G world

    Try this: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=23159#p479520 Best, Tal
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    Forged Rays Volk Wheels installed - stock wheels are HEAVY!

    Just want to point out that the bore isn't load bearing - it's used mostly for convenience to hold and center the wheel while tightening the lugs. The lugs do 100% of load bearing - otherwise there wouldn't be plastic centering rings. So it's only using smaller bore wheels on bigger bore cars...
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    Dealer recommendation for Leaf servicing around Los Angeles (I'm near Pasadena)

    Will report back with hopefully positive experiences with Downtown Nissan and/or Glendale Nissan! Thanks all, Tal
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