Hi all,
Yes i'm a newbie but I've searched the other posts about Leaf's that stop charging, and my situation seems a little different.
So a week ago I bought a used 2011 Leaf with 88,000 kilometres. Level 2 charger not yet installed in my house so have been using the ESVE with no problems for the first week, then today it just won't charge. Specifically: I came home and turned off the charge timers. I plugged in the level 1 charger and no blue lights turned on. The charger had a green 'ready' light. I pressed the instant charge button just in case the car had 'forgotten' i turned off the timers... this made the left blue light turn on but solid, not flashing, and the plug symbol lights up in the car. And a few minutes later the blue light turns off. I unplugged and this sequence all repeated. The manual doesn't talk about the left blue light staying solid.
Context:
- I just had it 'certified' at a Quebec inspection place that only certifies used vehicles from out of province, so wouldn't get many EVs. I wonder if they messed something up?
- I was experimenting with range today, and got home with 7km to spare.
- It's about -8 degrees celsius where I am.
- There was a huge snow storm a couple days ago and the charger was in it for a while, but never registered any fault.
- car has 9 out of 12 battery
The level 2 charger will be installed tomorrow, so I'll know more then. I'm hoping it's just too cold for the level 1 to handle when the battery is that low? In the meantime, i'm worried about the PDM problems others have written about on day 7 of ownership
Other threads I checked:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=24485 (and related links)
Would super super appreciate any insight, especially as I may be dragging this to the dealer tomorrow, and am still learning about EVs and don't want to get hozed! :roll:
Yes i'm a newbie but I've searched the other posts about Leaf's that stop charging, and my situation seems a little different.
So a week ago I bought a used 2011 Leaf with 88,000 kilometres. Level 2 charger not yet installed in my house so have been using the ESVE with no problems for the first week, then today it just won't charge. Specifically: I came home and turned off the charge timers. I plugged in the level 1 charger and no blue lights turned on. The charger had a green 'ready' light. I pressed the instant charge button just in case the car had 'forgotten' i turned off the timers... this made the left blue light turn on but solid, not flashing, and the plug symbol lights up in the car. And a few minutes later the blue light turns off. I unplugged and this sequence all repeated. The manual doesn't talk about the left blue light staying solid.
Context:
- I just had it 'certified' at a Quebec inspection place that only certifies used vehicles from out of province, so wouldn't get many EVs. I wonder if they messed something up?
- I was experimenting with range today, and got home with 7km to spare.
- It's about -8 degrees celsius where I am.
- There was a huge snow storm a couple days ago and the charger was in it for a while, but never registered any fault.
- car has 9 out of 12 battery
The level 2 charger will be installed tomorrow, so I'll know more then. I'm hoping it's just too cold for the level 1 to handle when the battery is that low? In the meantime, i'm worried about the PDM problems others have written about on day 7 of ownership
Other threads I checked:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=24485 (and related links)
Would super super appreciate any insight, especially as I may be dragging this to the dealer tomorrow, and am still learning about EVs and don't want to get hozed! :roll: