BACKGROUND
I’m new to the Leaf family and with that is/was a WHOLE lot of ignorance. Long story short, we moved to HI and we were looking for a used car for the wife. Mainly to drop the kid off at school and run some errands. I wasn’t to worried about range. We found a “good deal” on a 2012 Leaf SL. Range is about 35-45 miles. Capacity bars (which I know a whole lot more about now then when I bought it) are down to 6. Edit: my original post said 4 capacity bars, because I didn't realize the 2 red bars were included.
It was a single owner who traded it in for a Tesla. Per the car fax all of the NISSAN recommended maintenance was completed at the proper intervals. I just took it in for the 82,000 maintenance and had them quote me a battery. It comes out to about $8,500. It’s my understanding that along with that comes the 5 yr 60,000 (or whatever it is) capacity loss warranty. We bought the car for $4,700 back in January.
QUESTION
How many people have actually gotten batteries replaced and is it worth $9k? I’ve never had a Leaf before and we both LOVE it!! There were ZERO issues at the checkup and per the CarFax have been ZERO issues upto this point. In my ignorance $9,000 for a guaranteed 60k miles is a great deal. Just not sure if it’s worth replacing with the 82k miles already on it?? Thoughts?
I’m new to the Leaf family and with that is/was a WHOLE lot of ignorance. Long story short, we moved to HI and we were looking for a used car for the wife. Mainly to drop the kid off at school and run some errands. I wasn’t to worried about range. We found a “good deal” on a 2012 Leaf SL. Range is about 35-45 miles. Capacity bars (which I know a whole lot more about now then when I bought it) are down to 6. Edit: my original post said 4 capacity bars, because I didn't realize the 2 red bars were included.
It was a single owner who traded it in for a Tesla. Per the car fax all of the NISSAN recommended maintenance was completed at the proper intervals. I just took it in for the 82,000 maintenance and had them quote me a battery. It comes out to about $8,500. It’s my understanding that along with that comes the 5 yr 60,000 (or whatever it is) capacity loss warranty. We bought the car for $4,700 back in January.
QUESTION
How many people have actually gotten batteries replaced and is it worth $9k? I’ve never had a Leaf before and we both LOVE it!! There were ZERO issues at the checkup and per the CarFax have been ZERO issues upto this point. In my ignorance $9,000 for a guaranteed 60k miles is a great deal. Just not sure if it’s worth replacing with the 82k miles already on it?? Thoughts?