Bought a 39K 2012, how is the battery condition?

[atikovi]

It's been over 5 years since I had a Leaf so I don't remember the number of bars that a healthy battery should have. How does this one look? Got it cheap enough that I could part it out if it's really bad.

 

[atikovi]

Oh and what's that Visit dealer message about? There are some warning lights on the left side that are on.

 

[atikovi]

I found a picture taken less than a mile before showing 42 miles range. How does it go from that to 12 miles just like that? Battery is toast?

 

[cornbinder89]

8 out of twelve bars, so not great. Charge it up and see if it will do what you need it to. Not much more we can tell from this end, with out a leaf spy or other scanner report on the battery.

 

[atikovi]

Ok, it will be a week or two before I get it back. Looks decent except for a huge dent in the roof.

 

[atikovi]

8 out of twelve bars, so not great.

I found somebody selling one with 6 bars for more than double what I paid. Is that what they are going for now?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3602982959981997/

 

[Drew21]

When you're trying to sell a car (or anything), you can put any price on it you want. It's worth exactly as much as someone will pay for it.

I don't think anyone who spends time here or knows how to evaluate the Leaf battery SOH would pay $5000 for that car, but if the seller can find a naive shopper and not mention the degraded battery if the shopper doesn't ask...

Then in a few weeks we'll see a new Leaf owner making a first-time post here asking why their low mileage 2013 Leaf won't take them as far as they need to go.

 

[SageBrush]

I found somebody selling one with 6 bars for more than double what I paid. Is that what they are going for now?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3602982959981997/

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