BoulderLeaf
Well-known member
Hi all,
I have a question I was hoping to get some help with. It has been unseasonably cold here the last few days, and I've been trading off garage time between the Volt and LEAF. It was the LEAF's turn outside last night, and this morning it was -8 deg F... I had read that the battery heater turns on (even when not plugged in as long as the battery charge is above 30% SoC) before it gets to this temperature (and I parked it with about 85% SoC). However, when I went to move the LEAF into the garage this morning to plug in, there were 0 battery temperature bars showing in the display. Is this normal? Should the battery heater have kept it at a certain minimum number of temperature bars?
And lastly, now that I think about it... I hope this didn't hamper my warranty at all. Although, I think Nissan says that you shouldn't leave it unplugged for longer than 7 days (I think?) at low temperatures, which I definitely did not do (ie, I only left it unplugged for 1-2 days, and not all of that time below 0).
Am I OK? Did I miss something or could have done something better?
Thanks!
I have a question I was hoping to get some help with. It has been unseasonably cold here the last few days, and I've been trading off garage time between the Volt and LEAF. It was the LEAF's turn outside last night, and this morning it was -8 deg F... I had read that the battery heater turns on (even when not plugged in as long as the battery charge is above 30% SoC) before it gets to this temperature (and I parked it with about 85% SoC). However, when I went to move the LEAF into the garage this morning to plug in, there were 0 battery temperature bars showing in the display. Is this normal? Should the battery heater have kept it at a certain minimum number of temperature bars?
And lastly, now that I think about it... I hope this didn't hamper my warranty at all. Although, I think Nissan says that you shouldn't leave it unplugged for longer than 7 days (I think?) at low temperatures, which I definitely did not do (ie, I only left it unplugged for 1-2 days, and not all of that time below 0).
Am I OK? Did I miss something or could have done something better?
Thanks!