Glenn54 said:
What Leaf hotline told me was that the battery pack may have come from the Nissan plant in Smyrna, TN. About 20 miles down the road. That sounds sensible but you have me concerned.
That makes a lot more sense to me than the several dealership claims lately that "the battery has to come from Japan". I think that either:
a) th assessment thatey are so totally uninformed that they don't even know the battery factory is in TN, or
b) they are so used to spouting that BS just so you aren't expecting a fast repair. I would imagine that *some* parts may need to come from Japan, but since the cars are now built here I would think that Nissan has plenty of spare parts in a warehouse in the US.