Hi all
Bought a used Leaf in May and have loved it ever since - until today! Today being -4 degrees out, that is.....
I work about 30 miles from home and bought the car thinking it could get me home and back on one charge. Generally, it did, and I have been saving about $100-$150 in gas per month over my previous minivan. In fact, I have driven to work and back several times and still had about 5-10 miles left. Even better was the fact that my work allows me to plug in while I'm there free of charge. Very cool.
As the temp has been getting colder this winter, however, I have noticed a serious drop in my range. On Monday, I drove home with no heat, scraping ice off my windshield in the middle of a snowstorm, and made it with less than 3 miles left. Today was the first day below zero. I left with a full charge but was down to less than 20 miles by the time I got to school. After charging from 8 AM to about 2:30, I only had about 40 miles total and had to stop at the dealership on the way home to charge. Not to mention the fact that I had to roll down the window and keep the heat off to save charge...my ears felt like they were about to fall off.
Does this sound right? Have other cold weather Leaf owners experienced the same? The service dept at the local Nissan dealership claims that Nissan has no program that replaces batteries with diminishing power - seems to me there was a class action suit started by Leaf owners in AZ. Not true?
I'll have to do some more research this weekend.....
Bought a used Leaf in May and have loved it ever since - until today! Today being -4 degrees out, that is.....
I work about 30 miles from home and bought the car thinking it could get me home and back on one charge. Generally, it did, and I have been saving about $100-$150 in gas per month over my previous minivan. In fact, I have driven to work and back several times and still had about 5-10 miles left. Even better was the fact that my work allows me to plug in while I'm there free of charge. Very cool.
As the temp has been getting colder this winter, however, I have noticed a serious drop in my range. On Monday, I drove home with no heat, scraping ice off my windshield in the middle of a snowstorm, and made it with less than 3 miles left. Today was the first day below zero. I left with a full charge but was down to less than 20 miles by the time I got to school. After charging from 8 AM to about 2:30, I only had about 40 miles total and had to stop at the dealership on the way home to charge. Not to mention the fact that I had to roll down the window and keep the heat off to save charge...my ears felt like they were about to fall off.
Does this sound right? Have other cold weather Leaf owners experienced the same? The service dept at the local Nissan dealership claims that Nissan has no program that replaces batteries with diminishing power - seems to me there was a class action suit started by Leaf owners in AZ. Not true?
I'll have to do some more research this weekend.....