shale
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Greetings fellow Leafites!
I have a 2011 Leaf (bought used in CA in 2018 with a 2016 battery), and I love it! However, I've just encountered my first problem. I've been having a range of bizarre problems with starting ("I-key not detected", "parking brake needed to start", and most of all: two little lines where the battery range mile number should be). Very frustrating! I finally took it to the dealer (when it said "see dealer" and I panicked). They did a diagnostic test, charged me $145, and told me I needed a new IPDM for $1,000, and then called back to say IPDM's were no longer being made for my car.
After brief despair, I did a google search and stumbled across a man in Finland who works on EV's (Daniel Öster from Dala's EV Repair). I emailed him about my problem, and he wrote back saying:
[/quote]Hi Susanne,
Unfortunately I have no clue about nearby 3rd party workshops. BUT,
the IPDM module that sits under the hood is really easy to replace. It
also shouldn't cost much if you can find a nearby scrapper. You can
also get help from the www.mynissanleaf.com forum!
Good luck!
-Daniel Öster
>
> MESSAGE
> Dear Dala,
> I have kind of a pathetic question. Do you have any idea how can find
> someone like you, who repairs ev's, in the United States, especially in New
> England? I live in western Massachusetts and have a 2011 Nissan Leaf, which
> I love, but my IDPM has gone bad (according to the dealer) and I am at the
> dealer's mercy. They tell me that Nissan may have stopped making the part.
> Have you heard anything about Nissan abandoning 10 year old Leaf's? I would
> be heart-broken...
>
> Thank you for the wonderful work you do! I wish you were nearer by...
> Susanne[/quote]
I found a used IPDM on eBay for my car (for $200) and ordered it, but when I look at it, it looks very different from what I thought was the IPDM in my car (the black box in front of the battery?). Can anyone coach me through how to replace an IPDM or point me to a description/video of how to do this? I'm a bit intimidated. Afraid I will blow something up in the best car I've ever owned that I want to keep for another 10 or 20 years...
Thanks for this great forum!
Susanne
I have a 2011 Leaf (bought used in CA in 2018 with a 2016 battery), and I love it! However, I've just encountered my first problem. I've been having a range of bizarre problems with starting ("I-key not detected", "parking brake needed to start", and most of all: two little lines where the battery range mile number should be). Very frustrating! I finally took it to the dealer (when it said "see dealer" and I panicked). They did a diagnostic test, charged me $145, and told me I needed a new IPDM for $1,000, and then called back to say IPDM's were no longer being made for my car.
After brief despair, I did a google search and stumbled across a man in Finland who works on EV's (Daniel Öster from Dala's EV Repair). I emailed him about my problem, and he wrote back saying:
[/quote]Hi Susanne,
Unfortunately I have no clue about nearby 3rd party workshops. BUT,
the IPDM module that sits under the hood is really easy to replace. It
also shouldn't cost much if you can find a nearby scrapper. You can
also get help from the www.mynissanleaf.com forum!
Good luck!
-Daniel Öster
>
> MESSAGE
> Dear Dala,
> I have kind of a pathetic question. Do you have any idea how can find
> someone like you, who repairs ev's, in the United States, especially in New
> England? I live in western Massachusetts and have a 2011 Nissan Leaf, which
> I love, but my IDPM has gone bad (according to the dealer) and I am at the
> dealer's mercy. They tell me that Nissan may have stopped making the part.
> Have you heard anything about Nissan abandoning 10 year old Leaf's? I would
> be heart-broken...
>
> Thank you for the wonderful work you do! I wish you were nearer by...
> Susanne[/quote]
I found a used IPDM on eBay for my car (for $200) and ordered it, but when I look at it, it looks very different from what I thought was the IPDM in my car (the black box in front of the battery?). Can anyone coach me through how to replace an IPDM or point me to a description/video of how to do this? I'm a bit intimidated. Afraid I will blow something up in the best car I've ever owned that I want to keep for another 10 or 20 years...
Thanks for this great forum!
Susanne