BoulderLeaf
Well-known member
Hi all,
I just had my 1 year battery check done and I got 5 stars in all categories except for the "Frequent charging when battery state of charge is already high". In that category, I got 4 stars.
This is surprising to me since at my 6 month check, I had 5 stars in all categories. And, from what I've read from folks here is that the battery check is kind of a joke... everyone always gets 5 stars. I still have 12 capacity bars, but haven't check my actual capacity in a while... when I did several months ago using Leaf Spy, I was down about 5%. I'm at just about 16K miles now.
If I had to make a guess, suppose I only got 4 stars in this category since in the winter I use Carwings to remotely turn on the climate control to pre-heat the car while plugged into shore power... and since my 2012 has the inefficient heater and only a 3.6 kW OBC, I easily end up drawing from the battery for the first few minutes before it "catches up" and the battery charges a bit more. I really wish there was a feature like "Pre-heat the car using ONLY power from the charger, no battery", even if it meant the car was pre-heated at reduced capacity. Am I totally off base here? I feel like using Carwings to pre-heat shouldn't penalize me when it comes to battery health.
So, has anyone else received 4 stars on any part of their 1 year battery checkup?
I just had my 1 year battery check done and I got 5 stars in all categories except for the "Frequent charging when battery state of charge is already high". In that category, I got 4 stars.
This is surprising to me since at my 6 month check, I had 5 stars in all categories. And, from what I've read from folks here is that the battery check is kind of a joke... everyone always gets 5 stars. I still have 12 capacity bars, but haven't check my actual capacity in a while... when I did several months ago using Leaf Spy, I was down about 5%. I'm at just about 16K miles now.
If I had to make a guess, suppose I only got 4 stars in this category since in the winter I use Carwings to remotely turn on the climate control to pre-heat the car while plugged into shore power... and since my 2012 has the inefficient heater and only a 3.6 kW OBC, I easily end up drawing from the battery for the first few minutes before it "catches up" and the battery charges a bit more. I really wish there was a feature like "Pre-heat the car using ONLY power from the charger, no battery", even if it meant the car was pre-heated at reduced capacity. Am I totally off base here? I feel like using Carwings to pre-heat shouldn't penalize me when it comes to battery health.
So, has anyone else received 4 stars on any part of their 1 year battery checkup?