Wow -- 42 pages to read before posting....
Well -- I was also hit by this issue. I live in Santa Cruz, CA, but I ordered through North Bay Nissan in Petaluma. Had to plan carefully to take the family up to visit friends who live about 3 miles from the dealer. So -- we're at the dealer on Saturday April 2, picking up the LEAF (traded in a 2004 Volvo V70). After about 3 hours of paperwork and stuff, we headed back to our friends place. Took them out for a quick drive, and then parked for 3 hours of trickle charge (1-4pm). Decided to take my daughters out for a quick spin too -- but 2 miles away, I decided to pull over for a moment, turning off the car. It wouldn't restart. Didn't use remote control -- just had air con active during the drive. VIN #716. QC option (but I don't believe it's related). Only got a total of 18 miles driving before I was stuck.
At least the flatbed back to the dealer was just 5 miles... Dealer has dealt with the issue today, so I'm hoping to get the car back real soon. They told me they want to replace the telematics unit also, but i know carwings was working fine on Saturday -- maybe that's just preventative.
Although I picked up on April 2, my car was actually delivered to the dealer on March 30 -- so I guess that's still just barely a "march delivery".
I have to say -- I've been treated very well by the dealer and the Nissan Customer Support folks. I have a high standard on that front -- I actually manage a team of people which investigates, writes and publishes the field recalls for (one third of) our company products. I think I've seen the same transparency and integrity from Nissan that I strive for in my team. (Yes, yes -- jokers will say that's zero -- but the point is that I see the vendor side of the situation too)
I know that for many of us on the board here, we think of ourselves as "early adopters" -- but I don't think Nissan is really trying to encourage that interpretation -- they really want a well built consumer product out of the LEAF. We shouldn't hold Nissan to lower standards -- we should push them forward to help them achieve the right level of product quality.
Michael