user 10599
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I've had my Leaf for 7 months and 6100 miles and love it so far. I've been so impressed I even bought stock in the company and was at the dealership yesterday looking at the new Hybrid Pathfinder as a possible replacement for our aging Highlander Hybrid. But I just had a weird experience that is a bit disconcerting.
Last night I finished my commute and plugged in (with the supplied level 1 charger) with 31 miles on the GOM and the car set to charge to 80%. At bed time, I checked the garage and noted that the blue dash board lights were blinking as usual.
This morning, since I planned to drive longer range today, I took my ICE. It wasn't driven or touched during the day. The lights weren't blinking, but that is normal since it is always back to 80% by morning. Inside my So. Cal garage, I don't believe it would have gotten colder than 55 f or hotter than 75 f during this whole time period.
This evening, we decided to head out to dinner. I unplugged the car and started up normally, but was welcomed with a low battery message. The GOM said I had 11 miles range. Switching the display, I found that the battery was at 13%.
So somehow, even though the car was plugged in and charging over night, by this evening, it was drained. And it was plugged in just over 24 hours but still sitting at 13% with no blue dash lights flashing to indicate it was charging or needed to be charged.
I plugged it back in and the blue lights fired up normally. After and hour and half, the display now reads GOM 48 mile range and battery at 57%. That is a 44% charge in a short time for my level 1 charger.
Any ideas on what the issue is?
The only thing I can come up with (I'm an accountant, not an engineer) is that perhaps I have one bad cell that corrupted the ability to read the battery and now as that cell gets charged, the battery will read as full. Is that plausible?
Should I take it to the Dealer on Monday for a diagnostic?
Last night I finished my commute and plugged in (with the supplied level 1 charger) with 31 miles on the GOM and the car set to charge to 80%. At bed time, I checked the garage and noted that the blue dash board lights were blinking as usual.
This morning, since I planned to drive longer range today, I took my ICE. It wasn't driven or touched during the day. The lights weren't blinking, but that is normal since it is always back to 80% by morning. Inside my So. Cal garage, I don't believe it would have gotten colder than 55 f or hotter than 75 f during this whole time period.
This evening, we decided to head out to dinner. I unplugged the car and started up normally, but was welcomed with a low battery message. The GOM said I had 11 miles range. Switching the display, I found that the battery was at 13%.
So somehow, even though the car was plugged in and charging over night, by this evening, it was drained. And it was plugged in just over 24 hours but still sitting at 13% with no blue dash lights flashing to indicate it was charging or needed to be charged.
I plugged it back in and the blue lights fired up normally. After and hour and half, the display now reads GOM 48 mile range and battery at 57%. That is a 44% charge in a short time for my level 1 charger.
Any ideas on what the issue is?
The only thing I can come up with (I'm an accountant, not an engineer) is that perhaps I have one bad cell that corrupted the ability to read the battery and now as that cell gets charged, the battery will read as full. Is that plausible?
Should I take it to the Dealer on Monday for a diagnostic?