I posted this celebratory post: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=22389, but I thought it was important to create a new post to note a couple things to other LEAF owners who may also have the drop:
#2 is an important point... my car hit eight bars with 12 days left; I scheduled as early as possible at my local dealer, 5 days later. I asked them "what if you didn't have a slot available until [the day after the five-year cutoff]?" and they told me that I would be "out of luck." So even though the failure clearly occurred before five years, it needs to be VERIFIED BY NISSAN before five years.
Just throwing this out there so if you're close to the cutoff, you'll know to call your dealer right away, and/or find other dealers who can help you.
- When your capacity shows eight bars, you'll need to schedule an appointment with your Nissan dealer to "run tests and verify" that it is truly eight bars. They don't just look at your dashboard; they run tests.
- You need to get this appointment scheduled BEFORE YOUR CUTOFF DATE (and presumably before the mileage cutoff) or it will not be honored
#2 is an important point... my car hit eight bars with 12 days left; I scheduled as early as possible at my local dealer, 5 days later. I asked them "what if you didn't have a slot available until [the day after the five-year cutoff]?" and they told me that I would be "out of luck." So even though the failure clearly occurred before five years, it needs to be VERIFIED BY NISSAN before five years.
Just throwing this out there so if you're close to the cutoff, you'll know to call your dealer right away, and/or find other dealers who can help you.
