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Nissan recently agreed to cover up to $6,500 towards a replacement battery for my March 2013 Leaf which had dropped to 63% (LeafSpy) / 8 bars capacity around 75k miles. Of course, I am just thrilled and so impressed with Nissan. My car is like new again.
I did have to pay the local dealer $500, which seemed reasonable, but after reviewing my invoice further, I'm thinking that there was an error on the dealer invoice, Nissan's coverage was more than enough, and it should not have cost me anything at all.
Please let me know what you think of the following:
$6,560 Battery
$1,000 Battery core charge
$ 238 Miscellaneous parts (detailed on invoice)
$ 314 Labor
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$ 8,112 total
$-6,500 covered by Nissan
$1,612 original bill (not paid) presented by dealer
$500 second bill (paid) presented by dealer after I reminded them of their ~$500 quote by phone when I made the service appointment
I have to give credit to the dealer for keeping their word about my cost being just $500, but I question the core charge. I believe the core charge should have been a negative number. Aren't core charges supposed to be credits due to returning the original part? (The dealer did keep my original battery)
In that case, I believe my bill should have been as follows:
$6,560 Battery
$-1,000 Battery core charge
$ 238 Miscellaneous parts (detailed on invoice)
$ 314 Labor
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$ 6,112 total
$0 My bill since Nissan's $6,500 coverage exceeded the local dealer's charges.
Should I go back to the local dealer and ask for my $500 back? Does anyone else have an invoice they can share?
I did have to pay the local dealer $500, which seemed reasonable, but after reviewing my invoice further, I'm thinking that there was an error on the dealer invoice, Nissan's coverage was more than enough, and it should not have cost me anything at all.
Please let me know what you think of the following:
$6,560 Battery
$1,000 Battery core charge
$ 238 Miscellaneous parts (detailed on invoice)
$ 314 Labor
========
$ 8,112 total
$-6,500 covered by Nissan
$1,612 original bill (not paid) presented by dealer
$500 second bill (paid) presented by dealer after I reminded them of their ~$500 quote by phone when I made the service appointment
I have to give credit to the dealer for keeping their word about my cost being just $500, but I question the core charge. I believe the core charge should have been a negative number. Aren't core charges supposed to be credits due to returning the original part? (The dealer did keep my original battery)
In that case, I believe my bill should have been as follows:
$6,560 Battery
$-1,000 Battery core charge
$ 238 Miscellaneous parts (detailed on invoice)
$ 314 Labor
========
$ 6,112 total
$0 My bill since Nissan's $6,500 coverage exceeded the local dealer's charges.
Should I go back to the local dealer and ask for my $500 back? Does anyone else have an invoice they can share?
