tylerdare said:
... I am in NC it is not really cold here. I really didn't expect this I thought from what I read I would be fine with 50 miles a day for the three years I leased the car. Was I mistaken? Is this what I should expect? I really would rather just turn it in and take the loss than pay insurance on a car I cannot use.
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I never run the heater in fact I could not. I have run the AC on the way home in the summer.
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I am currently at 32K miles
When I get home it is saying I have 4 miles left after a 50 mile trip. Again I must not know about this very low warning.
You likely have lost one or two capacity bars with your location and miles.
A 2012 LEAF is unlikely to be suitable for a 50 mile round trip in winter.
You indicate that you do not use the heat and with your very efficient miles/kWH you might do 50 miles in winter but doing that using only the built in instrumentation of the 2012 LEAF is aggravating.
Not much fun driving with Distance to Empty being extremely low or with nothing but dashes.
If you are getting home with it showing only 4 miles you should be close to Low Battery Warning, or already received it.
It will be showing dashes before or when Very Low Battery warning happens.
I think if you get LEAF Spy or LEAF Spy Pro your tolerance of using the full range will be better and you should be able to use the LEAF to the end of lease in the fall.
I didn't get it until I had driven my 2011 for 32 months.
Don't know how I tolerated the LEAF without it.
No fun to be two miles from DCQC on Interstate with nothing but dashes.
With LEAF Spy Pro I would have known the real distance to dead in the water.
Probably more than 8 miles at 55 mph.
Sorry the LEAF has not supported your range needs.
But it is nominally a 40 to 60 mile range vehicle and in winter if you want or need heat can be only 30 to 35 miles.