Sort on an impulse, I bought a 2012 SV with 22,800 miles for $6500, out the door. I'm in NC, but the car seems to have spent most of its time in New Jersey so I figured the battery has not been exposed to excessive heat. It showed 11 bars when I test drove it, so I figured it would get about 80% of its range when new. My usual commute is about 30 miles round trip, but there are days when I'll need 40+ miles. I figured 80% of 84 miles would easily handle that. I didn't have leaf spy when I bought it.
I've had the car for just about a week now. After two days of ownership it has dropped from 11 to 10 bars. I got leaf spy and it seems like the capacity is falling way faster than it should. Over the past few days of ownership it gone from 50.820Ahr at 22944 miles to 50.066Ahr at 23010 miles. When it's fully charged it says 65 miles of range or so, but after driving 10 miles, the expected range shows 45 miles. Is all of this normal? What should I do to really find out what's going on?
Besides the potential range and battery health issue, I LOVE the car. It's so smooth, quiet and torquey and is just way better than any ICE car I've owned.
Anyways, thanks in advance for the help! Happy to own the leaf and I'm so glad there's an active community around it.
I've had the car for just about a week now. After two days of ownership it has dropped from 11 to 10 bars. I got leaf spy and it seems like the capacity is falling way faster than it should. Over the past few days of ownership it gone from 50.820Ahr at 22944 miles to 50.066Ahr at 23010 miles. When it's fully charged it says 65 miles of range or so, but after driving 10 miles, the expected range shows 45 miles. Is all of this normal? What should I do to really find out what's going on?
Besides the potential range and battery health issue, I LOVE the car. It's so smooth, quiet and torquey and is just way better than any ICE car I've owned.
Anyways, thanks in advance for the help! Happy to own the leaf and I'm so glad there's an active community around it.