zeebomockingbird
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(This is my first post to mynissanleaf.com. Apologies if this is not the right category.)
I took my 2011 LEAF to the dealer today because it was both time for the annual servicing and also because it had some worrisome lights related to the traction control and brakes. During their assessment of the vehicle, they found the brake master cylinder was leaking and told me it would need to be replaced at a cost of $2700, or about 28% of my car's resale value.
My LEAF is just about to hit its 5 year birthday (I got it on January 8th, 2011), has under 28,000 miles on it, and I've taken it in every year for standard servicing at a Nissan dealer.
Have others had problems with their brake master cylinder, or did I just get the one faulty brake master cylinder? I figure if I'm hitting this at 28K miles, others with more miles must have hit this sooner, but I haven't found evidence of this on the forums or Google searches.
(I'm feeling particularly frustrated because it's feeling like all the promises from Nissan about low cost of maintenance and 100 mile range were all misleading. I'm spending more now on maintenance of my brand new LEAF than I have on any used car I've owned in the past, and after 5 years, I'm lucky if I can go 60-65 miles on a full charge. On my normal commute, I can only squeeze out about 40-50 miles on a full charge.)
Thanks for any thoughts / responses / suggestions. Really thinking about selling my LEAF at this point and leasing an EV from another company.
Tim
I took my 2011 LEAF to the dealer today because it was both time for the annual servicing and also because it had some worrisome lights related to the traction control and brakes. During their assessment of the vehicle, they found the brake master cylinder was leaking and told me it would need to be replaced at a cost of $2700, or about 28% of my car's resale value.
My LEAF is just about to hit its 5 year birthday (I got it on January 8th, 2011), has under 28,000 miles on it, and I've taken it in every year for standard servicing at a Nissan dealer.
Have others had problems with their brake master cylinder, or did I just get the one faulty brake master cylinder? I figure if I'm hitting this at 28K miles, others with more miles must have hit this sooner, but I haven't found evidence of this on the forums or Google searches.
(I'm feeling particularly frustrated because it's feeling like all the promises from Nissan about low cost of maintenance and 100 mile range were all misleading. I'm spending more now on maintenance of my brand new LEAF than I have on any used car I've owned in the past, and after 5 years, I'm lucky if I can go 60-65 miles on a full charge. On my normal commute, I can only squeeze out about 40-50 miles on a full charge.)
Thanks for any thoughts / responses / suggestions. Really thinking about selling my LEAF at this point and leasing an EV from another company.
Tim