Recent content by DBMandrake

Glad I'm not the only one who finds the drivers seat in the Leaf very uncomfortable by default. :( Most of you seem to be talking about USA spec cars (including electric seats ?!) so I'm not sure how similar they are to the seats we get in UK versions of the Leaf... I have a 2016 30kWh Tekna...

Yes, I traded the Ion in for the Leaf in July 2020 during the pandemic. The Leaf is a far better car but it hasn't been smooth sailing. I was pretty gutted to have the gearbox fail at 35k miles however thankfully that is now fixed. All up it has ended up costing me about £1300 to repair - £850...

Just a quick update. I have repaired my Leaf (a couple of months ago now) by swapping the gearbox for a low mileage second hand one, and this has definitely cured the noise. While it took me a few days, I was able to do the job by myself on my driveway with some careful planning and purchasing...

Sounds the same as the gearbox in my 2016 Leaf which has just failed, although mine is louder/worse than yours I suspect. Check the videos I linked here: https://www.speakev.com/threads/leaf-30-driveshaft-failure-update-no-its-the-gearbox.160142/page-2#post-3037918 In my case it is noisy - a...