Recent content by elmobob

I'm an ex-leaf (2012) owner who recently returned it after the lease was up with 33k miles. I'm thinking buying one of these used leafs for $7.5k is really a good deal given how low the maintenance is on these. However with the lease I had capacity loss of 20+ % here in NY where the weather...

Nmac called me and told me to call a company called AIM (alliance inspection management) about a month before the car was due, made an appointment and they came over the house, a day before they did I detailed the interior myself with good old dish washer soap and a nilon brush (the rear seats...

Hi all, It's been great owning a LEAF, definitely one of the most fun cars I've owned. I turned my 2012 SL with 33k miles yesterday. I was thinking of buying it out but the residual is way too high. I got myself a used fully loaded 2012 Volt with 42k miles for exactly $15k at another dealership...

I would rather have some wind noise than the Dr. Seuss designed frog looking headlights. I've had my Leaf for 3 years and they still have not grown on me. The Volt and Model S have just as good or better Cd while looking good and don't seem to suffer from the wind noise.

2012 leaf in NY driven mostly in NYC, lost my first capacity bar at 29,000 miles this past weekend. Leasing it since 4/2012. Charged to 80% except on weekends. Leaf spy pro says 71hx and 82soh, 11 QC. I have not tested range recently but I did a 62 mile trip averaging 4.4 mi kWh on a full charge...

After having this issue with my leaf since new for 3 years and taking it twice to the dealer without them being to repair it, I printed your quote from this forum, asked to speak to the "hybrid mechanic" and handed it over to him. left the car at the dealer for a day and he ordered and replaced...

From NY here with a 2012 leaf, I started hearing the same squeak sound from rear twice last couple of weeks, has only happened after snow and rain + only in reverse. Seems to be accumulated rust on rear discs. Past two days it seems to have gone away on its own.

I hope Nissan decides to add the ability to precondition the battery (aka bring it up to optimal battery temperature) while plugged in. In cold weather below 25F I manage only about 40 miles on a full charge before I hit LBW. Also having little or no regen in winter really sucks.

I've wondered the same thing, for example; Leaf A: gently driven 50 miles a day with average efficiency of around 4 miles/kWh, discharged to 20% soc daily Leaf B: driven with a lead foot with heater on blast and frequent 80 kW acceleration driven in highway 25 miles a day with an average...

The Nissan mechanic confirmed today the motor controller needs to be replaced.

Hi all, I've had no need to turn on the heater on my 2012 leaf this year since the winter started until today, I pick up my mother at her house to do some turkey day shopping, she complains it's cold so I press the auto button set to 72f, drive on normal not eco. On our way 15 minutes go by and...

Thanks, I have a Xantrex marine 10 amp battery charger when I got home I hooked it up and looks like the battery was in bad shape since the charger was in the bulk charging stage for over an hour before settling into the float charge mode. I might take it to the dealer since i'm under 36k to see...

Once I gave it the 12v boost the car turned on fine and the HV battery had the same 4 bars I left it with. Looks like the OBD reader left plugged in was definitely the culprit.

Hi All, Ok so I have a 2012, went on vacation 3 weeks ago and left the car unplugged in a garage with the HV at 4 bars, I return this morning to start it up and I'm greeted with this http://youtu.be/j_jWlKz5fFY After giving it a 12V boost/jump for 30 seconds it was all was back to normal and...

This is when I've experienced "beeps" left the fog lights on, left the key fob inside, walked out the car while it was still on (acc or ON)