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I have a 2012, 62,000 km on it now, I just lost one bar down to 11 a few months ago, that's pretty good. I hope my batteries will last 10 years which is what I was aiming for. Now on to the complaints, things I don't like that would make me want to buy a new car rather than sticking it out with...

I just bought a Curt trailer wiring converter and it requires that I run a power wire all the way from the positive terminal of the battery to the back of the car where the module is going to be located. They give no specifics on how to run this wire. How to I get the wire through from the trim...

I am trying install a trailer hitch and the instructions say to "remove rear tow hook"". Easy to say, not so easy to do! They have these 16 mm square nuts on that seem to be embedded into the metal at each corner. How the H do I remove them? I can wrench as hard as I can with a 16 mm wrench but...

I had read here how many people had problems after the firmware update but it's 1 year after my purchase so I had to bring it in, I figure, to keep the warranty valid. The car was giving me messages to take it in. I expressed my hesitation to the service guy, noting how other people have had...

I had a strange thing happen while charging a few weeks ago. I trickle charge on Level 1 (wall socket) overnight and I plugged in like usual in the evening. In the morning I was surprised to see that it was still charging, it should have stopped in the middle of the night. The plug was warm so...

I was thinking that the amount of electricity liberated by fast acceleration is well into the range accepted by the battery during a fast charge, which is not recommended as a regular charge option so as to maintain battery life. But fast acceleration happens many times per day. Is this...

If you lift the hood and pull off the little plastic covers above the front shocks you will see that all the water running off the front windshield gets diverted through the compartment with the bolts for mounting the front shocks. Strangely, the mount is shaped like a bowl so the water just...

Hello, today I went to the junkyard and got a spare tire from a Hyundai 300XG I think it was. $50. It fits and the good part is that it is quite a bit smaller than the Nissan Altima spare that is usually recommended for the Leaf. Those junkyards sure are interesting places. It was sitting in 6...

Hello, I park outside and where I live it's always raining, and charging the car with my Level one EVSE is challenging because I always have to put it under the car and throw a tarp overtop. I have started making some mods to allow me to mount the EVSE inside the car behind the 12 V battery...

Hello, I didn't purchase the Level 2 240 V EVSE because my commuting distance doesn't justify it. I instead use the supplied little 120 V loose EVSE. I park outside and you could say it's been a bit of an irritation charging the car this way since I live in the Pacific Northwest and we've had...

I don't know about everyone else but I find the "automatic transmission"-like pull on the wheels while stopped to be a little bit irritating because I like to take my foot off the brake at a light, plus I am sure this is wasting energy because you can feel it pulling on the brakes. Also, when in...

Hello I just purchased a 2000 W Honda generator with the intention of using it to charge the car in an emergency, or more likely if I need to go 200 km somewhere overnight, or go camping. I'd just charge the car overnight with a full range by the morning. But it won't charge when plugged into...

My suggestions for Nissan to improve the Leaf, ordered from most important to least important. Overall I rate the car 4 stars out of 5. It's amazing what Nissan has done and they deserve the world of credit but inevitably there will be some glitches bringing out a new product: 1) The biggest...