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arrgghh! It's always something! So if you're right, we'd see the remaining miles on a given trip decline faster than usual? Like a trip that used up 20 miles would now use up, say, 40? And the miles gained coasting down hills wouldn't be as many? Now that I think of it, that recalculation was...

Well, whaddya know. We took the Leaf in for a checkup - turns out it needed a software update. Who knew? We didn't because Nissan didn't tell us - I guess they leave that up to the dealers unless it's a recall? Anyway, they did the update, cleared the battery's "memory" - I didn't know Li-ion...

Well, we have to sell it, and given what I've seen of the resale value, we could never get back that $6,000. It's a conundrum - a $37,000 car (minus the tax credit and rebate) that's only 5 years old, and we're looking at having to sell it for what? $2,000 if we're lucky? Who would want such a...

Would discharging it completely renew it? Like you're supposed to (or used to be supposed to) discharge cell phones completely once a month or so. Or would that deplete it further? I think the lowest we've ever let it get is in the high-20 miles. Well, trying to research this in the forum -...

Dang! There are 9 bars - well, 8-1/2 because the bottom one next to the red zone is like half a bar. Seems like we should be doing better in miles on 9 bars - is that 75% capacity left? We have only till Jan. 31 for it to drop to 8 bars...I wonder what would make that happen since we've never...

2012 SL, bought in Jan. 2013. Now has 17,000 miles, almost all of it in Los Angeles. It lost at least one bar last year and the range started dropping from 90+ when new to 70 in October 2017 - our use of it remained the same throughout, same traffic, same routes. We charged when it dropped below...

I'm way late to this discussion, but I started at page 1 and read thru page 12 - and the result is a spinning head (that would be mine). If there's anything definitive about whether to get a new battery, it didn't sink in, but really I think it's because every situation is unique - by year...

I have to agree with fotojoye. Nissan really dropped the ball a couple of years ago - they must have seen the Bolt coming, and the Model 3 has been bragging for years now it seems. And now the best Nissan can come up with is "up to" 150 miles? And not till early 2018? Chevy and Tesla can provide...

OK,, so I'm down to 11 bars and have a year or so to get it below 9 bars to qualify for a new battery. It has to be at 9 bars, or below? I wonder how I can hasten its decline - does lavish use of climate control and headlights speed things up beyond depleting the daily charge? Just putting more...

Got it new in January 2013 - a great deal because it was left over from 2012 and they wanted to get rid of it (including tax rebates, it came to about $17K, which was $20K off MSRP). My wife has almost exclusive use of it as a city car. Her 2x/week round-trip commute to one of her offices is...

Thanks! What I read somewhere was that the 12th bar represents 15% of capacity and the remaining 11 6.5% each. That would mean 11 bars means 85% of capacity. Does that sound right to you? Does the degradation accelerate over time? I guess we'll start doing the 80% thing, though you say it will...

I'm sorry, I'm sure this discussion has happened here already, but my god there's so much to search and sift through, I gave up. Ours is a 2012 SL, 14.2K miles, always parked outside, including in the LA sun, not as bad as Phoenix, but still... Used to be on a full charge it would predict...

OK, battery degradation - 2012 SL, 14.2K miles, parked outside always, including in the sun, and it gets hot in LA, but not like Phoenix, not for more than a week at a time usually. Wife uses it for work, including twice a week at night. When she returns home the predicted mileage is (was)...

Does this mean we don't have to delete our accounts and we'll be safe?

After 18 months in Los Angeles, only 3.3 mpk. For awhile we were at 3.4, but never better. The same conditions as when I first started checking: lots of hills and red lights, almost no freeway, slow and go always. Mostly my wife's miles: she commutes about 20 miles RT - she'll leave with 80+ on...

What I want to know is why Nissan advises to limit the charge to 80% to maximize the battery's lifespan. In other lithium battery-powered things I have, I'm told it's OK to charge them to 100% (hedge trimmers, iPhone, MacBook Air) and it's even OK to keep the hedge trimmer battery permanently...

2012 SL - about 4K miles, averaging 3.5kW in Los Angeles city street traffic. For an 18-mile RT from Silver Lake to Mid-Wilshire and back takes about 40 miles on the GOM, or about half the charge. Constant stop-and-go because LA doesn't know how to time signals, and it's gradually uphill on the...

Well, if you aren't assured yet the EVSE will work, I have to be in SM tomorrow Thursday Dec. 19 to go to the dentist at 11am. I live in Silver Lake (near downtown), so this is a long trip for me given freeway speeds. The recent Leaf software upgrade made it much harder to get the kind of miles...

Thanks Phil. I'll be calling soon.

Thanks RonDawg and Becky50. :D That just about seals it for me - also means that if we move we don't have to uninstall a charger and don't need an electrician familiar with installing the thing. Is there any advantage to buying a new upgraded EVSE vs. having them upgrade your original? Aside...