vin944 said:With the new battery you get your regen back and it's like a new car. Does anyone out there believe corporate sneakiness does not exist?
Considering that my wife's Nissan Versa was exhibiting early symptoms of transmission failure (CVT) and Nissan tried to do all sorts of other things before finally relenting and replacing the transmission under warranty, including a software update, that you guessed it, modifies the behavior of the CVT in order to reduce complaints on it. They know there is a problem with it, they were just trying to delay until the warranty period expired. Well, at 45,000 miles it was replaced under warranty.vin944 said:With the new battery you get your regen back and it's like a new car. Does anyone out there believe corporate sneakiness does not exist?
Durandal said:Considering that my wife's Nissan Versa was exhibiting early symptoms of transmission failure (CVT) and Nissan tried to do all sorts of other things before finally relenting and replacing the transmission under warranty, including a software update, that you guessed it, modifies the behavior of the CVT in order to reduce complaints on it. They know there is a problem with it, they were just trying to delay until the warranty period expired. Well, at 45,000 miles it was replaced under warranty.
Marktm said:Off topic, but:
My dealer allowed me to take pictures of the replacement battery pack for my 2012 Leaf. It was stored among dozens of black tote bins - all looking the same. I asked "what are all these" - the answer - failed CVT transmissions! You might want to check on any "class actions" with these transmissions.
Marktm said:Durandal said:Considering that my wife's Nissan Versa was exhibiting early symptoms of transmission failure (CVT) and Nissan tried to do all sorts of other things before finally relenting and replacing the transmission under warranty, including a software update, that you guessed it, modifies the behavior of the CVT in order to reduce complaints on it. They know there is a problem with it, they were just trying to delay until the warranty period expired. Well, at 45,000 miles it was replaced under warranty.
Off topic, but:
My dealer allowed me to take pictures of the replacement battery pack for my 2012 Leaf. It was stored among dozens of black tote bins - all looking the same. I asked "what are all these" - the answer - failed CVT transmissions! You might want to check on any "class actions" with these transmissions.
Regen definitely continues to get worse as the battery degrades. I've had the P3227 update for years and regen continues to get worse and worse. At freeway speeds there is very little regen until LBW.vin944 said:So I conclude that regen is not a function of pack degradation. You either have regen or you don't. If someone knows otherwise please chime in.
Brake pads aren't warranted as they are normal wear items. Even with significantly reduced regen, unless you frequently brake hard to a stop, the brakes on the LEAF are still beefy enough to last a long time. When I brought up the significant decrease in regen at LAB 2 years ago and use an increase in friction brake use and wear as one example of a drawback, the response was "well, are you aware of any brake wear issues due to it?". At that point I gave up since the point was completely missed.Levenkay said:I like strong regeneration, too, but I think I'd rather pay for friction brake wear than for replacement battery packs.
Perhaps one reason why the Nissan has introduced the e-Power hybrid system which eliminates the CVT in favor of a simple EV drivetrain and generator.DaveinOlyWA said:CVT is one of the most complicated tech thingys to come out in years. but everyone decided against leasing Toyota's near flawless design to build their own... with mixed results
The Subaru Justy was the first vehicle in the US that I recall having a CVT.DaveinOlyWA said:CVT is one of the most complicated tech thingys to come out in years. but everyone decided against leasing Toyota's near flawless design to build their own... with mixed results
CVT is one of the most complicated tech thingys to come out in years.
LeftieBiker said:CVT is one of the most complicated tech thingys to come out in years.
When I was a kid in the Seventies, snowmobiles and small dirt bikes all had CVT drives. Two variable-width, spring-controlled pulleys and a belt isn't exactly incomprehensible. All of the complication has come from trying to make a CVT do things with its ratios that physics would normally frown upon.
cwerdna said:The Subaru Justy was the first vehicle in the US that I recall having a CVT.DaveinOlyWA said:CVT is one of the most complicated tech thingys to come out in years. but everyone decided against leasing Toyota's near flawless design to build their own... with mixed results
Just because Toyota hadn't widely used CVTs (excluding the power split device used in hybrids) in the US doesn't mean they weren't using them elsewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobiles_with_continuously_variable_transmissions has a bunch. Several years ago, I recall seeing a video that got removed of a weird Japanese show with a reverse drag race between a JDM Corolla (?) CVT w/its reverse speed limiter removed vs. some Ferrari. IIRC, the JDM car was faster. Found it: http://jalopnik.com/5792401/watch-a-toyota-drag-race-a-ferrari-backwards is from 2011, but the video's gone
You can probably find more details by Googling for jdm toyota cvt.
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-toyota-corolla-photos-and-info-news-taking-the-cvt-plunge-page-2 went w/a dual-pulley CVT.
Most/all (?) of Nissan's CVTs come from Jatco (http://www.jatco.co.jp/ENGLISH/products/). No surprise since http://www.jatco.co.jp/ENGLISH/company/profile.html states Nissan owns 75% of the company.
All get the 2015 model year forward more heat resistant chemistry.Bretsuaz said:Is the replacement battery for this the exact same battery that was used in 2011? Or will it get the new improved battery?
Bretsuaz said:Is the replacement battery for this the exact same battery that was used in 2011? Or will it get the new improved battery?
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