DaveinOlyWA
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pipestem said:I think the key point here is " once every 3 months". That would be a hell of a vacation. I went away for two weeks and left it at the airport and had no problem when I returned. 2015 Leaf S. If you have carwings i would hope/assume you can disable it if you suspect an issue, but it sounds like it would shut down after 2 weeks anyway, so those crafty engineers have planned for it.
I know people who do EXACTLY that. Store their LEAF for... oh wait!!... Its actually 4 months. They do it a bit differently though. They disconnect the 12 volt battery and put it on a tender. The car is left at 50% and is usually just under that when they return. They leave TG weekend and return in Early March. I asked them how much they lose on the traction battery and their highly technical response tends to be "hardly nothing if any I think"
Not really all that uncommon for retired people living in the North. My parents did it for years, living in Olympia but spending Winters in Mission, TX. They generally left first week of Jan, returning late March.