gbarry42 said:
I'm not about to go reading fine print, but inasmuch as they want to take as much advantage of us as possible, it seems like they'd write something into the warranty that says, "according to the odometer reading, not how far the car has traveled".
What the Amendment to Settlement Agreement actually states (Page 1):
"for a period of 60 months from the original in-service date, or until the vehicle reaches 60,000 miles, whichever comes first."
Since it states "reaches 60,000 miles," it should be possible to demonstrate, for this specific LEAF, the actual inaccuracy of the odometer. As has been estimated here, the odometer is about 2.5% high, so the LEAF in question has actually only "reached" 58,507 miles. It really would be a spectacular legal case, and would serve Nissan right for putting in the "below nine bars of capacity" instead of a specific percentage of degradation that could be independently confirmed.
Also, just a bit more on how absolutely idiotic this specific stance by Nissan is, in theory it is possible that the car showed 60,000 on the odometer at 60,000.99 miles. It could have reached the Nissan dealer at 60,002.01 miles, a difference of 1.02 miles, or 5385.6 feet over the alleged by Nissan limit, at a resulting cost to the OP of about $1 / foot. Of couse, the way Nissan thinks, if they say "no," and the customer says "OK" and walkes away, Nissan is $6K happier.
(Something similar to how Lakeland FL bullied people into paying bogus "code violations" of $150 or so for red light camera violations that were not legally allowed by the State of Florida, but they can't get their money back because they voluntarily agreed to pay it. OK, off topic a bit.)
Also, right in the beginning of the warranty booklet, it states the phone number for the BBB auto line (800) 955-5100, in order to file a complaint about this. I think I'd be filing TODAY if it was me.