TonyWilliams said:Yes, I just see this doing anything but delaying the inevitable. Next summer in Phoenix, there will be dozens and dozens of multi-bar loser LEAFs. Just saying everything is normal and "average" ain't gunna cut it.
I'm with you on this one Tony, this is just delaying the inevitable a little longer. Basically the summer is over, so everything is going to normalize on the losses for the next 9 months or so. Nissan knows this as well.
Obviously since we published out the full range test from you and many others here, we had to comment on Perry/Nissan's statement. But I think the nutshell is that Nissan is saying 'its mostly about the high mileage because all the cars we tested had 19,000 or more miles' and therefore we still think 76% after 5 years/60K in Phoenix is going to happen.
The problem of course is that Nissan handpicked all those high mileage cars to test, rather than a full sample size of the cars. From my understanding there is about 150 cars now that have lost a bar in the US, and 47 of those have lost at least one bar AND are under Nissan's 1,040 miles per month (12,500/year) threshold.
Here is the story if anyone wants to check it out:
http://insideevs.com/nissan-says-capacity-loss-issues-is-due-to-high-mileage-phoenix-cars-expected-to-retain-76/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think next summer when you have dozens of LEAFs with 3-4 bars gone, and quite likely some with 5 or 6, this is going to blow up again...that is unless Nissan eventually decides to get ahead of it.
Nissan could still very well be right, and Phoeonix owners average 76% retention at 5years/60K, however that really isn't the problem anymore. The problem is it is a PR nightmare, and Nissan is viewed as sidestepping and being slow to respond. The cost to make it right in Phoenix/south is probably a lot cheaper than having this story continually repeat itself.
EDIT: updated with stats, lol