A Level 3 I was depending on today was apparently removed. As a result, I came up short by 2 miles on my ride home. Retrospect, I should have found the nearest Level 2, but was in a rush to meet someone and thought I could coax my way home.
So ran completely out on the hwy. Tried to get it going and would only go in neutral. I tried to run the heat for a bit but it was blowing cold. Turned off and relied on seat warmers / steerting heat for a bit. I eventually got out after 20 minutes to walk to the next exit for my wife to pick me up. I left it with hazards on.
Tow truck got there and car wouldn't go into neutral. Gave a message something about taking it to dealer. I had it towed home. The way it is situated in my driveway I had to use an extension cord but my indicator on the Panisonic trickle cord shows green "Ready"...not sure the extension cord is the issue.
Any tricks on getting this thing to start accepting a charge? I read to take the negative off the 12v for a minute and then try. I did this. I hear some clicking, but nothing. One of the attemps it chirped once like it used to ...single chirp, not the three it gives when working properly. Green light on dash shows its connected to charger. I try the start button and it doesn't recognize/find the key.
Appreciate any help. Hoping I'm not towing to dealer. 2013 Model. Turtle came on ..the whole deal.
So ran completely out on the hwy. Tried to get it going and would only go in neutral. I tried to run the heat for a bit but it was blowing cold. Turned off and relied on seat warmers / steerting heat for a bit. I eventually got out after 20 minutes to walk to the next exit for my wife to pick me up. I left it with hazards on.
Tow truck got there and car wouldn't go into neutral. Gave a message something about taking it to dealer. I had it towed home. The way it is situated in my driveway I had to use an extension cord but my indicator on the Panisonic trickle cord shows green "Ready"...not sure the extension cord is the issue.
Any tricks on getting this thing to start accepting a charge? I read to take the negative off the 12v for a minute and then try. I did this. I hear some clicking, but nothing. One of the attemps it chirped once like it used to ...single chirp, not the three it gives when working properly. Green light on dash shows its connected to charger. I try the start button and it doesn't recognize/find the key.
Appreciate any help. Hoping I'm not towing to dealer. 2013 Model. Turtle came on ..the whole deal.
It didn't produce a very happy cranking sound as Leaf's battery is a bit weak to turn a 6 cylinder engine, but the car started fairly quickly and the Leaf then powered up w/o incident. I did go terminal to terminal with Leaf being OFF, which was probably ok for this application. In retrospect I should have probably disconnected Leaf's battery from the car first just to err on the safe side, but no damage was done and happy ending.
