cgaydos
Well-known member
Hi folks,
Been many years since I posted here. I have a 2011 Leaf that sat idle for a few weeks and the 12V battery ran down. I jumped it successfully but the security light on the dashboard stayed on after starting. Drove it about 5 miles to give the 12V battery time to charge then went back into the garage to charge it. Oddly, that 5 mile charge caused 4 of the battery bars to drop. This is a severely degraded original battery, but I've never seen a discharge rate anywhere close.
Well, I plug in but it won't charge. I try to start it again and I get a dashboard screen but it won't charge and now NONE of the battery bars show. The 12V battery is clearly near full charge (I get all the usual beeps and full lights and everything) but the car won't start nor will it accept the charge.
The three blue lights on the dashboard are all on, very dim, and flicking at an extremely rapid rate.
Come back an hour later and now the 12V battery is again drained but it won't start even with a cable jump. And of course it now won't charge.
Questions:
1) Any idea what happened here?
2) Of course the electric brake was set on and the gear in Park. I don't suppose anyone has actually dealt with the procedures to unset these? I found a Leaf dismantling manual on-line and there is a manual way to disable the Parking break but changing gear assumes you can get some kind of electricity running in the vehicle.
Thanks for any help.
Been many years since I posted here. I have a 2011 Leaf that sat idle for a few weeks and the 12V battery ran down. I jumped it successfully but the security light on the dashboard stayed on after starting. Drove it about 5 miles to give the 12V battery time to charge then went back into the garage to charge it. Oddly, that 5 mile charge caused 4 of the battery bars to drop. This is a severely degraded original battery, but I've never seen a discharge rate anywhere close.
Well, I plug in but it won't charge. I try to start it again and I get a dashboard screen but it won't charge and now NONE of the battery bars show. The 12V battery is clearly near full charge (I get all the usual beeps and full lights and everything) but the car won't start nor will it accept the charge.
The three blue lights on the dashboard are all on, very dim, and flicking at an extremely rapid rate.
Come back an hour later and now the 12V battery is again drained but it won't start even with a cable jump. And of course it now won't charge.
Questions:
1) Any idea what happened here?
2) Of course the electric brake was set on and the gear in Park. I don't suppose anyone has actually dealt with the procedures to unset these? I found a Leaf dismantling manual on-line and there is a manual way to disable the Parking break but changing gear assumes you can get some kind of electricity running in the vehicle.
Thanks for any help.