For the benefit of people who find this via a google search, this has been resolved in the NZ only EVowners facebook page.

$675 to have City Nissan, Northshore, Auckland to have one made for your car in japan and shipped to NZ.

If you put a aftermarket head unit in any leaf (other than the "S" spec face-lift on (late 2012 onwards)), you loose functionality.

One person is offering to ship the entire head unit from the car to a contact in japan who can program a new SD card (cost of roughly $250, plus being without a head unit while it is shipped.)

Multiple people offering to sell entire head units with matched SD cards (perhaps out of wrecked cars) for $200 - $450.

Scott3:

 

For the benefit of people who find this via a google search, this has been resolved in the NZ only EVowners facebook page.

$675 to have City Nissan, Northshore, Auckland to have one made for your car in japan and shipped to NZ.

If you put a aftermarket head unit in any leaf (other than the "S" spec face-lift on (late 2012 onwards)), you loose functionality.

One person is offering to ship the entire head unit from the car to a contact in japan who can program a new SD card (cost of roughly $250, plus being without a head unit while it is shipped.)

Multiple people offering to sell entire head units with matched SD cards (perhaps out of wrecked cars) for $200 - $450.

 

Careful about those head units. They may be stolen from LEAFs elsewhere and shipped here.