Nissan LEAF - General

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#2819771 26-Nov-2021 13:04

Turns out it is brake fluid, and has just failed its first WOF because of a faulty/leaking master brake cylinder. Awesome.

Have photos and video taken well within the first 12 months of ownership.

Trying to ascertain what position the dealership is going to take on this. (they also did the service/WOF).

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#2819781 26-Nov-2021 13:26

If anyone has ZE1 second hand key FOBs for Japan or UK model - I am interested.
If you lost all keys for your AZE0 Leaf in Auckland - do not panic, I can sort you.

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#2840298 30-Dec-2021 09:13

Our Leaf has now been swapped for a new Honda Jazz eHEV.

It proved inadequate for our requirements and a version with a big enough battery (ie a new one) was almost twice the cost of the Jazz.

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#2844818 7-Jan-2022 14:05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLe92OAeoU

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#2844829 7-Jan-2022 14:38

I used these guys to replace my dying 2012 leaf battery last year (still going well!)

This is huge news! - I'll probably end up replacing the battery with the green one they will offer when the replacement one starts to fail.

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#2844849 7-Jan-2022 15:06

how much does it cost to replace nissan leaf's battery?

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#2844855 7-Jan-2022 15:10

Unfortunately it's a big "Depends"

Depends on these factors.

1. how dead is the one you have now

2. how big do you want to go for the replacement

3. what is available

4. where are you

Note, this is for the battery swap with an old Leaf battery, for the new one - they aren't saying yet.

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#2844894 7-Jan-2022 16:53

Batman:

how much does it cost to replace nissan leaf's battery?

Have a look here: https://evsenhanced.com/services/hv-battery-swaps-and-upgrades/

They have a calculator towards the bottom of that page. Another 2016 30KW Leaf owner thinking about it

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#2844898 7-Jan-2022 17:04

thanks not economical for me as the cost to get a better used battery is more than what i paid for my leaf lol

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#2844979 7-Jan-2022 18:18

RogerMellie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLe92OAeoU

When we were buying ours a few weeks back someone mentioned a locally built better battery and I guess this must be the thing they had some information on. Very interested to see the pricing in them. Our 30kw is still just about on 12 bars so has a fair amount of usage before it needs a new battery but if the blue long range battery becomes a thing at a decent price I'd be very tempted to sell the ICE and get another leaf and stick one of those in it.

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#2845635 9-Jan-2022 14:23

Anyone with a 2018/40kwh Leaf doing any summer driving? I'm keen to go down this route and ditch my Mini for something with more doors and a lower running cost - and feeling a bit better about it since the EVs Enhanced announcement (so I know I won't be left with a totally useless battery in five years time if I abuse the hell out of it).

If anyone's done any long distance days I'd be keen to hear how your Leaf handles it.

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#2845816 9-Jan-2022 18:30

We have a 40 kWh Leaf, and have taken it on a few summer road trips.

It's a great car, but there are some limitations due to the non-active battery cooling. This means that the car is good for one full recharge before the battery starts getting hot, and the charging rate drops.

In practice, you can drive about 4 hours (one charge). After that, you have to be quite patient when charging. For our family, that means you can drive from Wellington to Taupo, or Wellington to Hawkes Bays in a single day.

Re: battery health - our 2017 Leaf has a battery health of 91% - it's bean fairly steady at the value for a while now.

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#2845942 10-Jan-2022 06:30

nigelramsay:

It's a great car, but there are some limitations due to the non-active battery cooling. This means that the car is good for one full recharge before the battery starts getting hot, and the charging rate drops.

In practice, you can drive about 4 hours (one charge). After that, you have to be quite patient when charging. For our family, that means you can drive from Wellington to Taupo, or Wellington to Hawkes Bays in a single day.

I'll be hauling an under-one yo so I think my days of doing full Bathurst stints in a day and juicing a whole tank of fuel without stopping are probably over.

Sounds like it will be good from Auckland > Taupo or the Coromandel then. Awesome. I'm sick of going on a long drive and having it set me back $200.

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#2858147 29-Jan-2022 14:05

Hey guys, what's the story with auto-folding wing mirrors on Leafs? My 2016 24G Autech has the button under the mirror controls per the attached pic, but it doesn't do anything either when I press it, nor when I lock the car? The localized manual doesn't mention it, and google has lots of mention of auto-folding aftermarket kits?

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#2858151 29-Jan-2022 14:18

Mine folds & unfolds on button press. AFAIK no option to have it auto-fold/un-fold on power.

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