We have some scientists who have been doing analysis on this potential issue in New Zealand. The Nissan Leafs here are imported either from Japan (the majority) or UK. The results are quite interesting and seem to point to increased loss in the 30 kWh batteries. The Flip The Fleet (the name...
Are you talking about Hx or SOH or both? I tend to look mainly at SOH since Hx seems to be a lesser know value. The dealers are not that keen on letting you take the same car for for than one test drive - in fact, taking two different Leaf's for a test drive from the same dealer's lot has...
Thanks Tim, that is my thoughts as well, unfortunately. Annoying as it is a nice looking car with almost all the features we are looking for. There must be something dodgy going on with some of the Japanese dealers / auction houses.
Weird, I have found another 2013 Leaf at a different dealer that is showing SOH=100% on LeafSpy Pro. This one was manufacturered Jan 2013 and only has 4800 mile (7800km) on the clock. Showing the following Battery Status:
AHr=66.47
SOH=100%
Hx=102.01%
3 QCs & 235 L1/L2s
min/avg/max=4.087...
Thanks again for the info Gerry. I will have a wee look at the range charts but because the car is at a dealers I don't really have an option to do a LBW or VLBW test, unfortunately. I have a few other options here so will go take them for a drive and see what numbers I can get from them.
Only just done the sums on the L1/L2 charge number - 3114 charges, assuming 4 years (being generous) that is 208 weeks = approx 15 charges per week on average. Seems very excessive.
Thanks Gerry for your insights!
1) battery would have had to have been replaced in Japan just before it was shipped to here. I think the car has been with the dealer/importer for just under a month and I think it has done about 170kms since getting here - is that few enough?
2) this was my...
Hi. My partner and I are looking at buying a Leaf and have been using LeafSpy Pro to check out second hand cars. We test drove a 2013 Leaf with 40k+ km (25k+ miles) on the odo and got the following Battery Status:
AHr=67.36
SOH=100%
Hx=104.11%
106 QCs & 3114 L1/L2s
min/avg/max=3.931, 3.936...
For any Kiwis out there looking at running Leaf Spy and trying to find an ODB2 unit in NZ: this unit works fine: "Nissan Leaf Spy OBD2 Bluetooth Tool for Android" (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1116198149) but this one: "Smallest Mini ELM327 Bluetooth OBD2 Car Diagnostic"...
I have installed LeafSpy Pro and the Soft Menu works fine on the Samsung S6. Looks like it is only the LeafSpy Lite build that is effected. Now I just have to find a Leaf to buy!
One thing I did notice as I was changing the Settings on LeafSpy Pro - when you change the units between...
I'm in New Zealand so the Amazon option does not work as well as it would in the US. I have borrowed a Samsung S2 and Leaf Spy Lite is working on that ... just waiting for my ELM327 units to test that they are ok. As long as I can get Leaf Spy Lite working I will buy Leaf Spy Pro. Just...