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Well I surprised even myself and opted to replace our 2011 Leaf SL (and our Bolt EV that is near lease-end) with a 2019 Leaf SL Plus. Now I want to get Weathertech liners for the new Leaf, but I wanted to make sure the ones on offer are compatible with the Leaf Plus since they don't mention...

Interesting. I had my upgrade done last week, and I'm in the opposite situation, I can communicate in from outside but the car can't communicate out! I talked with the dealer again today and they said best advice was to call Nissan EV Connect people. When the snow melts and I have time to sit...

Had the upgrade done on our 2011 on Jan 5th, I can turn on climate control, update charge status etc just fine but any attempt to get communication from the car side out fails. Looks like a call to the helldesk is in my future.

Interesting detail! I had a theory after reading the tech notes which I posted previously, I wonder if he pulled fuse 34 with the car turned on or turned off? If the goal is to reset the TCU, I would think you'd have to do it with the car turned off...but from what he wrote I think he did it...

I just got back from my upgrade. Similar story to what others are telling, here's the tech notes from mine (2011): On the way home I tried to reconnect with the existing credentials, which appeared to work initially, but then could not get a connection to actually download anything. My TCU...

Since I last posted we've seen two NRG units go in at Washington Square (ironically home to the area's Tesla outlet) and two at the WalMart nearest my home just off I-5 in North Portland. There are a few singleton units elsewhere. It's nice to see some reliable competition!

Finally got a bluetooth dongle and loaded up LeafSpy Lite. Here's my stats: 2011 MY SL (manufactured July 2011) 75722 mi 52.56 AH 80% SOH still showing 11 capacity bars, FWIW.

Blink is the dominant (but not the only) player in the Portland metro area. Most of the L2 EVSEs I encounter are working pretty reliably, the QC seem to have finally stabilized, at least for the time being. I will use a QC if I want some extra cushion to get home or to add another destination...

I wanted to give a progress report since it's been about 5000 miles since I replaced the stock Ecopias with Nokian's eNTire. The traction and handling are excellent, these seem to even be a bit quieter as well (although that may be because the Bridgestone tires were pretty well worn at 27k...

My Ecopias started showing shoulder wear at about 22K, and at 27K one of them developed a slow leak. I had my tire guy check the alignment (in spec) and replaced all four with Nokian eNTYRE(s). These are XL load rated and can handle up to 51 PSI. Initially I'm losing some efficiency due to...

Well I'm just back from the dealer where I picked up wiper blades for $14.99 each. These are the "beam type" blades not unlike the Goodyear blades at Costco. They are of course different in appearance from the originals and don't have the "offset" that's been mentioned. However they seem to...

I noticed the service started working last night, and I received a call from Nissan this morning confirming the service had been restored and checking to make sure I was having success with it.

We just got the mats from Marlboro Nissan. The cardboard box was mangled but the mats were fine. They fit our 2011 perfectly (no cold weather package). Other than the color they are perfect.

My car has always turned off the heat when I set the temperature to the lowest level possible (60F). I consider this a desirable feature as there are times when I do not want the heat to come on. If I want some heat I just bump it up a degree.

Answering my own post, the part is available via the Nissan website and is about $7.