dhanson865
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vrwl said:Maybe an Illinois MNL forum member who has the Leaf Battery App could go out to the dealership and check out the capacity numbers if you're really interested in it, because with 3 bars down, it probably won't be long till it hits the 4th bar loss and then it would qualify for a warranty replacement.
Honestly I don't trust the battery replacement warranty as a down the road concept.
If I bought a 2 or 3 bar loser and didn't lose the 4th bar until after the 5 yr / 60,000 mile mark I'm on the hook for a battery lease that is very expensive.
If I bought a 2 or 3 bar loser and lose the 4th bar before then I still might get screwed by Nissan in some change of policy or some exclusion in the fine print.
I'd be more interested in taking those risks at half that price but I'm not risking $18,000 on Nissan's battery replacement schemes as I understand them now and I don't trust Nissan in general.
I do still want a used Leaf but at that price I'm thinking it needs to have 11 or 12 bars remaining and no history of being in a warm environment.
As is I'll wait for Leafs to drop in price more on the used market after people start having to lease batteries and those negative stories make the news / word of mouth circuits.
But honestly if the news is too negative it might even scare me away and I'll end up with another Prius. Best case for me is the news is scary for the people in high heat environments but not so scary for my area and I can get a good leaf that never needs a leased battery.