I can rarely get my Leaf come to a smooth stop without it jerking to a stop. The brakes are weird and inconsistent. I've never in all my driving years experienced anything this annoying with car brakes. I've had this problem for months and have taken it in to the dealership twice. Both times they told me that there was nothing wrong. But there clearly is. I had the firmware update, which some say that it solved their problem, and it made no difference.
I think that enough people are complaining about "grabby brakes" that now Nissan's engineers have come up with an explanation, which if I understand correctly, goes something like this: if you put pressure on the brakes more than once without stopping or pressing on the accelerator, the car will interpret that as an emergency stop and bring the car to a sudden stop. In addition, they said that it was a "world car" and as such, had to conform to European standards, which apparently require jerky brakes?
First of all, my car shouldn't tell me that I'm coming to an emergency stop if I press on my brakes more than once to stop. If I want to emergency stop, I'll slam on the brakes. Secondly, I've driven cars in Europe and have never experienced anything like this. So this sounds like B.S. And finally, this condition makes for very uncomfortable driving and could in some cases be unsafe.
Has anyone experienced this problem and figured out a way to resolve it? Seems like Nissan is in denial mode.