Tinpotgeneral
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New Zealand is seeing a large influx of Japanese import used Nissan Leafs, mostly 2011's with very low mileages. Many dealers are getting on the bandwagon as these cars are relatively cheap (about 15k NZD landed, 20k retail). Working for a large car importer myself (although not in car importing) I decided I should get one and drive it to gain an understanding of them (and for green reasons).
I got a 2011 with 14000km on it as my new company car. But after only a few days I've noticed the range seems less than what I would expect, I seem to be getting only around 90km (55 miles) to a charge without using any accessories, driving on straight flat roads in 20 degrees Celsius conditions.
The battery condition meter is showing the full 12 bars, but on further investigation on this forum it seems that it may have been reset in Japan and the battery may be severely degraded? Another possibility is that I am using more energy for each Km travelled, due to some fault or setting on the car? I'm currently doing about 5.7km/Kw h. Anyone got any ideas?
I've ordered an OBDC connector and downloaded leaf spy to confirm this in the coming days. I'm wondering if this is going to be a big problem with these Japanese import leafs? and if there is any way for our agents in Japan to tell easily what the actual condition of the battery is?
I got a 2011 with 14000km on it as my new company car. But after only a few days I've noticed the range seems less than what I would expect, I seem to be getting only around 90km (55 miles) to a charge without using any accessories, driving on straight flat roads in 20 degrees Celsius conditions.
The battery condition meter is showing the full 12 bars, but on further investigation on this forum it seems that it may have been reset in Japan and the battery may be severely degraded? Another possibility is that I am using more energy for each Km travelled, due to some fault or setting on the car? I'm currently doing about 5.7km/Kw h. Anyone got any ideas?
I've ordered an OBDC connector and downloaded leaf spy to confirm this in the coming days. I'm wondering if this is going to be a big problem with these Japanese import leafs? and if there is any way for our agents in Japan to tell easily what the actual condition of the battery is?