So, I get the car back. No problem with the clicking. All is good on that front.
I drive it for a few days when I notice, out of the blue, the steering wheel is crooked. It's rotated to the right, at about the 2 o'clock position, when I'm to going straight. Let go of the wheel, and the car veers left. OK. Weird. I take it back in for the 2nd alignment, since they did one when the motor was swapped out. I get the car back that day. Things were fine for a few days. A few nights ago, it's all of a sudden back to being crooked. I take it back. Go for a drive with a tech. He explains the ins & outs of alignments. I tell him that's great, I don't want a crooked steering wheel. I half-heartedly ask, did you bend the frame, an axle? It just seems very strange that they can't center the steering wheel. The tech prattles on about alignments. He says the machine measures the alignment. OK, but something is wrong. It wasn't like this before the motor was swapped out. This should NOT be happening. He goes back for the 3rd alignment, the machine shows it's aligned within the specs, but he adjust to compensate for the crooked steering wheel in an attempt to straighten it. (That should be great for tire wear) He then tells me that the steering wheel is connected to the motor, something he didn't know, so he can't simply straighten it. It will apparently take a lot of work. And he doesn’t even offer that up. OK. But the steering wheel is why I keep bringing the car back! Does this not seems like the cause of the problem? So, I drive off with the car. Yes. I shouldn't have. I was a bit stunned at the tech's response, and frankly exhausted from the ordeal. I was fully expecting the steering wheel to settle to the right again. And, It did as I drove to work the next morning. I took the car back right away and told them they need to fix the wheel. This was not how the car was when I brought in, or leased it 10-months ago. My love for my Leaf is quickly waning. Or, at least for the process. I now have another loaner. No word on when, or what they're going to do. But I don't want the car back until it's fixed.
In other news, my friends Dad also took his '13 Leaf into the dealer this week with the "clicking sound". He was informed later that evening it was motor.