Yogi62 said:
DarkDave said:
I became a member of the 4 bar loss club on Jan 5th. The Leaf Spy stats for the battery at the time of loss were:
24,532 miles
SOC=79.9%
SOH=65%
AHr=43.14
385.7V
Hx=44.65%
1435 L1/L2 charges (99.9% were L2)
I've still been able to get at least 40 miles of range on an 80% charge, so I wasn't in a big hurry to get the replacement process started. Plus the rate of degradation has been pretty slow the past few months. Last time I took a close look at the stats in October, the AHr was 43.18, Hx=44.72%. My daily commute is usually 25-30 miles total.
I finally got around to taking in my car to the dealer this morning to get the warranty claim started. Tech was done with my car about 8:45am, and I promptly got a call at 9:20 from the service manager saying Nissan had already approved the battery swap. Delivery is estimated to be 4-6 weeks for the battery. Yay!!!
I have to say I am astounded by how much degradation you experienced om 24K miles. You are in Florida, do you parking outside? Here in Boston with 22K on a 2013 I am still getting 284 GID. Heat or lack of it must be huge factor.
Question about the exchange. Given your commute was still workable, was there any thought of riding it for a while or was there a deadline for doing the swap?
I'm actually in Arizona, where I think we ended up being the true guinea pigs for this car. I didn't have a deadline for replacing the battery, but I figured I should get it done now before the summer heat hits here in Arizona. I've had the car a month shy of 4 years now. Even though I still had a year left on the original battery warranty, now seemed like a good time to get it done after hearing positive results from everyone else who's had the battery pack replaced. And given that most people were quoted a 4-6 week ETA for the battery, I wanted to get it done now before my work schedule gets hectic later this spring.
So, much to my surprise when I got a call last Monday saying my battery had arrived. 6 days from approval and order to arriving at the dealer!! I had it installed last Thursday through Autonation Nissan Chandler. I have to say it's been the most painless, least stressful warranty repair I've ever done on a car. I couldn't believe it when I was quoted 4-6 weeks and it arrived 6 days after I took it in to get the process started. The battery pack swap was done 6 hours after I dropped it off and picked up the same day.
The P/N code on the order was for the newer lizard battery, I'm really hoping the lizard battery holds up to the heat here in AZ. I almost never charged to 100%, hoping that would extend the life of the battery when it didn't. But then again, I'm really glad Nissan kept their word that they would take care of their customers.
Minus worn tires and worn spots on the crappy interior fabric, I feel like I'm driving a new car again. Here's the Leaf Spy stats after the first 100% charge. The cells still need to be balanced, they were all over the map after the first charge as the packs are shipped uncharged.
47 months, 25,417 miles, new battery:
AHr = 66.14
SOH = 100%
394.88V
Hx=99.97%
Gids= 286
My Gid-O-Meter box I use for tracking the percent charge while driving reported a charge of 101.7%, due to the 286 gids reported.