Lost my first bar...maybe?

I have a 2013 S model, purchased 2nd hand in 10/17 with 20k miles, now at 34k mikes. I charge to 80% regularly with L2 when needed, and have only gone to 100% a dozen or so times when needed, and drove the vehicle almost immediately when doing so. I have used L3 charging when needed, and have tried to space it out when possible. I park in an attached garage while at home, and try to limit parking on hot exposed surfaces.

Today I charge up to 80% on L2, unplugged, then realized I was going further to do errands, so plugged in and charged up to 100%. When I got in the car to go out, right when it was nearing 100% (three solid blue lights), I noticed that I had 12 bars of charge, but only 11 bars potential showing.

Anyone ever seen this? Does this mean I officially lost a bar? I don’t have an OBD tool or Leaf Spy, so I can’t check the exact details. More interested if anyone has seen this before.

I'm not sure if there is some special problem with the way you charged, but I have a 2013S and lost my first bar at 36,000. My wife also has a 2013, SV, though. She still has all bars at 41,000. We live in SF Bay area. Both bought new.

dmbshn41 said:

I noticed that I had 12 bars of charge, but only 11 bars potential showing.

Anyone ever seen this? Does this mean I officially lost a bar?

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The thinnest bars all the way on the right are the capacity bars.

Yes, you've lost 1 capacity bar now. It's possible it might come back for a bit then go away for good. http://www.electricvehiclewiki.com/wiki/battery-capacity-loss/ is an example of a fully charged 3 capacity bar loser.

My 5/2013 built used '13 Leaf lost its 1st bar in Nov 2017: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=511915#p511915. I'm still at 11 bars past 60K miles. My SOH has has been staying mostly at 83.xx% although recently, it's gone as high as 85.xx%. I'm in a hotter part of the SF Bay Area but take steps to keep the battery cooler. And, on Sundays thru Thursdays, I don't charge to 100% unless I need the range.

I’d post a picture for clarity but this message board system from 1998 won’t allow me to do so from mobile.

I feel that I’ve been fairly conservative with my charging. Try to keep it between 30-80% luckily my commute allows for that, and my employer has more than ample EV charging available. Was hoping to go longer before losing first bar. I had climate control timer activated as well when charging 80 to 100%, but I’ve only recently stated using that. Hoping it’s a weird fluke and bar comes back. I’ll have to invest in a dongle to gather more info. Thanks for the replies.

dmbshn41 said:

I’d post a picture for clarity but this message board system from 1998 won’t allow me to do so from mobile.

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You need to have paid membership to attach images. Otherwise, you'll need to host them elsewhere like https://imgur.com/.

What was the build month on your '13 Leaf? It's on the driver's side door sticker. Where did it resided before? Carfax/Autocheck would've probably given you a hint.

Approximately, where are you located? Can you update your location info via your user name in the upper right > User Control Panel > Profile tab? That way, we don't need to ask in future posts/threads or do sleuthing to deduce it.

I just charged my 01/13 Leaf today and had the same thing happen. I just got it about 2 weeks ago and it was down to 9 bars. It always charged to 9 bars until today. The only difference was that I was not nearly as low on the GOM as normal when I went to charge. I'm wondering if my Leaf just lost its 10th bar prior to my purchase now.

cwerdna said:

dmbshn41 said:

I’d post a picture for clarity but this message board system from 1998 won’t allow me to do so from mobile.

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You need to have paid membership to attach images. Otherwise, you'll need to host them elsewhere like https://imgur.com/.

What was the build month on your '13 Leaf? It's on the driver's side door sticker. Where did it resided before? Carfax/Autocheck would've probably given you a hint.

Approximately, where are you located? Can you update your location info via your user name in the upper right > User Control Panel > Profile tab? That way, we don't need to ask in future posts/threads or do sleuthing to deduce it.

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Built 10/30. Car was located in Ohio prior to me owning, and up until spring of this year, then I moved to Northern Nevada.

Overall I can’t complain about the car. Got it at a great deal. I’ve actually grown slightly bored as I don’t have to do oil changes, brake checks, etc like I previously did. Dipped my toes into the EV life to see if it worked for me, and so far it has.