CaptainPLaneT
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Greetings Good and Honorable Folks,
I simply Salute you all for driving Electric...as we never need much anything else from Saudi Arabia or Big Oil.
I was away for 3 months and my family for some reason chose to store my LEAF in a Rural Storage Unit Lot for 6 weeks instead of using it. Upon returning to the LEAF I found a rat nest right under the hood on top of the motor. I removed the nest and a day later a small portion was back along with some chew marks on the brake fluid line. The LEAF read it had --- miles and would not shift out of Park unless forced too. I replaced the defunct 12 Volt Battery, moved it out of that lot, and still the LEAF will not charge or drive at all.
Towing to the nearest Nissan LEAF Dealer in Cumming, GA I am told there is no rat evidence beyond the brake fluid line chew marks but the Vehicle Control Module and Shifter Assembly need replacing for about $1,000 each. The LEAF has just over 100,000 miles and is on its 3rd Nissan Vehicle Battery all under warranty. Has anyone heard of the Vehicle Control Module and Shifter Assembly failing spontaneously with no trauma or damage? It continues to sound suspicious to me.
One primary reason I tell folks that Electric Vehicles are the way to go is that there is so little dirty filthy and expensive maintenance. $2,000 out of the blue is the cost of a transmission
Sustainably Yours,
Andrew Lane,
aka CaptainPLaneT
Master of Sustainable Solutions: Arizona State University Dec 2016
I simply Salute you all for driving Electric...as we never need much anything else from Saudi Arabia or Big Oil.
I was away for 3 months and my family for some reason chose to store my LEAF in a Rural Storage Unit Lot for 6 weeks instead of using it. Upon returning to the LEAF I found a rat nest right under the hood on top of the motor. I removed the nest and a day later a small portion was back along with some chew marks on the brake fluid line. The LEAF read it had --- miles and would not shift out of Park unless forced too. I replaced the defunct 12 Volt Battery, moved it out of that lot, and still the LEAF will not charge or drive at all.
Towing to the nearest Nissan LEAF Dealer in Cumming, GA I am told there is no rat evidence beyond the brake fluid line chew marks but the Vehicle Control Module and Shifter Assembly need replacing for about $1,000 each. The LEAF has just over 100,000 miles and is on its 3rd Nissan Vehicle Battery all under warranty. Has anyone heard of the Vehicle Control Module and Shifter Assembly failing spontaneously with no trauma or damage? It continues to sound suspicious to me.
One primary reason I tell folks that Electric Vehicles are the way to go is that there is so little dirty filthy and expensive maintenance. $2,000 out of the blue is the cost of a transmission
Sustainably Yours,
Andrew Lane,
aka CaptainPLaneT
Master of Sustainable Solutions: Arizona State University Dec 2016