Hey guys,
I've run into a problem with my 2013 LEAF S. The 12v battery dies overnight, back in November I bought a new 12v battery from AutoZone because the original died and there had been no problems since.
Now a few days ago I go to drive the LEAF and it doesn't start, no lights, no door unlock, nothing, just like when the original battery died. So I figured the 12v was low on charge, so I jump started it and drove around for a while to charge it up.
Next morning it's dead again. So this time I jump it and take it to AutoZone to test the battery, they say it's healthy, just needs a charge, so I plug in the portable Stanley battery charge kit and leave it there for about 3 hours or so. Give it a shot and it starts right up, checked the battery voltage and it shows at just over 13v. Figure that's that and call it a night. Next morning the car won't start again and it registers at just 4v.
So I figure something must be draining the battery and I've dropped it off at the dealership for them to have a look, sadly the 36 month warranty is expired (naturally) and I don't know yet if it will be covered by the 6 year EV systems warranty... Nissan said it will be $80 to find out what is wrong and there are 2 unrelated re-calls on the car, which they will fix while it's in. Interesting side note, while I could have sworn I saw in the warranty booklet in my car that Nissan would provide a loaner car, the dealership repeatedly denied it and I can't find it in the online version of the booklet.
Seems like a major ripoff that they will charge me $35/day when the car is in for re-calls that is Nissan's fault, so now I'm left without a car until they figure out what's going on.
Then again this whole thing could just be a bad battery from AutoZone and they don't want to admit it...
I've run into a problem with my 2013 LEAF S. The 12v battery dies overnight, back in November I bought a new 12v battery from AutoZone because the original died and there had been no problems since.
Now a few days ago I go to drive the LEAF and it doesn't start, no lights, no door unlock, nothing, just like when the original battery died. So I figured the 12v was low on charge, so I jump started it and drove around for a while to charge it up.
Next morning it's dead again. So this time I jump it and take it to AutoZone to test the battery, they say it's healthy, just needs a charge, so I plug in the portable Stanley battery charge kit and leave it there for about 3 hours or so. Give it a shot and it starts right up, checked the battery voltage and it shows at just over 13v. Figure that's that and call it a night. Next morning the car won't start again and it registers at just 4v.
So I figure something must be draining the battery and I've dropped it off at the dealership for them to have a look, sadly the 36 month warranty is expired (naturally) and I don't know yet if it will be covered by the 6 year EV systems warranty... Nissan said it will be $80 to find out what is wrong and there are 2 unrelated re-calls on the car, which they will fix while it's in. Interesting side note, while I could have sworn I saw in the warranty booklet in my car that Nissan would provide a loaner car, the dealership repeatedly denied it and I can't find it in the online version of the booklet.
Seems like a major ripoff that they will charge me $35/day when the car is in for re-calls that is Nissan's fault, so now I'm left without a car until they figure out what's going on.
Then again this whole thing could just be a bad battery from AutoZone and they don't want to admit it...