Recent content by JupiterLEAF

Yes, I had the TCU upgrade from 2G to 3G done a month ago at West Palm Beach Nissan. It was their first upgrade and they had significant problems with it. Instead of the 2 hours that Nissan advised it would take in the letter to LEAF owners, it took 3 days because they had to order a part. Since...

Yesterday morning I detected a very strong burning smell inside of my LEAF. It seemed especially strong when I opened the rear hatch. I did see a yellow-triangle-with-an-exclamation-point error light on the dashboard display when I started the car. After turning the car off and restarting it...

The following are two ongoing threads with good recent posts about the battery replacement experience. General Nissan LEAF - News & Main LEAF Discussion - Update on Nissan LEAF battery replacement (a "sticky") LEAF OWNERSHIP - General / Main Owners Forum - Annual Settlement in Klee v. Nissan...

Yes, it would, which is why I purchased my Leaf last week, one day after the dealer completed the installation of a new main battery assembly pursuant to the warranty and 10 days before the end of my lease. The gauge dropped to 8 bars on January 28th. I asserted my warranty claim on February...

To offer another data point for consideration, I reached a loss of 4 bars at only 31,250 miles after over 2 years of constant (5 days/week) fully discharging and fully recharging the battery. Daily usage usually involved 28 miles/day at 70+ MPH and 24 miles/day at 30-50 MPH, all with the AC on...

Here is what the replacement battery assembly looks like when it's delivered in a wooden box to the dealer. What you see is now in the red LEAF in the upper right corner of the photo.

Really have enjoyed displaying this one since early 2012:

This week I joined the Leaf main battery warranty replacement club. My thanks to all of you who have been posting on MNL for months about this, providing valuable background knowledge about what to expect. My capacity dropped to 8 bars in late January at approximately 31,250 miles, after...

My wife thinks the Leaf is great --- for me on a daily basis and for both of us when I'm driving. However, she really dislikes it when we have to swap so I can use her ICE vehicle (a Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland, which admittedly is also fun to drive). We both think I got a good deal overall...

Thank you! All of the bracket kit part numbers match what's listed on my service order. The main battery assembly, however, is listed as part number 295B0-3NF9D and not -3NF9E. Nevertheless, I'm now fully convinced it is a 2015 main battery that was installed.

It's been very interesting to read most of the prior entries on this thread this evening, since I just had a new main battery installed this week. I did not know Nissan was in the process of essentially capitulating to the demands by owners that all warranty claims be fulfilled only by totally...

Spike09, yes, it does. Keydiver's call led me to do some research on the Nissan warranty, through which I learned about the need for the special bracket package to retrofit a 2012 Leaf for a 2015 main battery assembly. Service Manager Joe Dayton and I spoke often about it, to be sure the whole...

Yes, my Leaf's battery capacity dropped to 8 bars around January 28th at approximately 31,250 miles. I knew capacity was declining because I had been having increasing trouble for several months making the 52 miles round-trip from home to work, often using US 1 instead of I-95 (slower speed)...

Recently checked for public charging stations along I-95 myself since I'm thinking about making my first "long-distance" LEAF trip from Jupiter to St. Augustine. According to carstations.com, there's one at Kohl's (I-95 exit 176 / 205 Palm Bay Rd W., Melbourne) and one at Comfort Suites (I-95...

Evenoelle: yes, I had the dealer get the windows tinted before I took possession. I believe it was the more-or-less standard 20-30 tint job because I asked to have the front side windows lighter for better visibility, especially of my rear-view mirrors. I drove a Nissan Murano without tinted...